Tuesday, February 3, 2015

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.

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