Baseball Trivia

[Mick]

There have been eight MLB MVPs in the All-Star game era that did not get named to the league All-Star team the year each won the MVP award. Name the players, teams and years...

[Langdude]

There have been eight MLB MVPs in the All-Star game era that did not get named to the league All-Star team the year each won the MVP award.  Name the players, teams and years...

That's a good one.

I know Kirk Gibson (Dodgers, '88) is one. I have no idea about any other. Maybe that year there was no ASG? 1982 or 1983? Steve Garvey?

-m.

[Mick]

There have been eight MLB MVPs in the All-Star game era that did not get named to the league All-Star team the year each won the MVP award.  Name the players, teams and years...

That's a good one.

I know Kirk Gibson (Dodgers, '88) is one. I have no idea about any other. Maybe that year there was no ASG? 1982 or 1983? Steve Garvey?

-m.

Gibson was the second one, Willie Stargell in 1979 was the first.  Steve Garvey, Keith Hernandez and Pete Rose were named instead of Stargell.  Will Clark, Andres Galarraga and Gerald Perry were named instead of Gibson.  Clark and Galarraga had significantly better OPS than Stargell, Perry was Atlanta's lone representative that year.

Others included (name, year, first half-stats, who made it instead)

Jimmy Rollins, 2007
First-half stats: 419 PA, .286/.329/.518, 16 HR
Who made it instead: Jose Reyes, J.J. Hardy

Justin Morneau, 2006
First-half stats: 335 PA, .300/.352/587, 23 HR
Who made it instead: David Ortiz, Paul Konerko

Chipper Jones, 1999
First-half stats: 338 PA, .313/.422/.589, 21 HR
Who made it instead: Matt Williams, Ed Sprague (!)

Juan Gonzalez, 1996
First-half stats: 268, .320/.381/.652, 22 HR
Who made it instead: Brady Anderson*, Jay Buhner, Greg Vaughn
*Yeah, this was that Brady Anderson year. Almost as unbelievable as Brady Anderson hitting 50 HR in 1996: Brady Anderson finishing ninth in AL MVP voting in 1996. Offense was insane that year. AL teams scored 5.39 R/G, the most since the 1930s. For what it’s worth, Anderson was fifth in WARP.

Terry Pendleton, 1991
First-half stats: 282 PA, .324/.377/.512, 8 HR
Who made it instead: Chris Sabo, Howard Johnson


Robin Yount, 1989
First-half stats: 372 PA, .299/.369/.468, 10 HR
Who made it instead: Kirby Puckett, Devon White