1962 All-Star Game - First Game

The First 1962 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 10, 1962. The National League won the thirty-second midsummer classic by a score of 3 to 1. The game was held at D.C. Stadium in Washington, DC in front of 45,480 fans. The first All-Star Game MVP was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers. President John F. Kennedy attended the game and threw the ceremonial first pitch.

Pres. Kennedy and Ford Frick at the first 1962 All-Star Game.

The Teams[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Ralph Houk and coaches Billy Hitchcock and Jim Vernon.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Aguirre	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Earl Battey	Minnesota Twins	C	Fan's Selection
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	P	Fan's Selection
Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	OF
Dick Donovan	Cleveland Indians	P
Jim Gentile	Baltimore Orioles	1B	Fan's Selection
Elston Howard	New York Yankees	C		did not play
Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox	OF
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Roger Maris	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Bill Monbouquette	Boston Red Sox	P		did not play
Billy Moran	Los Angeles Angels	2B	Fan's Selection
Milt Pappas	Baltimore Orioles	P		replaced Wilhelm
Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	P
Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	2B
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B
Rich Rollins	Minnesota Twins	3B	Fan's Selection
Johnny Romano	Cleveland Indians	C
Norm Siebern	Kansas City Athletics	1B
Dave Stenhouse	Washington Senators	P		did not play
Ralph Terry	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Lee Thomas	Los Angeles Angels	OF
Tom Tresh	New York Yankees	SS		did not play
Leon Wagner	Los Angeles Angels	OF	Fan's Selection
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baltimore Orioles	P		replaced due to injury

The National League team was led by manager Fred Hutchinson and coaches John Keane and Casey Stengel.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF		replaced due to injury
Felipe Alou	San Francisco Giants	OF
Richie Ashburn	New York Mets	OF		did not play
Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	1B
Frank Bolling	Milwaukee Braves	2B
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	Fan's Selection
Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	1B	Fan's Selection
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Fan's Selection
Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C	Fan's Selection
Jim Davenport	San Francisco Giants	3B
Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Fan's Selection
Turk Farrell	Houston Colt .45s	P		did not play
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	Fan's Selection
Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	P		did not play
Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	P
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	Fan's Selection
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Bob Purkey	Cincinnati Reds	P
Johnny Roseboro	Los Angeles Dodgers	C		did not play
Bob Shaw	Milwaukee Braves	P
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P		replaced Aaron, did not play
Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0
National	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	8	0

Pitchers

National: Don Drysdale - Juan Marichal (W) - Bob Purkey - Bob Shaw

American: Jim Bunning - Camilo Pascual (L) - Dick Donovan - Milt Pappas

Home Runs

National: None

American: None

Umpires

HP: Eddie Hurley (AL), 1B: Augie Donatelli (NL), 2B: Bob Stewart (AL), 3B: Tony Venzon (NL), LF: Mel Steiner (NL), RF: Harry Schwarts (AL)

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game

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