1961 All-Star Game - First Game
The First 1961 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 11, 1961. The National League won the thirtieth midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 4 in 10 innings. The game was played at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA in front of 44,115 fans.
The Teams[edit]
American League[edit]
The American League team was led by manager Paul Richards and coaches Frankie Crosetti and Jim Vernon.
National League[edit]
The National League team was led by manager Danny Murtaugh and coaches Alvin Dark and Gene Mauch.
The Game[edit]
Starting Lineups[edit]
| American League | Batting Order |
National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Johnny Temple | 2B | Cleveland Indians | 1 | Maury Wills | SS | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
| Norm Cash | 1B | Detroit Tigers | 2 | Eddie Mathews | 3B | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Mickey Mantle | OF | New York Yankees | 3 | Willie Mays | OF | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Roger Maris | OF | New York Yankees | 4 | Orlando Cepeda | OF | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Rocky Colavito | OF | Detroit Tigers | 5 | Roberto Clemente | OF | Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| Tony Kubek | SS | New York Yankees | 6 | Bill White | 1B | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Johnny Romano | C | Cleveland Indians | 7 | Frank Bolling | 2B | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Brooks Robinson | 3B | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | Smoky Burgess | C | Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| Whitey Ford | P | New York Yankees | 9 | Warren Spahn | P | Milwaukee Braves | ||
Line Score[edit]
July 11, 1961 at Candlestick Park (44115), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| National | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
Pitchers
American: Whitey Ford - Frank Lary - Dick Donovan - Jim Bunning - Mike Fornieles - Hoyt Wilhelm (L)
National: Warren Spahn - Bob Purkey - Mike McCormick - Roy Face - Sandy Koufax - Stu Miller (W)
Home Runs
American: Harmon Killebrew (6th)
National: George Altman (8th)
Umpires
HP: Stan Landes (NL) 1B: Frank Umont (AL), 1B: Frank Umont (NL) 2B: Shag Crawford (AL) LF: Ed Vargo (NL), RF: Cal Drummond (AL)
Further Reading[edit]
- Randi Mann (The Weather Network): "The memorable 1961 MLB All-Star Game – National v. American leagues v. wind", Yahoo! News, July 11, 2023. [1]
Related Sites[edit]
| Major League Baseball's All-Star Game
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