In ’91, fans displayed their idiocy by voting Alomar the starting catcher for the American League. Though he had won the Rookie of the Year award the season before, Alomar missed most of the first half with a rotator-cuff injury, and when he did play, he stunk. Alomar batted .241, and as his terrifyingly weak .305 slugging percentage demonstrates, he couldn’t really slug. For his part, Alomar pleaded not guilty to this heinous offense. “If you look at the stats, I know I shouldn’t be there,” Alomar said. “I don’t know why the people voted for me.” Neither do we.
Top 10 Worst MLB All-Stars
Clueless fans are to blame for the All-Star Game selection of some of these B-teamers, while others benefited from baseball's requirement that each club supply a warm body. Here are the players who prove that to make baseball's Midsummer Classic — which this year will be played on July 14 in St. Louis — you don't actually have to be any good
Sandy Alomar Jr., Cleveland Indians (1991)
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- Frankie Zak, Pittsburgh Pirates (1944)
- Vinegar Bend Mizell, St. Louis Cardinals (1959)
- Chris Cannizzaro, San Diego Padres (1969)
- Freddie Patek, Kansas City Royals (1972)
- Willie Mays, New York Mets (1973)
- Matt Keough, Oakland A’s (1978)
- Reggie Jackson, California Angels (1983)
- Alfredo Griffin, Toronto Blue Jays (1984)
- Sandy Alomar Jr., Cleveland Indians (1991)
- Mike Williams, Pittsburgh Pirates (2003)