Year: | 1961 |
1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game) | |
Visitor: | American League |
Top1: | 0 |
Top2: | 0 |
Top3: | 0 |
Top4: | 0 |
Top5: | 0 |
Top6: | 1 |
Top7: | 0 |
Top8: | 0 |
Top9: | 2 |
Top10: | 1 |
Visitor R: | 4 |
Visitor H: | 4 |
Visitor E: | 2 |
Home: | National League |
Bot1: | 0 |
Bot2: | 1 |
Bot3: | 0 |
Bot4: | 1 |
Bot5: | 0 |
Bot6: | 0 |
Bot7: | 0 |
Bot8: | 1 |
Bot9: | 0 |
Bot10: | 2 |
Home R: | 5 |
Home H: | 11 |
Home E: | 5 |
Date: | July 11, 1961 |
Venue: | Candlestick Park |
City: | San Francisco, California |
Visitormanager: | Paul Richards |
Visitormanagerteam: | BAL |
Homemanager: | Danny Murtaugh |
Homemanagerteam: | PIT |
Television: | NBC |
Tv Announcers: | Mel Allen and Russ Hodges |
Radio: | NBC |
Radio Announcers: | Jimmy Dudley and Jerry Doggett |
Attendance: | 44,115 |
Previous: | 1960 (second game) |
Next: | 1961 (second game) |
The first 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Candlestick Park in San Francisco on July 11, 1961. The National League scored two runs in the bottom of the tenth inning to win 5–4. Stu Miller was the winning pitcher and Hoyt Wilhelm was charged with the loss.
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Starters | |||
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Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
P | Whitey Ford | Yankees | 8 |
C | Johnny Romano | Indians | 1 |
1B | Norm Cash | Tigers | 1 |
2B | Johnny Temple | Indians | 5 |
3B | Brooks Robinson | Orioles | 3 |
SS | Tony Kubek | Yankees | 3 |
OF | Rocky Colavito | Tigers | 3 |
OF | Mickey Mantle | Yankees | 12 |
OF | Roger Maris | Yankees | 4 |
Pitchers | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games | |
P | Jim Bunning | Tigers | 3 | |
P | Dick Donovan | Senators | 2 | |
P | Ryne Duren | Angels | 4 | |
P | Mike Fornieles | Red Sox | 1 | |
P | Frank Lary | Tigers | 3 | |
P | Jim Perry | Indians | 1 | |
P | Billy Pierce | White Sox | 7 | |
P | Hoyt Wilhelm | Orioles | 4 |
Reserves | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games | |
C | Elston Howard | Yankees | 6 | |
1B | Jim Gentile | Orioles | 3 | |
1B | Harmon Killebrew | Twins | 3 | |
2B | Nellie Fox | White Sox | 13 | |
SS | Dick Howser | Athletics | 1 | |
OF | Yogi Berra | Yankees | 16 | |
OF | Jackie Brandt | Orioles | 1 | |
OF | Al Kaline | Tigers | 9 |
Starters | |||
---|---|---|---|
Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
P | Warren Spahn | Braves | 13 |
C | Smoky Burgess | Pirates | 7 |
1B | Bill White | Cardinals | 4 |
2B | Frank Bolling | Braves | 1 |
3B | Eddie Mathews | Braves | 10 |
SS | Maury Wills | Dodgers | 1 |
OF | Orlando Cepeda | Giants | 5 |
OF | Roberto Clemente | Pirates | 3 |
OF | Willie Mays | Giants | 10 |
Pitchers | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games | |
P | Roy Face | Pirates | 5 | |
P | Joey Jay | Reds | 1 | |
P | Sandy Koufax | Dodgers | 1 | |
P | Art Mahaffey | Phillies | 1 | |
P | Mike McCormick | Giants | 3 | |
P | Stu Miller | Giants | 1 | |
P | Bob Purkey | Reds | 2 |
Reserves | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games | |
C | John Roseboro | Dodgers | 2 | |
1B | Dick Stuart | Pirates | 1 | |
2B | Don Zimmer | Cubs | 1 | |
3B | Ken Boyer | Cardinals | 6 | |
SS | Eddie Kasko | Reds | 1 | |
OF | Hank Aaron | Braves | 9 | |
OF | George Altman | Cubs | 1 | |
OF | Stan Musial | Cardinals | 20 | |
OF | Frank Robinson | Reds | 5 |
Umpires: Stan Landes, Home Plate (NL); Frank Umont, First Base (AL); Shag Crawford, Second Base (NL); Ed Runge, Third Base (AL); Ed Vargo, Left Field (NL); Cal Drummond, Right Field (AL)