Can You Name Every MLB All-Star Game Starting Pitcher Since 2000?

Can You Name Every MLB All-Star Game Starting Pitcher Since 2000? Taking the mound for the All-Star Game is one of baseball's highest honors.

See if you can remember whos gotten the starting nod in recent years.

is among the highest individual achievements a player can reach during their career.

Starting the game is an even greater honor.

But getting the nod as the game's starting pitcher? Now that's elite praise every staff aces aspires toward.

Over the years, the record of All-Star Game starting pitchers serves as a useful almanac in keeping track of baseball's history.

The pitchers who have received the call range from future Hall of Famers to journeymen arms who just so happened to have a fluky first half and everything in between.While the names cover a broad spectrum of career accomplishments, starting the All-Star Game on the mound remains a special feat.

Of course, the fact that pitchers rarely throw more than two innings in an All-Star Game these days makes their actual accomplishments during the Midsummer Classic only slightly more than brief cameos.

Its more about what got them there.

Looking only at modern iterations of the game, can you name every starting pitcher in MLB All-Star Games since 2000?Test your knowledge below.

Two pitchersLefty Gomez and Robin Robertsare tied with the lead for most career starts in All-Star Games at five apiece.

The Yankees have had the most pitchers chosen as starters at 21, while the Dodgers rank second with 17.There have been two instances in which both starting pitchers in a given season went on to win that year's Cy Young Awardsthough, since both occurred after 2000, you'll have to take the quiz to find out which pitchers pulled that off.

Nick Selbe is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about baseball.Before joining SI in March 2020 as a Breaking and Trending News writer, he worked for the Orange County Register, MLB Advanced Media, Graphiq and Bleacher Report.

Selbe received a bachelors in communication from the University of Southern California.