| 1980s ALL-DECADE TEAM | ||||||||||||||
| FIRST TEAM | PLAYER | TEAM | YRS | G | AVG | AB | R | H | RBI | DO | TR | HR | BB | SB |
| CATCHER | Gary Carter | DET | 10 | 1515 (17) | .258 | 5556 (19) | 785 | 1435 (25) | 873 | 244 | 15 | 243 (12) | 528 | 19 |
| FIRST BASE | Eddie Murray | LAX | 10 | 1620 (1) | .289 | 6349 (3) | 966 (6) | 1838 (2) | 1018 (6) | 320 (4) | 17 | 312 (3) | 752 (9) | 56 |
| SECOND BASE | Ryne Sandberg | CHC | 8 | 1220 | .279 | 5069 | 809 (20) | 1412 | 592 | 208 | 53 (15) | 141 | 425 | 270 (12) |
| THIRD BASE | Mike Schmidt | *** | 10 | 1339 | .285 | 4885 | 950 (9) | 1390 | 1106 (2) | 233 | 39 | 378 (1) | 795 (5) | 43 |
| SHORTSTOP | Cal Ripken Jr. | BAL | 8 | 1296 | .278 | 5026 | 802 (22) | 1399 | 897 | 284 (12) | 23 | 211 (18) | 554 (25) | 19 |
| LEFT FIELD | Rickey Henderson | BAL | 10 | 1598 (5) | .299 | 5697 (13) | 1436 (1) | 1701 (8) | 794 | 292 (10) | 57 (13) | 164 | 1143 (1) | 1057 (1) |
| CENTER FIELD | Andre Dawson | SFS | 10 | 1593 (8) | .281 | 5901 (10) | 942 (10) | 1657 (11) | 1132 (1) | 312 (5) | 52 (16) | 282 (5) | 413 | 253 (14) |
| RIGHT FIELD | Dale Murphy | ATL | 10 | 1620 (1) | .277 | 6282 (4) | 961 (7) | 1738 (4) | 1060 (3) | 303 (7) | 48 | 334 (2) | 755 (9) | 45 |
| DH | George Brett | *** | 10 | 1595 (7) | .298 | 6246 (5) | 1032 (3) | 1863 (1) | 426 (1) | 54 (14) | 272 (7) | 738 (11) | 92 | |
| PLAYER | TEAM | YRS | GP | ERA | W | L | SV | IP | H | BB | K | CG | SH | |
| RH STARTER | Dave Stieb | BAL | 10 | 363 | 3.57 | 213 (1) | 79 | 0 | 2460 (1) | 2259 | 834 (2) | 1406 (9) | 40 (25) | 26 (3) |
| LH STARTER | Fernando Valenzuela | *** | 10 | 273 | 3.45 | 132 (6) | 79 | 1 | 1907 (11) | 1665 | 715 (8) | 1492 (5) | 47 (13) | 19 (10) |
| CLOSER | Dave Smith | SFS | 10 | 774 (2) | 2.75 | 25 | 30 | 422 (1) | 786 | 678 | 198 | 539 | 0 | 0 |
| RH RELIEVER | Jeff Reardon | BAL | 10 | 816 (1) | 3.21 | 32 | 40 | 346 (3) | 926 | 866 | 265 | 763 | 0 | 0 |
| LH RELIEVER | Willie Hernandez | *** | 9 | 572 (6) | 2.99 | 35 | 34 | 49 | 633 | 556 | 182 | 475 | 0 | 0 |
| SECOND TEAM | PLAYER | TEAM | YRS | G | AVG | AB | R | H | RBI | DO | TR | HR | BB | SB |
| CATCHER | Lance Parrish | SDS | 10 | 1544 (13) | .238 | 5737 (12) | 622 | 1363 | 837 | 208 | 21 | 250 (10) | 486 | 35 |
| FIRST BASE | Keith Hernandez | OAK | 10 | 1558 (11) | .290 | 5967 (8) | 844 (16) | 1731 (5) | 795 | 363 (2) | 36 | 150 | 763 (7) | 87 |
| SECOND BASE | Willie Randolph | HOU | 10 | 1598 (5) | .264 | 6045 (6) | 870 (14) | 1598 (14) | 623 | 250 | 32 | 44 | 890 (4) | 212 (20) |
| THIRD BASE | Wade Boggs | STL | 8 | 1278 | .335 (2) | 4965 | 818 (18) | 1663 (10) | 586 | 292 (10) | 38 | 63 | 742 (10) | 38 |
| SHORTSTOP | Alan Trammell | CAL | 10 | 1618 (3) | .273 | 6500 (1) | 928 (11) | 1773 (3) | 753 | 310 (6) | 49 (25) | 125 | 614 (17) | 179 |
| LEFT FIELD | Jim Rice | BOS | 10 | 1483 | .285 | 5858 | 815 | 1671 | 934 | 224 | 38 | 258 | 441 | 20 |
| CENTER FIELD | Tim Raines | BAL | 9 | 1391 | .315 (6) | 5154 | 1035 (2) | 1623 (12) | 756 | 300 (8) | 68 (5) | 132 | 645 (13) | 605 (2) |
| RIGHT FIELD | Dwight Evans | SFS | 10 | 1605 (4) | .274 | 5614 (18) | 973 (5) | 1540 (17) | 991 | 296 (9) | 26 | 258 (8) | 1091 (2) | 34 |
| DH | Jack Clark | *** | 10 | 1535 (14) | .275 | 5523 (20) | 997 (4) | 1518 (19) | 1060 (3) | 284 (12) | 33 | 296 (4) | 965 (3) | 36 |
| PLAYER | TEAM | YRS | GP | ERA | W | L | SV | IP | H | BB | K | CG | SH | |
| RH STARTER | Nolan Ryan | CHC | 10 | 318 | 3.11 | 163 (2) | 93 | 0 | 2203 (3) | 1711 | 885 (1) | 2332 (1) | 54 (7) | 36 (1) |
| LH STARTER | Frank Viola | MIN | 8 | 249 | 3.75 | 128 (8) | 83 | 0 | 1702 | 1646 | 490 | 1140 (20) | 46 (14) | 23 (5) |
| CLOSER | Lee Smith | MIN | 9 | 610 (3) | 2.69 (22) | 21 | 20 | 394 (2) | 699 | 581 | 228 | 638 | 0 | 0 |
| RH RELIEVER | Goose Gossage | BOS | 10 | 471 (9) | 2.95 | 28 | 38 | 255 (5) | 528 | 471 | 209 | 479 | 0 | 0 |
| LH RELIEVER | Gary Lavelle | BAL | 7 | 609 (4) | 2.91 | 34 | 24 | 9 | 576 | 513 | 182 | 423 | 0 | 0 |
| HONORABLE MENTION | ||||||||||||||
| CATCHER | Carlton Fisk, Tony Pena, Terry Kennedy, Ernie Whitt | |||||||||||||
| FIRST BASE | Kent Hrbek, Don Mattingly, Cecil Cooper, Willie Upshaw | |||||||||||||
| SECOND BASE | Lou Whitaker, Frank White, Johnny Ray, Jim Gantner | |||||||||||||
| THIRD BASE | Buddy Bell, Carney Lansford, Gary Gaetti, Doug Decinces | |||||||||||||
| SHORTSTOP | Ozzie Smith, Tony Fernandez, Garry Templeton, Dave Concepcion | |||||||||||||
| LEFT FIELD | Al Oliver, Fred Lynn, Tony Armas, Larry Parrish | |||||||||||||
| CENTER FIELD | Chet Lemon, Willie Wilson, Kirby Puckett, Lloyd Moseby | |||||||||||||
| RIGHT FIELD | Dave Winfield, Tony Gwynn, Harold Baines, Darryl Strawberry | |||||||||||||
| DH | Pedro Guerrero, Paul Molitor, Dave Parker, Bob Horner | |||||||||||||
| RH STARTER | Jack Morris, Charlie Hough, Bob Welch, Mike Scott | |||||||||||||
| LH STARTER | Ron Guidry, Jerry Reuss, Bob Knepper, Frank Tanana | |||||||||||||
| CLOSER | Bruce Sutter, Tom Henke, Steve Bedrosian, Todd Worrell | |||||||||||||
| RH RELIEVER | Dan Quisenberry, Kent Tekulve, Alejandro Pena, Dennis Eckersley | |||||||||||||
| LH RELIEVER | Jesse Orosco, Craig Lefferts, Dave Righetti, Dan Plesac | |||||||||||||
| *** Denotes multiple teams | ||||||||||||||
| League rank is in parentheses | ||||||||||||||