<Tr> <Td> Rose, Pete Pete Rose </Td> <Td> Outfielder </Td> <Td> 629,742 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Musial, Stan Stan Musial * </Td> <Td> Outfielder </Td> <Td> 571,279 </Td> </Tr> <P> There was controversy over the inclusion in the All - Century Team of Pete Rose, who had been banned from baseball for life 10 years earlier . Some questioned Rose's presence on a team officially endorsed by Major League Baseball, but fans at the stadium gave him a standing ovation . During the on - field ceremony, which was emceed by Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, NBC Sports' Jim Gray questioned Rose about his refusal to admit to gambling on baseball . Gray's interview became controversial, with some arguing that it was good journalism, while others objected that the occasion was an inappropriate setting for Gray's persistence . After initially refusing to do so, Gray apologized a few days later . On January 8, 2004, more than four years later, Rose admitted publicly to betting on baseball games in his autobiography My Prison Without Bars . </P>

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