![]() The online balloting were conducted from July 6 through July 10. Final roster spot Īfter the rosters were finalized, a second ballot of five players per league was created for the All-Star Final Vote to determine the 34th and final player of each roster. At one point during the balloting, the top vote-getters for eight of the starting nine positions for the American League were Kansas City Royals players. However, MLB canceled at least 65 million ballots on grounds of fraud and ballot stuffing. Bryce Harper set a new NL record for votes this year with 13,864,950 votes. Josh Donaldson was the leading vote-getter with 14,090,188 votes, breaking the record that Josh Hamilton set in 2012 with 11,073,744 votes. ![]() A record 620 million votes were cast, surpassing the record of 391 million votes in 2012. The top vote-getters at each position (including the designated hitter for the American League) and the top three among outfielders, were named the starters for their respective leagues. Mike Trout, an outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels, was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player for the second straight year.īalloting for the 2015 All-Star Game starters began online April 23 and ended on July 2. On May 12, 2015, the Reds announced that Todd Frazier would serve as the 2015 All-Star Game spokesperson. Rose, wearing a red sport coat, appeared on the field in front of the pitcher's mound before the game and received a standing ovation alongside former teammates Johnny Bench, Barry Larkin, and Joe Morgan. In 1991, Rose was permanently banned from MLB for baseball betting. Rose was an All-Star for 13 of the 19 seasons he played on the Reds and was a member of the Big Red Machine. On July 15, 2014, Selig also announced that Pete Rose would not be prohibited from participating in the 2015 All-Star Game ceremonies. This was the first time the city of Cincinnati has hosted the All-Star Game since the 1988 All-Star Game was played at Riverfront Stadium. On January 21, 2013, then- Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Bud Selig, announced the 2015 All-Star Game would be hosted by the Cincinnati Reds. The American League All-Stars defeated the National League All-Stars by a score of 6–3. ![]() The game was played at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday, July 14. The 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 86th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz (MLB International) Joe Buck, Harold Reynolds, Tom Verducci, Ken Rosenthal, and Erin Andrews (Fox)
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