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 | BOP | Pos. Summary | |
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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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So, does this list bring back any All-Star Game memories for you? Which ones?
July 12th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
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.
July 12th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
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.
July 12th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
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.
July 12th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Hank Aaron's on the list 4 times.
July 12th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
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.
July 12th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
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.
July 12th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
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
July 12th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
@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.
July 12th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
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.)
July 12th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
No Fred Lynn from '83?
July 12th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
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.
July 12th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
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.)
July 12th, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Ichiros inside the park hr in 2007. First in history & the most fitting player to do it.
What was it for Fielder tonight?
July 13th, 2011 at 12:14 am
Please add Prince Fielder to the list, taking home MVP honors with .250 WPA.
July 13th, 2011 at 2:53 am
methinks Mr. Pujols might want to start to lower his free-agency demands, by a lot......Prince is 4 years younger.
July 13th, 2011 at 7:11 am
Bad all-stars: Roger Pavlik, Jose Rosado, Robert Fick, and now Aaron Crow.
July 13th, 2011 at 7:37 am
I don't understand WPA.
July 13th, 2011 at 8:18 am
#16: It was created by the Franklin Roosevelt administration.
July 13th, 2011 at 8:55 am
Argh those dirty lieberals and their fancy stats
just give me the old fashioned stuff
and bigotry
and buy gold
July 13th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
How can a batter not have PA >= 0 ?
July 13th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
@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
July 13th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
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.
July 13th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
@21/ Kds - OK, thanks for the explanation.
July 13th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
@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.
July 14th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
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.
July 14th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Jim Hickman in 1970...had the hit that set up the Pete Rose/Ray Fosse collision (41 years ago today)
July 14th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
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).
July 14th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
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.