They’re who you want to see. But you should know: someday, maybe someday soon, you are going to look back at this roster and think, “that guy was an All-Star?” Some players get hot at the right time and get to make an All-Star team… and then are never that hot again.

So, today, we look at the most obscure All-Stars for each team over the last 30 years, the guy who made an All-Star team that even the most die-hard fans have a hard time remembering ever reached one in their team’s uniform. It’s a grand achievement for any player to make this game. But that doesn’t mean we’ll always remember that they did it.

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST

Blue Jays -- Steve Delabar, RHP, 2013: The Blue Jays put together a terrific marketing campaign for their middle reliever for the old Final Vote process -- #raisethebar -- but he deserved it, with a 1.71 ERA at the break (you’ll notice a strong relief pitcher theme throughout this piece).

Orioles -- Ty Wigginton, 3B, 2010: Wigginton played 12 years in the Majors and had a decent career, but never really was thought of as an “All-Star”. But the 2010 Orioles lost 96 games and needed someone. Wigginton ended up hitting .248 for the season, but he had 14 homers at the break.

Rays -- Lance Carter, RHP, 2003: Carter happened to be the closer when the Rays needed a representative during a bad season… though he finished that season with a 4.33 ERA (and was no longer the closer at that point).

Red Sox -- Erik Hanson, RHP, 1995: Not only did you likely forget Hanson ever made an All-Star Game, I suspect you didn’t know he was ever a Red Sox player (his one All-Star appearance was his one season with the Sox).

Yankees -- Mike Stanton, LHP, 2001: Here is your reminder that the Mike Stanton, the original Mike Stanton, made more All-Star Games as a member of the Yankees than Giancarlo Stanton has.

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL

Indians -- Chris Perez, RHP, 2011: He was actually quite good in 2010 (1.71 ERA, 23 saves), and actually made the All-Star team twice, in 2011 and 2012, though his ERA across those two seasons was 3.45. Go figure.

Royals -- Aaron Crow, RHP, 2011: Crow didn’t allow a run in 2011, his rookie season, until his 14th appearance. He was out of baseball three years later.

Tigers -- Joe Jimenez, RHP, 2018: Just because he made it last year doesn’t mean he can’t be obscure: his lifetime ERA is 5.88.

Twins -- Joe Mays, RHP, 2001: Mays was actually a pretty wonderful pitcher in 2011 -- he led the AL in ERA+ -- but he’d never have a winning record the rest of his career.

White Sox -- Jesse Crain, RHP, 2013: Crain pitched 10 years in the Major Leagues… but only made the All-Star Game in that 10th and final season.

AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST

Angels -- Jason Dickson, RHP, 1997: Dickson only pitched four seasons in the Majors, finishing third in Rookie of the Year voting in his All-Star season.

Astros -- John Hudek, RHP, 1994: Hudek made an All-Star Game his rookie season without winning a single game… and then would play for five teams in the next five seasons, his final five.

Athletics -- Ryan Cook, RHP, 2012: It is amazing that the only All-Star representative from a 94-win team was Ryan Cook.

Mariners -- J.J. Putz, RHP, 2007: To be fair, Putz had a few good years, and none was more impressive than 2007, when he had a 1.38 ERA and an AL-best 65 games finished.

Rangers -- Roger Pavlik, RHP, 1996: Pavlik ended up with a 5.19 ERA this All-Star season and, once the season was over, only pitched 16 more games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST

Braves -- Russ Ortiz, RHP, 2003: Russ Ortiz actually won 21 games in 2003, which is something I suspect you did not know.

Marlins -- Henderson Alvarez III, RHP, 2014: Alvarez famously threw a no-hitter on the final day of the 2013 season and had a 2.65 ERA in 2014, but a shoulder injury derailed his career in 2015.

Mets -- Bobby Jones, RHP, 1997. The real question: which Bobby Jones? (it was this one, not this one).

Nationals -- Matt Capps RHP, 2010: We limited ourselves to the Nationals here; if we included the Expos, Darrin Fletcher (1994) is the pick.

Phillies -- Tyler Green, RHP, 1995: We know you want to put a silent “e” on the end of this name, but there isn’t one (that was Tommy).

NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL

Brewers -- Derrick Turnbow, RHP, 2006: Turnbow ended that season with a 6.87 ERA, but there was a brief moment when he was kind of phenomenon, throwing 98 mph when very few guys did that.

Cardinals -- Edward Mujica, RHP, 2013: Mujica didn’t end up being the closer when the Cardinals made the World Series that year, but he was back in the Minor Leagues with St. Louis just last year.

Cubs -- Bryan LaHair, 1B, 2012: Forever the best example of this phenomenon…and a sign of an end of an era for the Cubs, and the beginning of something else.

Pirates -- Evan Meek, RHP, 2010: The good news is that later he inherited the earth. Meek has been out of baseball since 2014, so it has been a while since I’ve been able to make this joke.

Reds -- Bronson Arroyo, RHP, 2006: Arroyo isn’t obscure, of course, but I bet you didn’t know his one All-Star appearance was with Cincinnati.

NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST

Diamondbacks -- Junior Spivey, RHP, 2002: In 2002, Spivey, in his second year in baseball, looked like a future star. The second baseman had a .966 OPS at the break and even got some MVP votes. He’d never play more than 107 games in a season again.

Dodgers -- Hung-Chih Kuo, LHP, 2010: He was the first Taiwanese pitcher ever to make an All-Star Game.

Giants -- Shawn Estes, LHP, 1997: Still the textbook definition of the “soft-tossing lefty.”

Padres -- Everth Cabrera, SS, 2013: You likely forgot, but he led the NL with 44 steals the year before and swiped another 37 in 2013. He was out of the Majors two years later.

Rockies -- Shawn Chacon, RHP, 2003: This was the year when he was a starter, not the next year, when he had his one year as a closer.