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Greinke Selected As Royals' Only All-Star

No Other Royals' Player In Top Half Of Voting

POSTED: 8:48 am CDT July 6, 2009
UPDATED: 9:15 am CDT July 6, 2009

Royals pitcher Zack Greinke was selected as the Royals' lone representative to the All-Star Game which will be played July 14.

Greinke has a 10-4 record so far this season and leads the majors with a 2.00 earned run average. He also is third in the American League with 120 strikeouts and has walked just 19 batters.

Greinke may be a candidate to start the game. He is tied atop the American League standings in wins with Toronto's Roy Halladay and Boston's Tim Wakefield.

In the fan vote, the Royals were nearly non-existent, not having a single infielder in the top 8 in voting for their position and not having an outfielder in the top 24 of voting. There are 14 teams in the American League.

Here is a look at the voting for the American League All-Stars:

First Basemen 1. Mark Teixeira, Yankees, 3,309,050 2. Kevin Youkilis, Red Sox, 3,069,906 3. Justin Morneau, Twins, 2,186,567 4. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers, 1,447,125 5. Chris Davis, Rangers, 1,145,037 6. Carlos Pena, Rays, 1,083,447 7. Russell Branyan, Mariners, 586,020 8. Lyle Overbay, Blue Jays, 473,248

Second Basemen 1. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox, 3,404,384 2. Ian Kinsler, Rangers, 3,331,298 3. Robinson Cano, Yankees, 2,115,056 4. Aaron Hill, Blue Jays, 1,233,710 5. Placido Polanco, Tigers, 1,032,428 6. Brian Roberts, Orioles, 779,159 7. Asdrubal Cabrera, Indians, 511,542 8. Akinori Iwamura, Rays, 474,552

Shortstops 1. Derek Jeter, Yankees, 4,851,889 2. Jason Bartlett, Rays, 2,098,422 3. Elvis Andrus, Rangers, 1,586,224 4. Marco Scutaro, Blue Jays, 1,064,344 5. Jed Lowrie, Red Sox, 933,876 6. Adam Everett, Tigers, 603,488 7. Alexei Ramirez, White Sox, 602,329 8. Nick Punto, Twins, 566,629

Third Basemen 1. Evan Longoria, Rays, 4,315,210 2. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees, 2,350,496 3. Mike Lowell, Red Sox, 1,759,195 4. Michael Young, Rangers, 1,741,982 5. Brandon Inge, Tigers, 891,112 6. Scott Rolen, Blue Jays, 850,033 7. Joe Crede, Twins, 646,915 8. Chone Figgins, Angels, 542,797

Outfielders 1. Jason Bay, Red Sox, 4,087,450 2. Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners, 2,846,069 3. Josh Hamilton, Rangers, 2,412,359 4. Torii Hunter, Angels, 2,363,481 5. Carl Crawford, Rays, 2,253,397 6. Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox, 2,250,799 7. Johnny Damon, Yankees, 2,012,368 8. J.D. Drew, Red Sox, 1,735,703 9. Nelson Cruz, Rangers, 1,715,709 10. Ken Griffey, Jr., Mariners, 1,669,135 11. Adam Jones, Orioles, 1,247,826 12. David Murphy, Rangers, 1,101,818 13. B.J. Upton, Rays, 1,080,662 14. Curtis Granderson, Tigers, 1,068,626 15. Nick Markakis, Orioles, 1,049,331 16. Brett Gardner, Yankees, 1,033,1031 17. Bobby Abreu, Angels, 1,024,786 18. Vladimir Guerrero, Angels, 916,404 19. Grady Sizemore, Indians, 908,434 20. Magglio Ordonez, Tigers, 745,379 21. Michael Cuddyer, Twins, 717,940 22. Matt Holliday, Athletics, 689,018 23. Pat Burrell, Rays, 678,426 24. Jermaine Dye, White Sox, 656,536

Catchers 1. Joe Mauer, Twins, 4,335,739 2. Jason Varitek, Red Sox, 2,225,630 3. Jorge Posada, Yankees, 1,916,436 4. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Rangers, 1,497,588 5. Victor Martinez, Indians, 1,087,761 6. Dioner Navarro, Rays, 569,785 7. Rod Barajas, Blue Jays, 545,735 8. Gerald Laird, Tigers, 527,388

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