The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is held each year and the best players are chosen from both the National League and American League. It is also known as the Midsummer Classic and is usually played on the second or third Tuesday of July.
Selecting members of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game team involves a detailed and structured process. The fan votes pick starting fielders and respective team managers select pitchers. Players and managers then vote for the reserves in order to ensure that the best of each league’s players make it onto the field.
List of Rookies who have played in MLB All-Star Games
Several rookies have managed to become an MLB All-Star during the history of Major League Baseball. Joe DiMaggio holds the record for the youngest MLB All-Star Rookie ever. He became an All-Star MLB in 1936 at 21 years of age. Throughout his baseball career, he has been with the New York Yankees for 13 years and a 13-time MLB All-Star, the first time being as a rookie in 1936.
In addition, Frank Robinson appeared in Major League Baseball All-Star as a rookie in 1956. Robinson started in 1956 with the Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds picked him to be part of the All-Star team. For the duration of his Major League Baseball career, which spanned twenty-one years, he was selected to play in fourteen All-Star games.
Here is the list of rookie players who have been an All-Star in Major League Baseball:
| Year | Player | Team |
| 1936 | Joe DiMaggio | New York Yankees |
| 1956 | Frank Robinson | Cincinnati Reds |
| 1959 | Willie McCovey | San Francisco Giants |
| 1964 | Tony Oliva | Minnesota Twins |
| 1975 | Fred Lynn | Boston Red Sox |
| 1981 | Fernando Valenzuela | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1984 | Dwight Gooden | New York Mets |
| 1993 | Mike Piazza | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 2001 | Ichiro Suzuki | Seattle Mariners |
| 2001 | Albert Pujols | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2010 | Jason Heyward | Atlanta Braves |
| 2012 | Mike Trout | Los Angeles Angels |
| 2017 | Aaron Judge | New York Yankees |
| 2018 | Shohei Ohtani | Los Angeles Angels |
| 2019 | Yordan Álvarez | Houston Astros |
| 2019 | Pete Alonso | New York Mets |
What determines MLB Rookie eligibility?
In Major League Baseball (MLB), rookie eligibility is determined by a set of criteria established by the MLB Players Association and Major League Baseball. To be considered a rookie, a player must meet the following criteria:
1. Including the present season, a sportsman shall not have more than 130 at-bats or even 50 innings pitched in the major leagues.
2. Before September 1st year prior, a player is not to have stayed 45 days long in a major league team’s list.
3. Before the previous season, no player should have been listed on 40-man rosters by September 1.
When the following conditions are met, a player becomes a rookie for the season. Rookies can be determined per season; therefore, one player may qualify as a rookie in one year but not in the next. For players and teams, it may affect the player’s chances of winning certain awards such as Rookie Of The Year.
FAQ's On All-Star MLB
A. MLB All-Stars are selected through a voting process that includes fan votes, player ballots, and selections made by the All-Star managers.
A. The first MLB All-Star Game was held in 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois.
A. The location of the MLB All-Star Game rotates annually among different Major League Baseball stadiums.
A. The youngest player to be named an MLB All-Star was Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets, who was 19 years old when he made his All-Star debut in 1984.
