All-Star Game Records (now updated for 2013 records)

While many of us are familiar with regular season and post-season records, the same may not be true for All-Star game feats. To correct this deficiency, I offer this post for your edification.

Some records to watch for tonight.

  • Most players Age 20 or under, One team – 2, NL (Bryce Harper, Jose Fernandez), also ties record for both teams
  • Most players Age 21 or under, Both Teams – 4, Mike Trout, Manny Machado, Bryce Harper, Jose Fernandez, each team also ties record for one team
  • Most games, Age 20 or under – 2, Bryce Harper (new record)
  • Most games, Age 21 or under – 2, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout (tie with 11 others)
  • Most AL teams represented, career – 3, Torii Hunter (tie with 12 others)

More All-Star Game records, P-I style, after the jump.

No real rhyme or reason to many of these “records”. Just things that occurred to me as I was giving P-I a workout. So, I might have messed up a query somewhere along the way – if so, please correct me.

Let’s start with team records.

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***** Player Appearance records*****

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***** Age records *****

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***** Pitching feats *****

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***** Batting feats *****

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bells
bells
11 years ago

Dear god, that’s a lot of info. Thanks Doug.

First thing that caught my eye – fewest runs, both teams = 1 in 1968. I know a 1-game sample doesn’t often indicate the broader context, but I was grinning to see that this was the case here.

Also, how does the AL have the most runs scored record 3 times? That’s an interesting coincidence, as the overall W-L is pretty even and in fact favors the NL. I guess that’s an example of one small sample NOT appropriately reflecting the broader context.

e pluribus munu
e pluribus munu
11 years ago
Reply to  Doug

As I’m sure everyone knows (but just in case), the ’68 1-0 score was even more appropriate than it looks: the only run scored on a double play.

Logan
Logan
11 years ago
Reply to  Doug

Wow. The pythagorean expectation would be 40-42 for the NL, which means they have luck of +3.5 games.

no statistician but
no statistician but
11 years ago
Reply to  bells

The American League dominated the contest through 1949, then the National League dominated through 1985, then the AL dominated through 2009. Th AL seems set to break the new run of the NL as I speak—well, write, type, enter, whatever.

So it’s never really been even, just balancing periods of dominance.

mattmaldre
11 years ago

Wow. The most stolen bases in one game still stands at two? Rickey Henderson is not one of the five players who did it?!

brp
brp
11 years ago
Reply to  mattmaldre

Pretty tough to steal more than 2 bases when you’re lucky to get 3 PAs.

Luis Gomez
Luis Gomez
11 years ago

What does Carl Hubbel and Fernando Valenzuela have in common?

Doug
Doug
11 years ago
Reply to  Luis Gomez

Hubbell won MVP in the year of his first A-S game (THE first A-S game). Valenzuela won the CYA in the year of his first A-S game.

Is that what you were looking forÉ

Luis Gomez
Luis Gomez
11 years ago
Reply to  Doug

Nope. It´s an in-game accomplishment.

John Nacca
John Nacca
11 years ago
Reply to  Luis Gomez

5 K’s in a row?

Luis Gomez
Luis Gomez
11 years ago
Reply to  John Nacca

Yes. Carl Hubbell is well remembered by striking out 5 straight future HOFers, but Fernando´s streak rarely gets mentioned. He K´ed Don mattingly, Cal Ripken, Jesse Barfield, Lou Whitaker and Teo Higuera in a row. Not first-ballot-HOF (except for Cal, of course), but no slouches either (well, maybe Higuera with a bat was).

Richard Chester
Richard Chester
11 years ago

It sure is strange to see a positive DiMaggio record not held by someone named Joe.

James Smyth
11 years ago

Love the old line about the brothers DiMaggio: Joe was the best hitter, Dom was the best fielder and Vince was the best singer

James Smyth
11 years ago
Reply to  James Smyth

Another note about Vince DiMaggio: His 134 strikeouts in 1938 set a major league record that would stand for 18 years.
It has been passed 506 times since then and Vince would have been tied for 35th last year. Chris Carter and Mike Napoli are 11 K’s short of that total in 2013.

e pluribus munu
e pluribus munu
11 years ago

Doug, Thank you for bringing attention to the outstanding All Star career of Dean Stone. I, for one, had not been aware of it.

Disco
Disco
11 years ago

Before Cano, when was the last HBP in the ASG? How many have there been?

RJ
RJ
11 years ago
Reply to  Disco

There was one last year, RA Dickey hitting Paul Konerko in the sixth inning: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS201207100.shtml

RJ
RJ
11 years ago
Reply to  Disco

Just had a go on the Play Index, it looks like there have been 33 prior HBP in All-Star Games, in 33 different games.

Disco
Disco
11 years ago
Reply to  RJ

Thanks. can you link me to your query? I can only view 10 games.

Doug
Doug
11 years ago
Reply to  Disco
Richard Chester
Richard Chester
11 years ago
Reply to  Disco

Disco: I suspect you are a PI non-subscriber Here is what you can do to view the entire list. Game Finder Player Batting All-Star Game 1963 to 2012 Set HBP equal to or greater than 1 Sort by date of game Get Report You will get a spreadsheet with 9 blank rows and 11 rows with complete data. Then back to the search page and click on Ascending order and Get Report You will get a results spreadsheet with the missing names in reverse order. There will be some duplication. Then go back to the search page and set the… Read more »

Doug
Doug
11 years ago

One new record tonight (I think) is age differential in a battery: 20 years, 6 months difference between Salvador Perez and Mo.

Disco
Disco
11 years ago
Reply to  Doug

I’m still wondering why Rivera wasn’t asked to finish the game rather than Joe Nathan.

Luis Gomez
Luis Gomez
11 years ago
Reply to  Doug

I agree. Imagine if the NL rallied in the 8th and they don´t need to bat in the ninth inning. Leyland would have a hard time to leave NY.

JasonZ
11 years ago

I believe it was planned going into the game that Mo would pitch the 8th.

This is the only way to guarantee his appearance.

The image for the ages is Mo entering the gsme while his teammates remained in the dugout. Both teams unabashedly cheering, the crowd saluting the greatest closer ever.

Props to Joe Nathan who after closing it out gave the ball to Mo.

These are the images I will remember.

deal
11 years ago

semi-related

Took a brief look into Home Field Advantage in the World Series, to see if the ASG results really mean that much….

phungo.blogspot.com/2013/07/all-star-game-debriefing-does-home.html

Turns out Tuesday night was good news for the Bosox and A’s, but really bad news for the Cardinals.