Final Man Vote

The All-Star Final Man Vote was a short-term run-off ballot to designate the final member of the two leagues' teams at the annual All-Star Game. The vote pitted five candidates in each league who had not been selected by either the regular fan ballot, the player vote, or the the two All-Star Game managers. The voting took place over a handful of days and was conducted entirely online, unlike the regular fan vote, which included both paper ballots and on-line voting.

The Final Man Vote was introduced before the 2002 All-Star Game. Most of the winners were first-time All-Stars, and often players who had been good performers but not front-line stars. The purpose of the vote was to create some enthusiasm for the All-Star Game in the period between the announcement of initial rosters, and the start of All-Star festivities. It was discontinued in 2019, when MLB introduced a similar contest, a run-off ballot to select the actual starters for the game from among the top three finishers at each position.

Results

Winners in bold

2002

American League				2002		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Eric Chavez	3B	Oakland Athletics				Brian Giles	OF	Pittsburgh Pirates
Johnny Damon	OF	Boston Red Sox				Andruw Jones	OF	Atlanta Braves
Darin Erstad	OF	Anaheim Angels				Ryan Klesko	1B	San Diego Padres
Magglio Ordonez	OF	Chicago White Sox				Albert Pujols	1B	St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Thome	1B	Cleveland Indians				Larry Walker	OF	Colorado Rockies

2003

American League				2003		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Eric Byrnes	OF	Oakland Athletics				Orlando Cabrera	SS	Montreal Expos
Jason Giambi	1B	New York Yankees				Luis Castillo	2B	Florida Marlins
Benji Molina	C	Anaheim Angels				Geoff Jenkins	OF	Milwaukee Brewers
Frank Thomas	DH	Chicago White Sox				Kenny Lofton	OF	Pittsburgh Pirates
Jason Varitek	C	Boston Red Sox				Benito Santiago	C	San Francisco Giants

Note: Giambi and Castillo were added to their respective league's teams as injury replacements

2004

American League				2004		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Lew Ford	OF	Minnesota Twins				Bobby Abreu	OF	Philadelphia Phillies
Travis Hafner	DH	Cleveland Indians				Steve Finley	OF	Arizona Diamondbacks
Paul Konerko	1B	Chicago White Sox				Jason Kendall	C	Pittsburgh Pirates
Hideki Matsui	OF	New York Yankees				Juan Pierre	OF	Florida Marlins
Frank Thomas	DH	Chicago White Sox				Aramis Ramirez	3B	Chicago Cubs

2005

American League				2005		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Carl Crawford	OF	Tampa Bay Devil Rays				Trevor Hoffman	RP	San Diego Padres
Torii Hunter	OF	Minnesota Twins				Brett Myers	SP	Philadelphia Phillies
Derek Jeter	SS	New York Yankees				Roy Oswalt	SP	Houston Astros
Hideki Matsui	OF	New York Yankees				Billy Wagner	RP	Philadelphia Phillies
Scott Podsednik	OF	Chicago White Sox				Brandon Webb	SP	Arizona Diamondbacks

Note: Wagner was added to the National League team as an injury replacement

2006

American League				2006		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Travis Hafner	DH	Cleveland Indians				Bobby Abreu	OF	Philadelphia Phillies
Ramon Hernandez	C	Baltimore Orioles				Chris Capuano	SP	Milwaukee Brewers
Francisco Liriano	SP	Minnesota Twins				Nomar Garciaparra	1B	Los Angeles Dodgers
A.J. Pierzynski	C	Chicago White Sox				Billy Wagner	RP	New York Mets
Justin Verlander	SP	Detroit Tigers				Chris Young	SP	San Diego Padres

Note: Liriano and Capuano were added to their respective league's teams as injury replacements

2007

American League				2007		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Jeremy Bonderman	SP	Detroit Tigers				Tom Gorzelanny	SP	Pittsburgh Pirates
Kelvim Escobar	SP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim				Roy Oswalt	SP	Houston Astros
Roy Halladay	SP	Toronto Blue Jays				Brandon Webb	SP	Arizona Diamondbacks
Pat Neshek	RP	Minnesota Twins				Chris Young	SP	San Diego Padres
Hideki Okajima	RP	Boston Red Sox				Carlos Zambrano	SP	Chicago Cubs

Note: Oswalt and Webb were added to the National League team as injury replacements

2008

American League				2008		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Jermaine Dye	OF	Chicago White Sox				Pat Burrell	OF	Philadelphia Phillies
Jason Giambi	1B	New York Yankees				Corey Hart	OF	Milwaukee Brewers
Jose Guillen	OF	Kansas City Royals				Carlos Lee	OF	Houston Astros
Evan Longoria	3B	Tampa Bay Rays				Aaron Rowand	OF	San Francisco Giants
Brian Roberts	2B	Baltimore Orioles				David Wright	3B	New York Mets

Note: Wright was added to the National League team as an injury replacement

2009

American League				2009		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Chone Figgins	3B	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim				Cristian Guzman	SS	Washington Nationals
Brandon Inge	3B	Detroit Tigers				Matt Kemp	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers
Ian Kinsler	2B	Texas Rangers				Mark Reynolds	3B	Arizona Diamondbacks
Adam Lind	1B	Toronto Blue Jays				Pablo Sandoval	3B	San Francisco Giants
Carlos Pena	1B	Tampa Bay Rays				Shane Victorino	OF	Philadelphia Phillies

Note: Figgins and Pena were added to the American League team as injury replacements

2010

American League				2010		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Paul Konerko	1B	Chicago White Sox				Heath Bell	RP	San Diego Padres
Nick Swisher	OF	New York Yankees				Carlos Gonzalez	OF	Colorado Rockies
Kevin Youkilis	1B	Boston Red Sox				Joey Votto	1B	Cincinnati Reds
Delmon Young	OF	Minnesota Twins				Billy Wagner	RP	Atlanta Braves
Michael Young	3B	Texas Rangers				Ryan Zimmerman	3B	Washington Nationals

Note: Konerko, Bell and Wagner were added to their respective league's teams as injury replacements

2011

American League				2011		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Alex Gordon	OF	Kansas City Royals				Andre Ethier	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers
Adam Jones	OF	Baltimore Orioles				Adam Kennedy	SP	Arizona Diamondbacks
Paul Konerko	1B	Chicago White Sox				Todd Helton	1B	Colorado Rockies
Victor Martinez	C	Detroit Tigers				Mike Morse	1B	Washington Nationals
Ben Zobrist	2B	Tampa Bay Rays				Shane Victorino	OF	Philadelphia Phillies

Note: Ethier was added to the National League team as an injury replacement

2012

American League				2012		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Jonathan Broxton	RP	Kansas City Royals				Michael Bourn	OF	Atlanta Braves
Yu Darvish	SP	Texas Rangers				David Freese	3B	St. Louis Cardinals
Ernesto Frieri	RP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim				Bryce Harper	OF	Washington Nationals
Jason Hammel	SP	Baltimore Orioles				Aaron Hill	2B	Arizona Diamondbacks
Jake Peavy	SP	Chicago White Sox				Chipper Jones	3B	Atlanta Braves

Note: Peavy, Bourn, Harper and Jones were added to their respective league's teams as injury replacements

2013

American League				2013		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Joaquin Benoit	RP	Detroit Tigers				Ian Desmond	SS	Washington Nationals
Steve Delabar	RP	Toronto Blue Jays				Freddie Freeman	1B	Atlanta Braves
David Robertson	RP	New York Yankees				Adrian Gonzalez	1B	Los Angeles Dodgers
Tanner Scheppers	RP	Texas Rangers				Hunter Pence	OF	San Francisco Giants
Koji Uehara	RP	Boston Red Sox				Yasiel Puig	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers

2014

American League				2014		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Dallas Keuchel	SP	Houston Astros				Casey McGehee	3B	Miami Marlins
Corey Kluber	SP	Cleveland Indians				Justin Morneau	1B	Colorado Rockies
Rick Porcello	SP	Detroit Tigers				Anthony Rendon	3B	Washington Nationals
Garrett Richards	SP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim				Anthony Rizzo	1B	Chicago Cubs
Chris Sale	SP	Chicago White Sox				Justin Upton	OF	Atlanta Braves

2015

American League				2015		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Xander Bogaerts	SS	Boston Red Sox				Johnny Cueto	SP	Cincinnati Reds
Yoenis Cespedes	OF	Detroit Tigers				Jeurys Familia	RP	New York Mets
Brian Dozier	2B	Minnesota Twins				Clayton Kershaw	SP	Los Angeles Dodgers
Brett Gardner	OF	New York Yankees				Carlos Martinez	SP	St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Moustakas	3B	Kansas City Royals				Troy Tulowitzki	SS	Colorado Rockies

Note: Dozier, Gardner, Kershaw and Tulowitzki were added to their respective league's teams as injury replacements

2016

American League				2016		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Ian Kinsler	2B	Detroit Tigers				Brandon Belt	1B	San Francisco Giants
Evan Longoria	OF	Tampa Bay Rays				Ryan Braun	OF	Milwaukee Brewers
Dustin Pedroia	2B	Boston Red Sox				Jake Lamb	3B	Arizona Diamondbacks
Michael Saunders	OF	Toronto Blue Jays				Starling Marte	OF	Pittsburgh Pirates
George Springer	OF	Houston Astros				Trevor Story	SS	Colorado Rockies

Note: Marte was added to the National League team as an injury replacement

2017

American League				2017		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Elvis Andrus	SS	Texas Rangers				Justin Bour	1B	Miami Marlins
Xander Bogaerts	SS	Boston Red Sox				Kris Bryant	3B	Chicago Cubs
Didi Gregorius	SS	New York Yankees				Anthony Rendon	3B	Washington Nationals
Mike Moustakas	3B	Kansas City Royals				Mark Reynolds	1B	Colorado Rockies
Logan Morrison	1B	Tampa Bay Rays				Justin Turner	3B	Los Angeles Dodgers

2018

American League				2018		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Andrew Benintendi	OF	Boston Red Sox				Jesus Aguilar	1B	Milwaukee Brewers
Eddie Rosario	OF	Minnesota Twins				Brandon Belt	1B	San Francisco Giants
Giancarlo Stanton	OF	New York Yankees				Matt Carpenter	IF	St. Louis Cardinals
Jean Segura	SS	Seattle Mariners				Max Muncy	IF/OF	Los Angeles Dodgers
Andrelton Simmons	SS	Los Angeles Angels				Trea Turner	SS	Washington Nationals