Historic Photos: 1937 AL All-Stars

Described in the original caption as "a million dollar baseball flesh," the seven All-Stars in this photo represented a combined million dollars in annual salary.  Today, you might be able to buy a utility infielder with a million dollars, but in 1937 it was enough for seven future Hall of Famers.

From left to right, they were: Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg.  All seven would eventually be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and to this day are still among the all-time greats, even when compared to other Hall of Famers.  In his New Historical Baseball Abstract (2001), Bill James ranks Gehrig, Foxx, and Greenberg first, second, and eighth respectively in his list of the all-time greatest first basemen.  He also ranks Dickey seventh at catcher, Gehringer eighth at second base, Cronin eighth at shortstop, and DiMaggio fifth in center field.  In short, every single player in the photo ranks among the top ten all-time at their position, including three of the top ten first basemen.