Non-All-Star Play Beneficiaries
Posted by Steve Lombardi on February 25, 2010
A fun little list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder - players who have reached base via an error in two or more All-Star Games -
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | ROE 6 | HBP | GDP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Herman | 3 | Ind. Games | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .417 | .417 | .500 | .917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Kaline | 3 | Ind. Games | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | 1.286 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Yogi Berra | 2 | Ind. Games | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Rocky Colavito | 2 | Ind. Games | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .111 | .500 | .611 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Darin Erstad | 2 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Stan Musial | 2 | Ind. Games | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Related, that first All-Star Game of 1961, at Candlestick, where Kaline, Berra and Colavito all reached via an error, was a mess. Five players reached base via an error in that contest - where seven errors, in total, were made on the day. More on these types of games, via Play Index's Team Batting Game Finder:
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | ROE | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE 6 | GDP | SB | CS | LOB | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1961-07-11 | ALS | NLS | L 4-5 | 73 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | 2008-07-15 | ALS | NLS | W 4-3 | 65 | 57 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | 1960-07-11 | ALS | NLS | L 3-5 | 78 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 46 |
| 4 | 1962-07-30 | ALS | NLS | W 9-4 | 77 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | 1983-07-06 | ALS | NLS | W 13-3 | 46 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | 1937-07-07 | NLS | ALS | L 3-8 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 7 | 1941-07-08 | NLS | ALS | L 5-7 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | 1943-07-13 | ALS | NLS | W 5-3 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | 1949-07-12 | ALS | NLS | W 11-7 | 46 | 41 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 | 1958-07-08 | ALS | NLS | W 4-3 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 11 | 1959-07-07 | ALS | NLS | L 4-5 | 78 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41 |
| 12 | 1969-07-23 | NLS | ALS | W 9-3 | 43 | 40 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 13 | 1980-07-08 | NLS | ALS | W 4-2 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| 14 | 1983-07-06 | NLS | ALS | L 3-13 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 15 | 1987-07-14 | ALS | NLS | L 0-2 | 50 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 |
| 16 | 1999-07-13 | NLS | ALS | L 1-4 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 17 | 2000-07-11 | ALS | NLS | W 6-3 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
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February 25th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
2008 is of course due to probably the most horrendous All Star play ever by Dan Uggla where 3 of those 4 errors were his and he topped it off by going 0-4 with 3 Ks and grounded into a double play in the top of the tenth with the score tied and runners on first and third.
February 25th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
The 1961 game at Candlestick was also the one where a gust of wind caused pitcher Stu Miller to balk.
February 26th, 2010 at 2:15 am
Has any player ever suffered more from a non-postseason single-game performance? Every so often you get a really strong core of young players at one position (remember the A-Rod/Jeter/Nomar days?), and it seemed that there was just such a group at second in the 2006-2008 timeframe. I remember Uggla being right in that mix, along with Utley, Kinsler, and Pedroia (the other second basemen in that All-Star Game). Since that awful performance ... not so much.
February 26th, 2010 at 11:11 am
You seem to have omitted Robinson Cano.
February 26th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
With good reason - Cano wasn't on the 2008 All-Star squad. Zachary was referring to Wes' comment about the 2008 ASG.
February 26th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
It's like you expect me to read all the words or something.
February 26th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
I always hated that holy trinity grouping of ARod/Jeter/Nomar because it left out Vizquel.
February 26th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Arod/Jeter/Nomar were grouped together because at the time they were young, good hitting shortstops.
Visquel was a good shortstop, but he wasn't young anymore and he certainly couldn't hit like the other three. Here are the stats for players from 1996-2003 with at least 3000 PA and 50% of their games at short.
Generated 2/26/2010.
March 4th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Raphy you are right, Arod, Jeter and Nomar were on a streak at a that young age. But guys lets not forget about Barry Larkin. I personally liked this guy's stats for some reason. He has something to his game.