Have the Angels ever?

[Salome]

With Trout having 4.8 million votes it looks like he is guaranteed a starting position in the All Star game. Have the Angels ever had a home grown talent voted in? I remember all the years of so and so because every team has to represent or someone being picked to replace an injured starter and of course big names formerly with other teams.

[stormngt]

I know Erstad and Anderson made the team; however I don't know if they were voted in or selected as subs.

What about Wally Joyner, was he voted in?  I think he was his rookie year!

[AZMike]

With Trout having 4.8 million votes it looks like he is guaranteed a starting position in the All Star game. Have the Angels ever had a home grown talent voted in? I remember all the years of so and so because every team has to represent or someone being picked to replace an injured starter and of course big names formerly with other teams.

Trout has the third most votes of anyone in the AL behind Davis and Cabrera. 

[Angel Oracle]

Joyner is the only one I can remember. 

He won the 1B voting with a write-in vote as a rookie in 1986.

 

Salmon didn't make it for the longest time.

Erstad, GA, Glaus, and Edmonds never started an ASG game as a Halos player.

[Angel Oracle]

As good as Chris Davis is so far, having that many votes is crazy given how mediocre he was through 2012.

Good to see though, as he is the best AL 1B so far.

[AZMike]

As good as Chris Davis is so far, having that many votes is crazy given how mediocre he was through 2012.

Good to see though, as he is the best AL 1B so far.

Orioles fans seem to be ballot stuffing a bit this year. Lots of their players names are higher in the vote tallies than they should be (IMO).

[Jay]

Orioles fans seem to be ballot stuffing a bit this year. Lots of their players names are higher in the vote tallies than they should be (IMO).

 

winning does wonders for fan enthusiasm

[Brandon]

Pitchers aren't voted on, but K-Rod would have been a voted pitcher.

This totally reminds me of when Jason Dickson was our all star rep.

[Mudville]

Jim Fregosi in 1964 was the AL All Star starting Shortstop in his 2nd full season as an Angel at age 22.

[Angel Oracle]

True, but Fregosi was drafted from the Red Sox in the 1961 expansion draft. 

Plus players weren't voted in by the fans from 1961-1969.

[Inside Pitch]

Joyner is the only one I can remember. 

He won the 1B voting with a write-in vote as a rookie in 1986.

 

Salmon didn't make it for the longest time.

Erstad, GA, Glaus, and Edmonds never started an ASG game as a Halos player.

 

Tim Salmon never made an all star team.  Thank you, Joe Torre.

[Mudville]

Well then, he was from the Angels minor league since he was the first of their minor leaguers. Doesn't matter where he was drafted from, he had never played an inning in professional ball until the Angels picked him up as a 19 year old. He spent more time in the Angels minor league that the one season in the Red Sox. So essentially he is the first of the Angels minor league players to start in an All Star game.

 

Oh, and screw the fans they are idiots and should have no say in who plays in the All Star game since it is all controlled by ballot box stuffing.

[seenoevil]

i don't know.

 

Reggie Jackson was pretty popular.

 

Wally world rookie season was big

[Mudville]

Jackson was not from the Angels farm system.

[Jay]

Agree that fan voting is stupid, it should be the players voting IMO

[T.G.]

Wally Joyner was a starter in 1986. It was his only AS appearance. 

[Torridd]

Didn't know that. Didn't he have an even better season in '87?

[Bruce Nye]

No love for Reggie Willits almost winning the Home Run Derby?

[Jay]

Too bad Kendrick isn't even in the discussion.

[Angel Oracle]

Agree that fan voting is stupid, it should be the players voting IMO

I never cared much for the voting anyway.    Even though the fans are getting it right with Davis, and got it right with Joyner in 1986, there are MANY other cases where they didn't get it right.

[Angel Oracle]

Didn't know that. Didn't he have an even better season in '87?

Yes he did, 33 HRs and 117 rbis, unfortunately they were also rans that season thanks to a September collapse that dropped them to a 75-87 record.

[ScottT]

I'm still bitter that Tim Salmon never made an All Star team. Even though he was a slow starter, his first half numbers were close a few times.  Heck, in his rookie year, he hit .282/.393/.519 in the first half.   His OPS+ was 148.  He had better numbers than Kirby Puckett and Joe Carter at the break. They both got voted in. I'm fine with proven veterans getting the edge over a rookie, but Salmon never got that edge later in his career.  Bryce Harper's OPS+ was 127 last year and he got in.  

 

So many scrubs have made All Star teams based on a couple good months.  It's lame.  You should consider more than that.  Recent history, going back to last season... and even beyond.  Screw the sports media that wants exciting players in the game so they will have something to talk about. A spot should be earned to some extent.  

[Second Base]

I remember Tim effing Wakefield and his 4.58 ERA making the all-star team a couple years ago.  Ridiculous. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Derek Jeter has over 529,000 votes at shortstop, and he hasn't stepped into the batter's box since last year's playoffs.

[seenoevil]

Jackson was not from the Angels farm system.

 

wow your smart,lol moron