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All-Star Games Where Batter Had PA>=0 & WPA>=.18 In Win

Posted by Steve Lombardi on July 12, 2011

The title of this one says it all.

Here's the list of those to make the cut -

Rk Player Date Tm Lg Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos. Summary
1 Brian McCann 2010-07-13 ATL NL ALS W 3-1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.404 2.076 4.080 9 PH C
2 J. D. Drew 2008-07-15 BOS AL NLS W 4-3 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.575 3.047 2.595 1 RF
3 Ichiro Suzuki 2007-07-10 SEA AL NLS W 5-4 3 3 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.292 2.253 1.003 1 CF
4 Victor Martinez 2007-07-10 CLE AL NLS W 5-4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.202 1.870 .920 5 PH
5 Michael Young 2006-07-11 TEX AL NLS W 3-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.598 1.643 3.830 5 2B
6 Garret Anderson 2003-07-15 ANA AL NLS W 7-6 4 4 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.207 2.012 1.010 5 LF
7 Hank Blalock 2003-07-15 TEX AL NLS W 7-6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.558 1.771 3.470 8 PH 3B
8 Derek Jeter 2000-07-11 NYY AL NLS W 6-3 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.212 2.160 1.587 2 SS
9 Roberto Alomar 1998-07-07 BAL AL NLS W 13-8 5 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.367 3.211 1.807 2 2B
10 Ken Griffey 1998-07-07 SEA AL NLS W 13-8 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.303 2.362 2.078 3 CF
11 Ivan Rodriguez 1998-07-07 TEX AL NLS W 13-8 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.192 1.703 1.152 7 C
12 Sandy Alomar 1997-07-08 CLE AL NLS W 3-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.292 1.769 2.190 8 C
13 Jeff Conine 1995-07-11 FLA NL ALS W 3-2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.227 1.000 1.880 6 PH DH
14 Moises Alou 1994-07-12 MON NL ALS W 8-7 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.285 1.238 3.170 3 LF
15 Marquis Grissom 1994-07-12 MON NL ALS W 8-7 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.269 1.389 1.440 6 CF
16 Tony Gwynn 1994-07-12 SDP NL ALS W 8-7 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.206 1.485 1.382 2 CF RF
17 Fred McGriff 1994-07-12 ATL NL ALS W 8-7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.473 1.734 2.660 8 PH 1B
18 Cal Ripken 1991-07-09 BAL AL NLS W 4-2 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.275 2.432 1.573 3 SS
19 Tim Raines 1987-07-14 MON NL ALS W 2-0 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.707 2.732 2.670 1 LF
20 Lou Whitaker 1986-07-15 DET AL NLS W 3-2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.186 1.578 .940 8 2B
21 Dave Concepcion 1982-07-13 CIN NL ALS W 4-1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.225 2.159 .450 7 SS
22 Mike Schmidt 1981-08-09 PHI NL ALS W 5-4 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.479 1.639 1.468 4 3B
23 Gary Carter 1981-08-09 MON NL ALS W 5-4 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.239 1.662 1.303 7 C
24 George Hendrick 1980-07-08 STL NL ALS W 4-2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.213 0.718 2.195 2 CF
25 Lee Mazzilli 1979-07-17 NYM NL ALS W 7-6 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.550 2.000 4.530 5 PH CF
26 Steve Garvey 1978-07-11 LAD NL ALS W 7-3 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.563 3.188 1.982 5 1B
27 Al Oliver 1975-07-15 PIT NL ALS W 6-3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.239 1.100 3.450 7 PH CF
28 Manny Sanguillen 1972-07-25 PIT NL ALS W 4-3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.313 0.743 3.060 5 C
29 Joe Morgan 1972-07-25 CIN NL ALS W 4-3 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.364 0.780 1.802 1 2B
30 Hank Aaron 1972-07-25 ATL NL ALS W 4-3 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.345 1.631 .913 3 RF
31 Frank Robinson 1971-07-13 BAL AL NLS W 6-4 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.218 1.580 1.080 4 RF
32 Jim Hickman 1970-07-14 CHC NL ALS W 5-4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.253 0.236 2.488 5 LF 1B
33 Tony Perez 1967-07-11 CIN NL ALS W 2-1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.377 0.922 1.345 5 3B
34 Tim McCarver 1967-07-11 STL NL ALS W 2-1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.190 0.833 1.255 6 C
35 Maury Wills 1966-07-12 LAD NL ALS W 2-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.309 0.842 3.180 8 SS
36 Orlando Cepeda 1964-07-07 SFG NL ALS W 7-4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.322 0.584 1.703 5 1B
37 Johnny Callison 1964-07-07 PHI NL ALS W 7-4 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.360 2.461 1.913 9 PH RF
38 Willie Mays 1963-07-09 SFG NL ALS W 5-3 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.202 1.435 1.435 4 CF
39 Leon Wagner 1962-07-30 LAA AL NLS W 9-4 4 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.201 1.948 .702 7 LF
40 Hank Aaron 1961-07-11 MLN NL ALS W 5-4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.244 0.621 4.425 2 PH
41 Roberto Clemente 1961-07-11 PIT NL ALS W 5-4 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.257 1.255 1.296 5 RF
42 Willie Mays 1961-07-11 SFG NL ALS W 5-4 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.427 1.619 1.378 3 CF
43 Willie Mays 1959-07-07 SFG NL ALS W 5-4 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.228 0.860 1.267 4 CF
44 Hank Aaron 1959-07-07 MLN NL ALS W 5-4 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.245 0.709 1.282 3 RF
45 Mickey Mantle 1958-07-08 NYY AL NLS W 4-3 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.195 1.782 1.815 2 CF
46 Stan Musial 1955-07-12 STL NL ALS W 6-5 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.360 0.380 1.252 2 PH LF
47 Hank Aaron 1955-07-12 MLN NL ALS W 6-5 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.464 2.216 1.610 6 PR RF
48 Larry Doby 1954-07-13 CLE AL NLS W 11-9 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.326 1.000 1.820 2 PH CF
49 Nellie Fox 1954-07-13 CHW AL NLS W 11-9 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.290 1.444 3.050 7 PH 2B
50 Al Rosen 1954-07-13 CLE AL NLS W 11-9 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.590 4.699 2.242 5 3B 1B
51 Hank Sauer 1952-07-08 CHC NL ALS W 3-2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.232 1.640 .975 4 LF
52 Red Schoendienst 1950-07-11 STL NL ALS W 4-3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.326 1.000 2.380 5 2B
53 Enos Slaughter 1950-07-11 STL NL ALS W 4-3 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.248 2.024 1.734 5 CF RF
54 Ralph Kiner 1950-07-11 PIT NL ALS W 4-3 6 6 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.317 0.636 1.652 2 LF
55 Eddie Joost 1949-07-12 PHA AL NLS W 11-7 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.184 1.374 1.510 5 SS
56 Stan Spence 1947-07-08 WSH AL NLS W 2-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.184 0.868 2.590 9 PH
57 Bobby Doerr 1943-07-13 BOS AL NLS W 5-3 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.285 2.142 .715 8 2B
58 Lou Boudreau 1941-07-08 CLE AL NLS W 7-5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.255 1.572 2.020 6 SS
59 Ted Williams 1941-07-08 BOS AL NLS W 7-5 5 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.844 3.207 2.656 4 LF
60 Lou Gehrig 1937-07-07 NYY AL NLS W 8-3 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.229 2.878 .688 4 1B
61 Jimmie Foxx 1935-07-08 PHA AL NLS W 4-1 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.223 2.990 .870 4 3B
62 Earl Averill 1934-07-10 CLE AL NLS W 9-7 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.245 2.238 1.418 9 PH CF
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Generated 7/12/2011.

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So, does this list bring back any All-Star Game memories for you? Which ones?

28 Responses to “All-Star Games Where Batter Had PA>=0 & WPA>=.18 In Win”

  1. Tim L Says:

    The absence of Terry Steinbach's 1988 performance on this list is a prime example of why it's a bit dangerous to use WPA as the sole indicator of a player's impact on a game.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS198807120.shtml

    Two plate appearances, two RBI. AL wins 2-1.

  2. Neal Says:

    Tony Perez's 15th inning game-winning home run off Catfish Hunter in Anaheim in 1967. I think that is when he started to become my favorite player. (I was 9.)

    Hank Aaron's on the list 4 times, and Willie Mays 3, and no one else more than once; probably a big reason for the NL's winning streak in the 60's.

  3. Doug Says:

    For players with zero PAs:

    - Best WPA is Chris Sabo's 0.024 in 1988. Trailing by a run, he had a 2-out steal of 2nd as a 7th inning pinch-runner, but did not score.

    - Worst WPA is Tommy Harper's -0.032 in 1970. Pinch-running for Harmon Killebrew, he was thrown out stealing 2nd to end the 5th inning of a scoreless game.

  4. Cap Says:

    Hank Aaron's on the list 4 times.

  5. John McKinstra Says:

    Since 1970, who do you feel is the most surprising or "undeserving" All-Star. My votes would be fot Steve Swisher from the Cubs in '76, and Rickey Bones from the Brewers in '94. Curious as to what others think.

  6. Albanate Says:

    As a Mets fan in 1979, I remember feeling cheated that Maz didn't win the MVP when he homered to drive in the tying run in one inning, then walked with the bases full to drive in the go ahead run the next inning. It was one of the few highlights in an otherwise dreary season for the NY squad.

  7. Jim Says:

    Guess I'll mention the obvious. Brian Mcann's hit to win the game last year and of course JD Drews monster game at Yankee Stadium

  8. Doug Says:

    @5. Worst all-star.

    Alfredo Griffin of Blue Jays in 1984.

    He was a last-minute (literally) emergency replacement. Not even remotely close to all-star caliber.

  9. John Autin Says:

    The great Tim Raines, ladies & gentlemen!

    (And which pitcher faced the most batters & had the most strikeouts in that 1987 game? Lee Smith, with 3 scoreless IP and 4 Ks.)

  10. mccombe35 Says:

    No Fred Lynn from '83?

  11. Artie Z Says:

    I think Doug @8 nails it.

    That Alfredo Griffin season is horrible. I ran a PI search for worst seasons ever by a position player named to an all-star team. Limiting it to seasons worse than -2.0 WAR, most seasons are off years by players who were not on the all-star roster that year (Brian Giles' 2009 season was the worst WAR season ever by a position player who had once been an all-star, but he wasn't an all-star in 2009).

    Griffin's season is ... atrocious. .241/.248/.298. He had 14 extra base hits (total) and 4 walks (total) in 441 PAs. He did steal 11 bases. He had -1.1 oWAR and -1.2 dWAR, so he was consistent.

    In fairness, he was at .241/.250/.317 before the break, and 10 of his 14 extra base hits (including his 4 HRs) came before the break

    To put it in perspective WAR wise, it's equivalent to that nightmare of a season that Andruw Jones had for the Dodgers in 2008, only Jones did it in a lot less playing time.

    For pitchers I would go with Mike Williams in 2003 - 1-7, 6.14 ERA, 1.698 WHIP, 0.95 K/BB ratio, 69 ERA+, but 28 saves. His first half stats weren't any better - 1-3, 6.44 ERA, 1.734 WHIP, 0.86 K/BB ratio - but 25 saves. But the Pirates needed a rep - though he might have been the worst player on the Pirates that year.

  12. Jahiegel Says:

    Not only was Griffin's walk rate the lowest of the expansion era (minimum 400 PA; that's nearly 9000 player-seasons), but so too would have been his first-half BB% (in that hot first half, he walked thrice, for a rate just worse than that of Hal Lanier's 1964). (As a Brewers fan I think immediately of Yuniesky Betancourt, who well knows how to be below replacement with the bat and the glove; I cannot imagine what would happen to my head were he to be an all-star, even if in an entirely accidental fashion.)

  13. JoshG Says:

    Ichiros inside the park hr in 2007. First in history & the most fitting player to do it.

    What was it for Fielder tonight?

  14. topper009 Says:

    Please add Prince Fielder to the list, taking home MVP honors with .250 WPA.

  15. Nash Bruce Says:

    methinks Mr. Pujols might want to start to lower his free-agency demands, by a lot......Prince is 4 years younger.

  16. JoeThunder Says:

    Bad all-stars: Roger Pavlik, Jose Rosado, Robert Fick, and now Aaron Crow.

  17. Dave Says:

    I don't understand WPA.

  18. steven Says:

    #16: It was created by the Franklin Roosevelt administration.

  19. Jon Says:

    Argh those dirty lieberals and their fancy stats

    just give me the old fashioned stuff

    and bigotry

    and buy gold

  20. oneblankspace Says:

    How can a batter not have PA >= 0 ?

  21. Lawrence Azrin Says:

    @5,8,11,12 - worst All-Star:
    I don't do a comprehensive P-I search, and I am limiting myself to Red Sox players in my lifetime, but the worst two-time Red Sox AS player in my lifetime was Scott Cooper. He was touted as Wade Boggs' replacement in 1992, and was decent that year, which made it easier to let Boggs leave via free agency (that, plus Boggs had the worst year of his career till then).

    Cooper wasn't truly awful those two years in 1993-94, just kinda decent, but not anything remotely approaching a "star". He was traded to the Cardinals after 1994, which seems like a strange thing to do with a two-time AS. He had a mediocre 1995 with the Cards, declared free agency, but apparently didn't sign with anyone and sat out 1996 (no minor leagues).

    He was a utility player with the Royals in 1997, then his career was over before the age of 30, which seems like a mighty short career (592 games) for a two-time AS.

    @10 - someone please explain how a Grand Slam does not qualify for this list of best AS WPA

  22. kds Says:

    Lynn's GS changed the score from 5-1 to 9-1. The AL had a 90% chance of winning when he came to bat, 98% afterwards, so his WPA was .080.

  23. Lawrence Azrin Says:

    @21/ Kds - OK, thanks for the explanation.

  24. Jahiegel Says:

    @Lawrence His RE24, though, is the eighth best achieved in an ASG in the P-I era, and better than those of all supra save Rosen, Alomar, Williams, Garvey, and Drew.

  25. Kahuna Tuna Says:

    Since 1970, who do you feel is the most surprising or "undeserving" All-Star? . . . Steve Swisher from the Cubs in '76 . . . Ricky Bones from the Brewers in '94 . . . Alfredo Griffin of the Blue Jays in 1984

    Swisher is a good choice, with a -0.1 season WAR and -2.6 career WAR. (To his credit, Sparky Anderson didn't play Swisher in the 1976 game.) And Alfredo Griffin's career WAR mark was -2.4. But how about this list of undeserving All-Star starters? — Ken Reitz, 3B, NL, 1980 (-0.7 season WAR, -4.2 career WAR), Mariano Duncan, 2B, NL, 1994 (0.5 season WAR, 0.7 career WAR), and Shea Hillenbrand, 3B, AL, 2002 (3.8 season WAR, 4.5 career WAR). Even when you take starter injuries into account, these guys were way out of their depth.

    Go back before 1980, and you get some other career-WAR clunkers who actually played in the ASG: Myril Hoag, OF, 1939 (-0.8 / -4.8); Billy Hunter, IF, 1953 (-2.1 / -4.7); Jerry Morales, OF, 1977 (-0.7 / -3.9); and one-year wonder Cito Gaston, OF, 1970 (4.5 / -2.5). For my money, the two least deserving All-Stars ever are infielder Joe DeMaestri (0.3 season WAR, -4.9 career WAR) of the 1957 Kansas City A's and pitcher Tyler Green (-0.2 season WAR, -1.1 career WAR) of the 1995 Phillies. 1957 was DeMaestri's only season with a positive WAR; Green never had a season with a WAR above zero. Neither player appeared in that year's game.

  26. James Smyth Says:

    Jim Hickman in 1970...had the hit that set up the Pete Rose/Ray Fosse collision (41 years ago today)

  27. Mustachioed Repetition Says:

    undeserving All-Star starters? — Ken Reitz, 3B, NL, 1980 (-0.7 season WAR, -4.2 career WAR)

    He's a little before my time but I recall reading that he would get off to good starts (or at least good Aprils), giving people the impression that he was a better player than he really was because they didn't notice how his numbers dropped off by September.

    And it's true. For his career he batted .314, .775 OPS in April, and no higher than .259 or .657 in any other month. In 1980 he was batting .368/.403/.503 through June 4; he was deservedly on the All-Star radar at that point (and had likely already received a lot of votes). He sucked in June and was his usual mediocre self thereafter (not to mention the below average glove).

  28. Kahuna Tuna Says:

    That was indeed Reitz's contemporaneous reputation, MR — strong start, weak finish. He also carried the rep of being a good glove man at third, although today's metrics don't bear that out. Schmidt, in the middle of his first MVP season and one of the top 15 WAR seasons ever compiled by a third baseman, was hurt for the All-Star Game; third base was manned by Reitz and Ray Knight.

    It's not as if Reitz made the NL team as the only Cardinal rep — Keith Hernandez and George Hendrick were having fine seasons and appeared in the game as subs. Nor was Reitz picked as a way of rewarding the Cardinals for their fine first-half record, for St. Louis was last in the NL East at the break.

    Other worthy 3B candidates for the NL in 1980 included Ron Cey, Larry Parrish, Darrell Evans, and Bill Madlock. Bob Horner wound up with fine stats, but at the time of the ASG he was still rounding into form after an early-season injury.

    What you say about Reitz being "on the radar" is true, MR, but still, he should never have been anywhere close to the All-Star Game in 1980, IMO.