Is anyone punching All-Star ballots at Chase Field?
Jun 12, 2012, 6:36 PM | Updated: 10:47 pm
Voting for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game in Kansas City has
started, but apparently very few people attending games at
Chase Field this season have received the memo.
Major League Baseball released updated National League
voting Tuesday, and not one Diamondbacks player appears
among the leaders at any position. The league lists the
top five vote-getters at each infield position and catcher
and lists the top 15 in the outfield.
Interestingly, only the Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres and
the National League East-leading Washington Nationals are
the only senior circuit squads that don’t have any players
among the leaders.
Here are the leading vote-getters at each position:
Catcher
1. Buster Posey, San Francisco, 1,713,839 votes
2. Yadier Molina, St. Louis, 1,576,199
3. Carlos Ruiz, Philadelphia, 1,191,194
4. Brian McCann, Atlanta, 1,012,743
5. Jonathan Lucroy, Milwaukee, 588, 710
First Base
1. Joey Votto, Cincinnati, 2,108,725
2. Lance Berkman, St. Louis, 851,373
3. Freddie Freeman, Atlanta, 828,759
4. Brandon Belt, San Francisco, 563,708
5. Bryan LaHair, Chicago, 514,809
Second Base
1. Dan Uggla, Atlanta, 1,341,088
2. Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati, 885, 250
3. Omar Infante, Miami, 737,715
4. Jose Altuve, Houston, 700,640
5. Rickie Weeks, Milwaukee, 642,184
Third Base
1. David Wright, NY Mets, 1,358,992
2. Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco, 1,103,650
3. David Freese, St. Louis, 1,095,206
4. Chipper Jones, Atlanta, 1,054,586
5. Placido Polanco, Philadelphia, 635,782
Shortstop
1. Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado, 1,200,256
2. Rafael Furcal, St. Louis, 1,183,096
3. Starlin Castro, Chicago, 738,771
4. Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia, 684,754
5. Jose Reyes, Miami, 662,199
Outfield
1. Matt Kemp, Los Angeles, 2,589,464
2. Carlos Beltran, St. Louis, 1,782,831
3. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee, 1,553,356
4. Melky Cabrera, San Francisco, 1,357,461
5. Andre Ethier, Los Angeles, 1,142,312
6. Matt Holliday, St. Louis, 951,652
7. Hunter Pence, Philadelphia, 861,555
8. Michael Bourn, Atlanta, 768,049
9. Shane Victorino, Philadelphia, 733,310
10. Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado, 728,903
11. Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 728,522
12. Angel Pagan, San Francisco, 722,820
13. Jason Heyward, Atlanta, 717,121
14. Jay Bruce, Cincinnati, 655,098
15. Martin Prado, Atlanta, 560,943