2008 American League All-Star roster
Originally Published: July 6, 2008
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Below is the complete roster for the American League All-Star team. Players are linked to their Inside Edge report cards.
| STARTERS | |||
| POS | PLAYER | TEAM | ALL-STAR APPEARANCES |
| C | Joe Mauer | Minnesota | 2 |
| 1B | Kevin Youkilis | Boston | 1 |
| 2B | Dustin Pedroia | Boston | 1 |
| 3B | Alex Rodriguez | New York | 12 |
| SS | Derek Jeter | New York | 9 |
| OF | Josh Hamilton | Texas | 1 |
| OF | Manny Ramirez | Boston | 12 |
| OF | Ichiro Suzuki | Seattle | 8 |
| DH | # David Ortiz | Boston | 5 |
| PITCHERS | |||
| POS | PLAYER | TEAM | ALL-STAR APPEARANCES |
| RHP | @ Justin Duchscherer | Oakland | 2 |
| RHP | Roy Halladay | Toronto | 5 |
| LHP | Scott Kazmir | Tampa Bay | 2 |
| LHP | Cliff Lee | Cleveland | 1 |
| RHP | @ Joe Nathan | Minnesota | 3 |
| RHP | Jonathan Papelbon | Boston | 3 |
| RHP | Mariano Rivera | New York | 9 |
| RHP | Francisco Rodriguez | Los Angeles | 3 |
| RHP | Ervin Santana | Los Angeles | 1 |
| LHP | Joe Saunders | Los Angeles | 1 |
| LHP | @ George Sherrill | Baltimore | 1 |
| RHP | @ Joakim Soria | Kansas City | 1 |
| RESERVES | |||
| POS | PLAYER | TEAM | ALL-STAR APPEARANCES |
| C | @ Dioner Navarro | Tampa Bay | 1 |
| C | Jason Varitek | Boston | 3 |
| 1B | Justin Morneau | Minnesota | 2 |
| 2B | Ian Kinsler | Texas | 1 |
| SS | Michael Young | Texas | 5 |
| 3B | Joe Crede | Chicago | 1 |
| 3B | @ Carlos Guillen | Detroit | 3 |
| 3B | & Evan Longoria | Tampa Bay | 1 |
| OF | J.D. Drew | Boston | 1 |
| OF | Carlos Quentin | Chicago | 1 |
| OF | Grady Sizemore | Cleveland | 3 |
| DH | Milton Bradley | Texas | 1 |
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# -- won't play due to injury (Note: Bradley replacing Ortiz as starting DH) * -- named as injury replacement @ -- chosen by manager & -- Final Man Vote selection |
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