Swisher Makes All-Star Team with Final Vote

Nick Swisher narrowly won the Final Vote over Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis and will be on the 2010 American League All-Star Team.

Swisher made a big push on Twitter today using #SendSwish to get followers to choose him. He also gave his fans a big thanks after it was announced that he’d be playing in the midsummer classic.

Swisher is having a career year this season:

Year	Tm	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2004	OAK	20	60	11	15	4	0	2	8	8	11	.250	.352	.417	.769	101
2005	OAK	131	462	66	109	32	1	21	74	55	110	.236	.322	.446	.768	101
2006	OAK	157	556	106	141	24	2	35	95	97	152	.254	.372	.493	.864	125
2007	OAK	150	539	84	141	36	1	22	78	100	131	.262	.381	.455	.836	126
2008	CHW	153	497	86	109	21	1	24	69	82	135	.219	.332	.410	.743	92
2009	NYY	150	498	84	124	35	1	29	82	97	126	.249	.371	.498	.869	129
2010	NYY	79	299	52	89	18	3	14	48	35	69	.298	.376	.518	.895	143
7 Seasons		840	2911	489	728	170	9	147	454	474	734	.250	.359	.466	.825	118

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com : View Original Table
Generated 7/8/2010.

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