List of 2007 Major League Baseball all-stars

The 2007 Major League Baseball all-star Game was the 78th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 10, 2007, at AT&T Park, the home of the NL's San Francisco Giants. It marked the third game held in San Francisco, California (but the fourth overall in the Bay Area, with Oakland hosting once) and the second straight held in an NL ballpark.cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070710&content_id=2079841&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=AL extends ASG dominance in close win |accessdate=2008-06-17 |last=Hatt |first=Chris |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=mlb.com] The American League defeated the National League by a score of 5–4. As per the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the American League champion (which eventually came to be the Boston Red Sox) received home field advantage in the 2007 World Series.cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061024&content_id=1722211&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=MLB, union announce new labor deal |first=Barry M. |last=Bloom |publisher=MLB.com |date=2006-10-25 |accessdate=2006-10-30] The victory was the tenth consecutive one (excluding the 2002 tie) for the AL, and their eleven-game unbeaten streak matches only the NL's streak from 1972 to 1982 in all-star history.

In the National League, Prince Fielder, Cole Hamels, J.J. Hardy, Orlando Hudson, Russell Martin, Aaron Rowand, Takashi Saito, Billy Wagner, Chris Young all appeared in the all-star game for the first time in their career. In the American league, Josh Beckett, Danny Haren, Justin Morneau, Plácido Polanco, J.J. Putz, and Justin Verlander made first appearances at the 2007 all-star game. Both Iván Rodríguez and Barry Bonds would be making their 14th all-star appearance the most out of the 2007 all-stars. Ken Griffey, Jr. made his 13th appearance. [cite web |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_asgame.shtml |title=Most Seasons on all-star Roster |accessdate=2008-06-18 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work=Sports Reference, LLC |publisher=baseball-reference.com]

In the American League David Ortiz led the American League voting ballots for the first baseman position with 1,055,260 votes, while Plácido Polanco led with 572,238 votes for the second baseman position.cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070612&content_id=2021333&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Polanco tops at second base in latest AL balloting figures |accessdate=2008-06-18 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=MLB.com] New York Yankees players Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez led the voting ballots for positions shortstop and third base, respectively. Alex Rodriguez also led the entire voting ballot with 1,404,001 votes. Iván Rodríguez was voted to play catcher in the all-star game 679,403 times. Vladimir Guerrero topped the outfield voting ballots with 1,118,951 votes. In the National League Albert Pujols led the voting ballots for the first base position, while Chase Utley led for second base.cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070611&content_id=2019934&vkey=allstar2007&fext=.jsp |title=Dodgers' Martin takes the lead behind the plate in NL balloting |accessdate=2008-06-18 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=MLB.com] New York Mets players Jose Reyes and David Wright led the voting ballots for shortstop and third base, respectively. Russell Martin received over 600,000 votes, the most that year for the catcher in the 2007 all-star game. Carlos Beltran led the outfield position ballots with 1,017,795 votes.

All-stars

Key

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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Carlos Beltran* ||New York Mets||Josh Beckett ||Boston Red Sox
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style="background:#ddffdd;"| Barry Bonds* ||San Francisco Giants||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Carl Crawford* ||Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Miguel Cabrera* ||Florida Marlins||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Vladimir Guerrero* || Los Angeles Angels
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Francisco Cordero* ||Milwaukee Brewers||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Carlos Guillén* ||Detroit Tigers
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Prince Fielder ||Milwaukee Brewers||Danny Haren ||Oakland Athletics
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Ken Griffey, Jr.* ||Cincinnati Reds||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Torii Hunter* ||Minnesota Twins
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Cole Hamels ||Philadelphia Phillies||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Derek Jeter* ||New York Yankees
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J.J. Hardy ||Milwaukee Brewers||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Mike Lowell* ||Boston Red Sox
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Trevor Hoffman* ||San Diego Padres||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Victor Martinez* ||Cleveland Indians
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Matt Holliday* ||Colorado Rockies||Justin Morneau ||Minnesota Twins
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Orlando Hudson ||Arizona Diamondbacks||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Magglio Ordóñez* ||Detroit Tigers
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Carlos Lee* ||Houston Astros||style="background:#ddffdd;"|David Ortiz* ||Boston Red Sox
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Derrek Lee* ||Chicago Cubs||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Jonathan Papelbon* ||Boston Red Sox
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Russell Martin ||Los Angeles Dodgers||Plácido Polanco ||Detroit Tigers
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Brian McCann* ||Atlanta Braves||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Jorge Posada* ||New York Yankees
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Jake Peavy* ||San Diego Padres||J.J. Putz ||Seattle Mariners
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Brad Penny* ||Los Angeles Dodgers||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Manny Ramirez* ||Boston Red Sox
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Albert Pujols* ||St. Louis Cardinals||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Alexis Rios* ||Toronto Blue Jays
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Jose Reyes* ||New York Mets||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Brian Roberts* ||Baltimore Orioles
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Aaron Rowand ||Philadelphia Phillies||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Alex Rodriguez* ||New York Yankees
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Takashi Saito ||Los Angeles Dodgers||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Francisco Rodriguez* ||Los Angeles Angels
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Freddy Sanchez* ||Pittsburgh Pirates||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Iván Rodríguez* ||Detroit Tigers
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Ben Sheets* ||Milwaukee Brewers||style="background:#ddffdd;"|C.C. Sabathia* ||Cleveland Indians
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Alfonso Soriano* ||Chicago Cubs||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Johan Santana* ||Minnesota Twins
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Chase Utley* ||Philadelphia Phillies||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Grady Sizemore* ||Cleveland Indians
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Billy Wagner ||New York Mets||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Ichiro Suzuki* ||Seattle Mariners
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|David Wright* ||New York Mets||Justin Verlander ||Detroit Tigers
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Chris Young ||San Diego Padres||style="background:#ddffdd;"|Michael Young* ||Texas Rangers
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style="background:#ddffdd;"|Dmitri Young* || Washington Nationals||align=center|— ||align=center|—

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