2014 American League All-Stars

2014 American League All-Stars

* Commissioner addition picks

STARTERS

C - Carlos Santana (Bronx)

2nd time elected / 1st time starting

1B - Paul Goldschmidt (Fairgrove)

2nd time elected / 1st time starting

2B - Robinson Cano (Bronx)

2nd time elected / 1st time starting

3B - Miguel Cabrera (Buffalo)

2nd time elected & starting

SS - Ian Desmond (Swatara)

2nd time elected / 1st time starting

DH -Victor Martinez (Swatara)

1st time elected & starting

LF - Jacoby Ellsbury (Chicago)

1st time elected & starting 

CF - Adam Jones (Fairgrove)

1st time elected & starting

RF - Shin-Soo Choo (South Shore)

1st time elected & starting

SP - Madison Bumgarner (Fairgrove)

2nd time elected / 1st time starting

Adam Jones led all OF's in votes & will play in his first game.

RESERVES

BOSTON BRAVOS

SS - Alexei Ramirez (1st time)

OF - Shane Victorino* (2nd time)

BRONX BOMBERS

OF - Daniel Nava (1st time)

SP - James Shields (1st time)

BROOKLYN METS

SP - Clay Buchholz (1st time)

RP - David D. Carpenter (1st time)

BUFFALO YANKEES

OF - Jay Bruce (1st time)

RP - Koji Uehara (1st time)

FAIRGROVE TIGERS

2B - Jed Lowrie (1st time)

SP - C.J. Wilson (1st time)

RP - Joe Nathan (1st time)

SOUTH SHORE FIGHTING IMPS

1B - Joey Votto (1st time)

3B - David Wright (2nd time)

DH/OF - Matt Holliday (2nd time)

OF - Allen Craig (1st time)

SP - John Lackey (1st time)

SP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (1st time)

RP - Mariano Rivera* (1st time)

SWATARA ELIMINATORS

C - Yadier Molina (1st time)

2B - Brandon Phillips* (1st time)

BY THE NUMBERS

SOUTH SHORE - 8

FAIRGROVE - 6

BRONX - 4

SWATARA - 4

BUFFALO - 3

BOSTON - 2

BROOKLYN - 2

CHICAGO - 1

The American League squad won the first All-Star Game last season, and have 21 1st-timers for the event. All 6 elected outfielders are newcomers, while the other outfielder Shane Victorino (elected for one of the 3 Commissioner-elect additions) returns for his second. Madison Bumgarner is the only pitcher (including relievers) to return for his 2nd All-Star Game, everyone else is newbies. Only one player returned to the starting lineup, and that was Buffalo's Miguel Cabrera.