| The D-backs have 3 National League All-Stars with starting outfielder Corbin Carroll, right-handed pitcher Zac Gallen and outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
This is the fourth time the D-backs have had a trio of All-Stars and seventh time with 3-or-more All-Stars:
1999 – 4: Jay Bell, Luis Gonzalez, Randy Johnson, Matt Williams
2001 – 3: Luis Gonzalez, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling
2002 – 6: Luis Gonzalez, Randy Johnson, Byung-Hyun Kim, Damian Miller, Junior Spivey, Curt Schilling
2007 – 3: Orlando Hudson, José Valverde, Brandon Webb
2017 – 4: Paul Goldschmidt, Zack Greinke, Jake Lamb, Robbie Ray
2018 – 3: Patrick Corbin, Paul Goldschmidt, Zack Greinke
Corbin Carroll at 22 years old is the youngest player on the All-Star rosters, is the lone rookie on the NL All-Star Team and is 1 of only 2 rookies on the All-Star rosters along with Rangers 3B Josh Jung with both going as fan-elected starters.
ZAC GALLEN ALL-STAR SELECTION NOTES:
- First career All-Star selection.
- Is the 12th D-backs’ All-Star pitcher (23 selections) and ninth starting pitcher (20th selection) along with Randy Johnson (1999, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’04), Curt Schilling (2001, ’02), Byung-Hyun Kim (2002), Brandon Webb (2006-08), José Valverde (2007), Dan Haren (2008-09), Wade Miley (2012), Patrick Corbin (2013, ’18), Zack Greinke (2017-19), Robbie Ray (2017) and Joe Mantiply (2022).
- Gallen’s 3.3 fWAR (FanGraphs) leads the NL and is second in the Majors behind Kevin Gausman/TOR (3.5) and ahead of Zac Wheeler/PHI (3.3) and Framber Valdez/HOU (3.0).
- Gallen ranks among NL leaders in wins (T-1st, 10), winning percentage (2nd, .833), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3rd, 4.91), innings (5th, 104.1), WHIP (5th, 1.09), home runs allowed (T-5th, 7), walks (T-5th, 22), strikeouts (6th, 108) and ERA (6th, 3.02).
- Selected as the NL Player of the Week for April 10-16 after going 2-0 in 13.2 scoreless innings with 5 hits allowed, 1 walk and 18 strikeouts.
- Tallied the D-backs fourth-longest scoreless streak (28.0 IP) in franchise history from (April 4[final inning] – April 26)… established the D-backs’ all-time record for consecutive scoreless innings (44.1) from Aug. 8-Sept. 11, 2022.
LOURDES GURRIEL JR. ALL-STAR SELECTION NOTES:
- First career All-Star selection
- Was 1 of 4 Phase 2 National League outfielder finalists.
- Is the eighth D-backs’ All-Star outfielder (13 selections) along with fellow All-Star Corbin Carroll (2023), joining Devon White (1998), Luis Gonzalez (1999, 2001-03, ‘05), Steve Finley (2000), Justin Upton (2009, ’11), Chris Young (2010) and A.J. Pollock (2015).
- Becomes the 16th D-backs All-Star position player (24 selections) along with fellow All-Star Corbin Carroll (2023), joining Devon White (1998), Luis Gonzalez (1999, 2001-03, ‘05), Steve Finley (2000), Damian Miller (2002), Junior Spivey (2002), Orlando Hudson (2007), Justin Upton (2009, ’11), Chris Young (2010), Miguel Montero (2011, ‘14), Paul Goldschmidt (2014, ’15, ’18), A.J. Pollock (2015), Jake Lamb (2017), Ketel Marte (2017) and Eduardo Escobar (2021).
- Is 1 of 17 NL outfielders with at least 300 plate appearances and among that group ranks third with 49 RBI, tied for third with 2 triples, seventh with a .487 slugging percentage and 13 home runs, tied for seventh with 18 doubles, 10th with a .806 OPS and 75 hits, and 11th with a .269 average.
- Among National League players from March-May, Gurriel ranked fifth with a .311 average, seventh with a .907 OPS, eighth with a .547 slugging percentage and 104 total bases, tied for ninth with 25 extra-base hits and tied for 10th with 59 hits.
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