Top Voter Getter: Lou Gehrig
Final Results: October 23, 1999
Catchers
| Rank | Player | Votes |
| 1. | Johnny Bench | 1,010,403 |
| 2. | Yogi Berra | 704,208 |
First Basemen
| Rank | Player | Votes |
| 1. | Lou Gehrig | 1,207,992 |
| 2. | Mark McGwire | 517,992 |
Second Basemen
| Rank | Player | Votes |
| 1. | Jackie Robinson | 788,116 |
| 2. | Rogers Hornsby | 630,761 |
Shortstop
| Rank | Player | Votes |
| 1. | Cal Ripken, Jr. | 669, 033 |
| 2. | Ernie Banks | 598,168 |
| Honus Wagner* |
Third Basemen
| Rank | Player | Votes |
| 1. | Mike Schmidt | 855,654 |
| 2. | Brooks Robinson | 761,700 |
Outfielders
| Rank | Player | Votes |
| 1. | Babe Ruth | 1,158,044 |
| 2. | Hank Aaron | 1,156,782 |
| 3. | Ted Williams | 1,125,583 |
| 4. | Willie Mays | 1,115,896 |
| 5. | Joe DiMaggio | 1,054,423 |
| 6. | Mickey Mantle | 988,163 |
| 7. | Ty Cobb | 777,056 |
| 8. | Ken Griffey Jr. | 645,389 |
| 9. | Pete Rose | 629,742 |
| Stan Musial* |
Pitchers
| Rank | Player | Votes |
| 1. | Nolan Ryan | 992,040 |
| 2. | Sandy Kofax | 970,434 |
| 3. | Cy Young | 867,523 |
| 4. | Roger Clemens | 601,244 |
| 5. | Bob Gibson | 582,031 |
| 6. | Walter Johnson | 479,279 |
| Warren Spahn* | ||
| Lefty Grove* | ||
| Christy Mathewson* |
* Added to the team by a special panel.
Here's the complete list of The Sporting News Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments from a few years ago.
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1. The Shot Heard 'Round the World 2. Bill Mazeroski's Home Run 3. Don Larsen's Perfect Game 4. Carlton Fisk Waves It Fair 5. Hank Aaron's 715th Home Run 6. Kirk Gibson's Home Run 7. Mark McGwire Hits No. 62 8. E-3 on Bill Buckner 9. Willie Mays' Catch 10. Enos Slaughter's Mad Dash 11. The Luckiest Man Alive Speech 12. Reggie Jackson's Three Homers 13. Willie McCovey Lines Out 14. Bucky Dent's Home Run 15. Roger Maris hits No. 61 16. Joe Carter's Home Run 17. Cal Ripken breaks Gehrig's Streak 18. Brooklyn wins the World Series 19. Haddix's Perfect Loss 20. Pete Rose gets hit No. 4,192 21. Chris Chambliss' Home Run 22. George Brett's Home Run 23. Owen and the Dropped Third Strike 24. Dave Henderson's Home Run 25. Cookie Lavagetto beats Bill Bevenss |
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