All the votes have been counted and the 2012 All-Star rosters for the 83rd All-Star game in Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium on July 10 have been set.
As was expected, Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton received a record 11,073,744 votes to lead all vote getters. In the National League, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey garnered 7,621,370 votes, to set a National League record for All-Star balloting.
The Rangers set a club record of seven players selected to play for the American League. In the National League the San Francisco Giants will have three representatives, including Buster Posey, Melky Cabrera, and Pablo Sandoval.
Voting for the Final Vote will add one additional player to each league roster. For the American League the candidates are, Jonathan Broxton, Yu Darvish, Ernesto Frieri, Jason Hammel, and Jake Peavy. The National League candidates are Michael Bourne, David Freese, Bryce Harper, Aaron Hill and Chipper Jones. Voting will conclude for the final vote on Thursday at 4 PM Eastern time
| AMERICAN LEAGUE ROSTER |
NATIONAL LEAGUE ROSTER |
| C Mike Napoli, TEX |
C Buster Posey, SF |
| 1B Prince Fielder, DET |
1B Joey Votto, CIN |
| 2B Robinson Cano, NYY |
2B Dan Uggla, ATL |
| 3B Adrian Beltre, TEX |
SS Rafael Furcal, STL |
| SS Derek Jeter, NYY |
3B Pablo Sandoval, SF |
| OF Josh Hamilton, TEX |
OF Melky Cabrera, SF |
| OF Curtis Granderson, NYY |
OF Carlos Beltran, STL |
| OF Jose Bautista, TOR |
OF Matt Kemp, LAD |
| DH David Ortiz, BOS |
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| Pitchers |
Pitchers |
| RHP, Ryan Cook, OAK |
RHP Matt Cain, SF |
| lHP, Matt Harrison, TEX |
LHP Aroldis Chapman, CIN |
| RHP, Felix Hernandez, SEA |
RHP R.A. Dickey, NYM |
| RHP, Jim Johnson, BAL |
LHP Gio Gonzalez, WAS |
| RHP, Joe Nathan, TEX |
LHP Cole Hamels, PHI |
| RHP Chris Perez, CLE |
RHP Joel Hanrahan, PIT |
| LHP David Price, TB |
LHP Clayton Kershaw, LAD |
| RHP Fernando Rodney, TB |
RHP Craig Kimbrel, ATL |
| LHP CC Sabathia, NYY |
RHP Lance Lynn, STL |
| LHP Chris Sale, CWS |
LHP Wade Miley, ARI |
| RHP Justin Verlander, DET |
RHP Jonathan Papelbon, PHI |
| RHP Jered Weaver, LAA |
RHP Stephen Strasburg, WAS |
| LHP C.J. Wilson, LAA |
RHP Huston Street, SD |
| Reserves |
Reserves |
| C Joe Mauer, MIN |
C Yadier Molina, STL |
| C Matt Wieters, BAL |
C Carlos Ruiz, PHI |
| SS Elvis Andrus, TEX |
1B Bryan LaHair, CHC |
| SS Asdrubal Cabrera, CLE |
2B Jose Altuve, HOU |
| 3B Miguel Cabrera, DET |
SS Starlin Castro, CHC |
| 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX |
SS Ian Desmond, WAS |
| 1B Paul Konerko, CWS |
3B David Wright, NYM |
| OF Adam Jones, BAL |
OF Ryan Braun, MIL |
| OF Mike Trout, LAA |
OF Jay Bruce, CIN |
| OF Mark Trumbo, LAA |
OF Carlos Gonzalez, COL |
| DH Billy Butler, KC |
OF Andrew McCutchen, PIT |
| DH Adam Dunn, CWS |
OF Giancarlo Stanton, MIA |
