All-Stars after leaving the Mets

[roger_that]

Is there a database that records, by any chance, the number of All-Star appearances by players whom the Mets have traded, released, sold, etc.?



I was just looking at a photo of Felix Mantilla today and I wondered how often it happened that the Mets got rid of someone who later made an All-Star team. I think Mantilla must have been the first. Or very close.



And of course I'd like to compare apples to apples here, so I'd need a matching list of players the Mets acquired who eventually became All-Stars.



I'd also like a pony.





ETA:We should probably establish some parameters, like "no one who became an All-Star after leaving the Mets is eligible if he hadn't played at least one game in a Mets uniform before leaving." This means that Paul Blair for example wouldn't count, since he was only a Mets farmhand when the Orioles picked him up.

Edited October 28, 2023 by Guest

[DocTee]

Fun question. Off the top of my head:



Jeff Kent

Jason Isringhausen

Justin Turner

Jeff Reardon

[MFS62]

Kevin Mitchell- all star AND MVP

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nolan Ryan.

Andres Gimenez.



It's probably a long list.

[roger_that]

Amos Otis and Ken Singleton.

[Edgy MD]

Fernando Vina

Melvin Mora x 2

Dave Kingman x 2

Rusty Staub

Tom Seaver x 2

Mike Scott x 3

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Dykstra, I suspect.

[MFS62]

A.J.Burnett

Later

[roger_that]

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A.J.Burnett

[DocTee]

I took the question to mean guys who played for the Mets and were never All Stars for them, but who left and then became one...so Kingman and Seaver wouldn't count?

[roger_that]

=DocTee post_id=140150 time=1698514551 user_id=85]
I took the question to mean guys who played for the Mets and were never All Stars for them, but who left and then became one...so Kingman and Seaver wouldn't count?

[MFS62]

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A.J.Burnett

[MFS62]

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=MFS62 post_id=140148 time=1698511097 user_id=60]
A.J.Burnett

[roger_that]

Keep reading.

We should probably establish some parameters, like "no one who became an All-Star after leaving the Mets is eligible if he hadn't played at least one game in a Mets uniform before leaving." This means that Paul Blair for example wouldn't count, since he was only a Mets farmhand when the Orioles picked him up.

[MFS62]

I had the parameters in mind before that.

But, 'ya got me.

But that's ok, because there was an outfielder who passed through their hands without playing with them who went on to be a big slugger. I had forgotten his name. So you saved me time and embarrassment.



A.J is out, but Everett is still in.



But I still owe you a fervent response to your Bill Mazeroski Hall of Fame post. Just haven't had time to formulate it. Maybe ...

Later

[Gwreck]

Zack Wheeler

Travis D'Arnaud

Jason Vargas

Heath Bell

Ty Wigginton

Darren O'Day

[DocTee]

Hubie Brooks

Gregg Jeffries

[MFS62]

Justin Turner

Later

[whippoorwill]

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Amos Otis and Ken Singleton.

[DocTee]

[bLOCKQUOTE] by MFS62 » Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:22 pm

Justin Turner

Later[/bLOCKQUOTE]

See post 2 to this thread.

[Edgy MD]

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=roger_that post_id=140143 time=1698503479 user_id=128]
Amos Otis and Ken Singleton.

[roger_that]

Jim Hickman.



And here's a weird one I'd forgotten about--Buzz Capra, whom the Mets sold to the Braves, and who made the All-Star team and led the NL in ERA the next season.

[whippoorwill]

Edgy MD wrote: =whippoorwill post_id=140161 time=1698537504 user_id=79] =roger_that post_id=140143 time=1698503479 user_id=128] Amos Otis and Ken Singleton.

Amos Otis and Ken Singleton both have connections to me that you will never ever guess but you are welcome to try if you want.

[Edgy MD]

That's great.



Didn't you work at Woolrich?

[whippoorwill]

Yes I did but I avoided the wool

[roger_that]

Jeff Reardon and Hubie Brooks, both multiple All-Stars post-Mets careers.

[Cowtipper]

Seeing Paul Blair's name reminded me of Paul Byrd.



Also Jeromy Burnitz comes to mind.



Rick Aguilera's another.



Marco Scutaro is another one I stumbled upon. He's often lost in the shuffle of Mets could-have-beens, but imagine if he'd blossomed with New York instead of elsewhere. He was a pretty impressive ballplayer.

[Chad ochoseis]

Preston Wilson

Carlos Gomez

[roger_that]

Randy Myers.



And in a reversal of initials, Mike Remlinger.





I thought sure, Kevin Elster made an All-Star team after leaving the Mets, but no. He did have one gigantic year where he hit 24 HRs and drove in 99 runs for Texas (and fielded like Kevin Elster) but, no, that was worth just a Comeback Player of the Year award.



Looking up his record, he had a weird career, batting about 100 times in four seasons in his late twenties, which should have been his peak years, with a messed up shoulder, and ending his career with 14 HRs in 80 games for the Dodgers. He has to hold the record for being released by most MLB teams without playing a game for them.