I just came across this: Bill Freehan, a middling to just-above-average catcher for most of his career, made an incredible 11 All-Star games! By my figuring, his offensive stats deserved All-Star accolades only 4 or 5 of those years. The nadir was reached in his "All-Star" year of 1973, when he batted .234 with 6 homers, 33 runs and 29 RBIs in 380 AB. His slugging percentage? .313!
Then here's the really weird part: the next year, 1974, he raised his slugging percentage an amazing 166 points to a career-high .479, along with a .297 average (2nd best of his career), 18 HR and 60 RBIs. His reward? He was unexplicably left OFF the All-Star roster that year!
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