Will Trout climb further up list of All-Star vote winners?

Fan participation has been an integral element in the history of voting for All-Star starters. Fans voted for the starters in the first two MLB All-Star Games in 1933 and ’34, and again from 1947-57.

From 1958-69, players, managers and coaches selected the All-Star starters following accusations of ballot stuffing. In 1970, voting for All-Star starters was returned to the fans by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

With All-Star balloting open for the 95th Midsummer Classic, which will take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on July 14, here’s a look at the players with the most fan selections as All-Star starters since voting was returned to the fans in 1970.

One player on this list is active -- Mike Trout has been selected as an All-Star starter 10 times in his career, and the fans could make that 11 this year.

Cal Ripken Jr., 17

It’s fitting that the “Iron Man,” who played in a record 2,632 consecutive games, would lead this list with 17 appearances in an All-Star starting lineup. He was an All-Star every year from 1983-2001, missing the starting lineup only in 1983 (the Brewers’ Robin Yount was the American League starter) and 2000 (Derek Jeter).

Ripken was the leading vote-getter in the Majors twice -- in 1992 and ’95. He was named the MVP of the Midsummer Classic twice, in 1991 and 2001. In the 1991 game, he went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in a 4-2 AL win in Toronto. A decade later, he launched a homer in his final All-Star Game in Seattle.

Rod Carew, 15

Carew was an All-Star in 18 of his 19 MLB seasons, being selected to represent his league in the Midsummer Classic each year from 1967-84. He started in 15 of those -- all except in 1970 and ’82. He has the distinction of being the only player to hit two triples in an All-Star Game, doing so in the 1978 Midsummer Classic.

Ken Griffey Jr., 13

“The Kid” was the face of baseball in the 1990s, and he was a starter in the All-Star Game every time he was selected. Griffey was an All-Star every year from 1990-2000, and again in 2004 and ’07. He was named the MVP of the 1992 Midsummer Classic in San Diego, in which he went 3-for-3 with a double and an opposite-field homer off fellow Hall of Famer Greg Maddux in the AL’s 13-6 victory.

Barry Bonds, 12

Bonds was a 14-time All-Star during his career, and started in all but two -- his first in 1990 and again in 2000. The single-season and all-time home run leader homered in the 1998 Midsummer Classic at Coors Field in Colorado, taking Bartolo Colon deep in the fifth inning for a three-run shot. The NL lost the game, though, 13-8.

Alex Rodriguez, 12

Also a 14-time All-Star, the only times A-Rod was selected to the Midsummer Classic and not in the starting lineup were 1996, 2000 and 2010. He was elected as a starter by the fans in 2000, but he was unable to play due to injury. Though he launched 696 home runs during his 22-year MLB career, Rodriguez had only one homer during All-Star play -- that came during the 1998 game at Coors Field.

Ivan Rodriguez, 12

Rodriguez was voted as a starter for 12 of his 14 All-Star selections. He did not start in the 1992 game in San Diego, which was his first. He also wasn’t elected as a starter in 2005, when Red Sox backstop Jason Varitek got the nod. Over 21 Major League seasons, Rodriguez was also a 13-time Gold Glove Award winner behind the plate and the 1999 AL MVP.

Ozzie Smith, 12

Smith, one of the greatest defensive shortstops of all time, was a 15-time All-Star. He started in all but three of them -- in 1993, ’95 and ’96, the Reds’ Barry Larkin was the starter for the NL squad. Smith made a tremendous diving play to get a force out in the 1994 game in Pittsburgh, receiving a standing ovation from the crowd as he neared the twilight of his Hall of Fame career.

George Brett, 11

Brett was a 13-time All-Star during his Hall of Fame career, and he was elected by the fans as a starter in each of those years but two -- 1980 and ’86. In the 1984 Midsummer Classic at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Brett launched a solo home run to center field off Charlie Lea in the second inning for the only AL run in a 3-1 NL victory.

Tony Gwynn, 11

Gwynn made 15 All-Star teams during his 20-year MLB career. The Hall of Famer and eight-time NL batting champ started in each of those All-Star Games except in 1987, ’93, ’96 and ’99. He was central to one of the great moments in All-Star Game history in 1994 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, when Gwynn singled and scored the winning run for the NL on a 10th-inning double by Moises Alou.

Reggie Jackson, 11

Although he is known as “Mr. October,” Jackson had his moments in July, too. The 14-time All-Star started 11 times in the Midsummer Classic, including in 1971, when he hit a mammoth blast off a transformer atop the roof in right field at Tiger Stadium off NL starter Dock Ellis in the third inning. It was Jackson’s only at-bat of the game, but he made it one of the most memorable in All-Star Game history.

Mike Piazza, 11

Piazza started in 11 of the 12 All-Star Games for which he was selected during his 16-year Hall of Fame career. His most memorable moment in the Midsummer Classic came in 1996 at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The Norristown, Penn. native crushed a long home run and also doubled to take home MVP honors in a 6-0 NL victory.

Johnny Bench, 10

A Hall of Famer who won 10 Gold Glove Awards and belted 389 career home runs with the Reds, Bench started in 10 of his 14 career All-Star Games, and he launched home runs in three of them, going deep in the Midsummer Classic in 1969, ’71 and ’73.

Wade Boggs, 10

Boggs was selected as an All-Star 12 times, and was a starter in all but two of those. His most memorable All-Star moment came in 1989 in Anaheim, when he slugged a home run for the AL squad right after Bo Jackson launched his famous leadoff homer off the Giants’ Rick Reuschel with President Ronald Reagan in the TV booth with legendary play-by-play broadcaster Vin Scully.

Mike Trout, 10

Trout has been an All-Star 11 times in his incredible career, which also includes a Rookie of the Year Award, three AL MVP Awards and nine top-five MVP finishes. The five-tool center fielder was named MVP of the Midsummer Classic in back-to-back years in 2014 and ’15. He was the leading vote-getter for the All-Star Game in 2019.