Mets 1B Pete Alonso named to NL All-Star team

By Dan Hock

Pete Alonso with the Mets in 2023. By D. Benjamin Miller – Own work, CC0, https commons.wikimedia.org

FLUSHING, N.Y., July 7, 2024  Major League Baseball tonight announced that first baseman Pete Alonso was named to the 2024 National League All-Star team. The 94th All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday, July 16 in Texas.

Alonso, 29, was named to the All-Star team for the fourth time in his career, the most by any first baseman in team history – one more than Keith Hernandez. Alonso, who was also an All-Star in 2019, 2022 and 2023, becomes the 11th Met to be named to four or more All-Star teams.

Alonso ranks sixth in the NL with 18 home runs and tied for eighth with 21 doubles.

Alonso currently ranks fourth on the Mets all-time home run list with 210 homers and seventh on the club’s all-time RBI list with 546.

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