From 1992 to 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates always finished the season with a sub-.500 record. But even though they had a handful of awful teams in those 20 years, thanks to one of baseball’s sillier rules, they still had to send a representative to the Mid-Summer Classic.
Because of that, they’ve sent many underwhelming players to the All-Star Game, whether they truly deserved it or not. Even when they did deserve to go, many get rounded into the underwhelming group because of the amount of players.
So let’s go over three more players that many fans have likely forgotten represented the Pittsburgh Pirates as a National League All-Star.