Pee Wee Reese baseball card

Bowling Green native and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart introduced himself to casual baseball fans last night with his impressive home run derby first-round, but he’ll look to add to his reputation tonight when he starts the MLB All-Star game for the National League. Tonight marks Hart’s second all-star selection putting him in an exclusive club of Kentuckians with multiple all-star appearances. Check out that state and others below in an All-Star edition of facts and figures:

• In total, 16 players born in Kentucky have been selected as MLB all-stars.
• Just 11 have been selected to multiple all-star teams.
• Hall-of-famer Pee Wee Reese leads all Kentuckians with 10 all-star selections.
• Ashland native and Arizona Diamondbacks right-handed pitcher Brandon Webb leads active Kentuckians with three selections.
• Florida Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla, born in Louisville, and Colorado Rockies right-handed pitcher Aaron Cook, born in Fort Campbell, are the other active Kentuckian all-stars.
• Former MLB outfielder David Justice, who was born in Cincinnati but attended high school in Covington and college at Thomas More was selected to three all-star games.
• Webb (UK), Justice and Paul Derringer (Georgetown College) are the only alumni of Kentucky colleges to be selected as all-stars.

Check out the full list of all-stars born in Kentucky with number of appearances below with active players in italics:

• Pee Wee Reese — 10
• Jim Bunning — 9
• Paul Derringer — 6
• Travis Fryman — 5
• Stan Spence — 4
• Gus Bell — 4
• Brandon Webb — 3
• Dan Uggla — 2
• Mike Greenwell — 2
• Woodie Fryman — 2
• Corey Hart — 2
• Aaron Cook — 1
• Len Barker — 1
• Jay Buhner — 1
• Vern Bickford — 1
• Paul Byrd — 1

* Stats are via Baseball-Reference.com