1961 All-Star Game - Second Game
The Second 1961 All-Star Game was played on Monday, July 31, 1961, the thirty-first midsummer classic ended in a 1-1 tie after 9 innings when it was called due to rain. The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston, MA in front of 31,851 fans.
The Teams[edit]
American League[edit]
The American League team was led by manager Paul Richards and coaches Jimmy Adair and Mike Higgins.
National League[edit]
The National League team was led by manager Danny Murtaugh and coaches Chuck Dressen and El Tappe.
The Game[edit]
Starting Lineups[edit]
| National League | Batting Order |
American League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Maury Wills | SS | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | Norm Cash | 1B | Detroit Tigers | ||
| Eddie Mathews | 3B | Milwaukee Braves | 2 | Rocky Colavito | OF | Detroit Tigers | ||
| Willie Mays | OF | San Francisco Giants | 3 | Al Kaline | OF | Detroit Tigers | ||
| Orlando Cepeda | OF | San Francisco Giants | 4 | Mickey Mantle | OF | New York Yankees | ||
| Roberto Clemente | OF | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | Johnny Romano | C | Cleveland Indians | ||
| Bill White | 1B | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | Luis Aparicio | SS | Chicago White Sox | ||
| Frank Bolling | 2B | Milwaukee Braves | 7 | Johnny Temple | 2B | Cleveland Indians | ||
| Smoky Burgess | C | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | Brooks Robinson | 3B | Baltimore Orioles | ||
| Bob Purkey | P | Cincinnati Reds | 9 | Jim Bunning | P | Detroit Tigers | ||
Line Score[edit]
July 31, 1961 at Fenway Park (31851), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| American | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Pitchers
National: Bob Purkey - Art Mahaffey - Sandy Koufax - Stu Miller
American: Jim Bunning - Don Schwall - Camilo Pascual
Home Runs
National: None
American: Rocky Colavito (1st)
Umpires
HP: Larry Napp (AL), 1B: Frank Secory (NL), 2B: Red Flaherty (AL), 3B: Ed Sudol (NL), LF: Al Smith (AL), RF: Chris Pelekoudas (NL)
Related Sites[edit]
| Major League Baseball's All-Star Game
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