Dick Selma

National League All-Star Fan Voting Update

Below are the current standings for the National League All-Star Fan voting (as of Sun. Jul. 5th , 1970) for the All-Star Game, which will be played on Tue. Jul. 14th , 1970. The top vote getter at this point is Willie McCovey with 1,087,530 votes.

CATCHER
1. Joe Torre, St. Louis Cardinals: 875,394
2. Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds: 805,775
3. Manny Sanguillen, Pittsburgh Pirates: 751,351

FIRST BASE
1. Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants: 1,087,530
2. Bob Robertson, Pittsburgh Pirates: 716,949
3. Ron Fairly, Montreal Expos: 713,936

SECOND BASE
1. Billy Grabarkewitz, Los Angeles Dodgers: 599,761
2. Wayne Garrett, New York Mets: 555,532
3. Tony Taylor, Philadelphia Phillies: 546,664

THIRD BASE
1. Tony Perez, Cincinnati Reds: 1,057,062
2. Dick Allen, St. Louis Cardinals: 1,005,673
3. Ron Santo, Chicago Cubs: 846,661

SHORTSTOP
1. Denis Menke, Houston Astros: 750,699
2. Bud Harrelson, New York Mets: 592,925
3. Sonny Jackson, Atlanta Braves: 541,731

LEFT FIELD
1. Bernie Carbo, Cincinnati Reds: 933,739
2. Billy Williams, Chicago Cubs: 882,042
3. Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates: 758,306

CENTER FIELD
1. Bobby Tolan, Cincinnati Reds: 910,397
2. Jim Hickman, Chicago Cubs: 819,791
3. Jimmy Wynn, Houston Astros: 753,375

RIGHT FIELD
1. Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds: 1,033,930
2. Rusty Staub, Montreal Expos: 873,534
3. Hank Aaron, Atlanta Braves: 823,302

STARTING PITCHER
1. Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals: 464,978
2. Fergie Jenkins, Chicago Cubs: 408,585
3. Bill Singer, Los Angeles Dodgers: 402,863
4. Tom Seaver, New York Mets: 386,299
5. Juan Marichal, San Francisco Giants: 380,472

RELIEVER
1. Jim Brewer, Los Angeles Dodgers: 274,582
2. Hoyt Wilhelm, Atlanta Braves: 253,856
3. Don McMahon, San Francisco Giants: 219,972
4. Frank Linzy, San Francisco Giants: 182,607
5. Dick Selma, Philadelphia Phillies: 168,060



Lifetime McCovey is batting .284 with 199 doubles, 40 triples, 334 home runs and 926 RBIs in 1453 games.