Pirates' Paul Skenes joins exclusive group of rookie All-Stars with varying degrees of career success

While three out of four rookies to start a Midsummer Classic earned at least one other All-Star nod in their careers, only one had a sustained elite run for the better part of a decade. Hideo Nomo, Fernando Valenzuela, Mark Fidrych and Dave Stenhouse were all unsuccessful in being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Stenhouse made his big-league debut on April 18, 1962, with the Washington Senators and was on the bump for the senior circuit three months later in the exhibition contest. Because there were two All-Star games that season, Stenhouse was technically a two-time All-Star during his brief career.

He finished his rookie season 11-12 with a 3.65 ERA and 1.31 WHIP, recording nine complete games and two shutouts. However, Stenhouse went just 5-16 in his final two seasons, and his last MLB appearance was on Oct. 4, 1964. The righthander spent 1965-67 in the minor leagues before retiring.

Fidrych was picked by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft and made it to the show for his debut on April 20, 1976. Less than three months later, he started the All-Star Game for the American League. At the end of the season, he earned AL Rookie of the Year honors, was second in the junior circuit's Cy Young voting and led MLB in ERA (2.34) and the AL in complete games (24).

Known for his quirky personality and bizarre antics on the mound, "The Bird" struggled with injuries during his brief MLB run, though, making one more All-Star game in 1977 before playing three more seasons.

Valenzuela had the longest, most successful MLB career among the hurlers in the exclusive group.

The Mexico native burst onto the scene in 1981 after two outings in 1980, taking both the Los Angeles Dodgers and all of baseball by storm. "Fernandomania" hit the league as the 20-year-old southpaw dominated his way not only to the mound for the start of the 1981 All-Star Game, but he won the NL Rookie of the Year, NL Cy Young and helped the Dodgers win the World Series as well.

Valenzuela made five more All-Star teams (all with Los Angeles from 1982-86) and won one Gold Glove and two Silver Slugger awards.

Four years after the Dodgers released Valenzuela, Nomo debuted with L.A. on May 2, 1995. When Nomo arrived, he became the first Japanese-born big leaguer since Masanori Murakami in 1965.

While the righthander was six years older than Valenzuela and a righty, he was remembered for his distinctive windup and delivery (like Valenzuela). Before throwing his pitch, Nomo had a unique "tornado" windup, which saw him contort his body to the right side, away from the batter.

Like Fidrych and Valenzuela, Nomo earned Rookie of the Year honors. Although he wouldn't make another Midsummer Classic, he finished fourth in the NL Cy Young voting in 1996 and tossed two no-hitters in his career (1996 with the Dodgers and 2001 with the Boston Red Sox).

Skenes' big-league career is likely still in its infancy, and it's far too early to tell if he'll be able to surpass what his four predecessors accomplished. He's passed every test thus far, though, and is sure to bring massive ratings to the 94th MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday.