Can you name some obscure All-Star players from the past?

[markakis8]

Thought this would be a fun game. Game is simple - name an All-Star, year, and team from the past that makes you think "Holy cow he was an All-Star?" or "WHO!?"

Let's do it one at a time. I have a few up my sleeve. Try to keep it from an era most of us were watching baseball then. Naming Gus Suhr from the 1936 AS game does us no good b/c none of us were alive to watch the game.

I'll start:

Roger Pavlik - Rangers in 1996.

 

[Jared]

Bryan LaHair Chicago Cubs 2012

 

[corockies]

Rolando Arrojo - 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I don't think he played but he was on the roster. I was at this game.

 

[markakis8]

Jason Dickson - 1997 for the Angels. I think the guy played like 3 seasons in MLB.

 

[19braves77]

Mike Williams had a 6.62 ERA and five blown saves when he was picked to represent the Pirates in 2003.

 

[hive17]

Jose Hernandez, 2002 (the Tie Game), for Milwaukee. Oddly enough, the Brewers also sent Richie Sexson, meaning there was less of a reason for Hernandez. That was also the year that he struck out 188 times.

 

[markakis8]

Mike Williams had a 6.62 ERA and five blown saves when he was picked to represent the Pirates in 2003.

That's a nice one.

 

[19braves77]

Whatever year Robert Fick was elected.

Alfredo Griffin was selected in 1984 due to Trammell's injury. He had 3 walks total and was batting .241

 

[corockies]

Jose Hernandez, 2002 (the Tie Game), for Milwaukee. Oddly enough, the Brewers also sent Richie Sexson, meaning there was less of a reason for Hernandez. That was also the year that he struck out 188 times.

I love me some Jose Hernandez!

 

[Austin]

KC catcher, Salvador Perez - 2013
He may be hitting .300, but most fans outside of Kansas City probably never heard of him, including me.

 

[matfanofold]

Ken Schrom - Indians 1986

I do not think even Indians fans know who he is...

Putting together a 10-2 record and 4.17 ERA at the break he ended the season with a 14-7 and a 4.54 ERA. Getting the AS call over teammates Joe Carter, Julio Franco, and Brett Butler yet never getting the call to the mound, Schroms 7 year career came to a end in 1988.

 

[markakis8]

Ken Schrom - Indians 1986

I do not think even Indians fans know who he is...

Nice!

Next I'm going to go with a two-time all-star:

Scott Cooper - Red Sox, 1993 and 1994.

 

[Austin]

1999 Jeff Zimmerman, Rangers pitcher
He made the team as a rookie, but was out of baseball two years later because of injuries.

 

[Brewer Andy]

I love me some Jose Hernandez!

 

[corockies]

Don't worry - it's stacked right on top of this in my safe:

You know ^ that guy, the AS in '97 and '00? Guess that's not very obscure...

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

John Stearns, lone - and multiple - AS on some really bad Mets teams. Made the '80 AS squad and didn't even hit a HR all season!

 

[BBCgalaxee]

I always think of jack armstrong from the early 90s

 

[heavy_hitter]

 

[heavy_hitter]

"Fausto Carmona" doesn't even exist anymore.

 

[heavy_hitter]