1970 All-Star Game

The 1970 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 14, 1970. The National League won the forty-first midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 4 in 12 innings. The game was played at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, OH in front of 51,838 fans. The MVP was Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox, despite not being on the winning team.

The Teams[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Earl Weaver and coaches Ralph Houk and Lefty Phillips.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Sandy Alomar	California Angels	2B
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	2B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Mike Cuellar	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Ray Fosse	Cleveland Indians	C
Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	C	Fan's Selection
Jim Fregosi	California Angels	SS
Tommy Harper	Milwaukee Brewers	3B
Willie Horton	Detroit Tigers	OF
Frank Howard	Washington Senators	OF	Fan's Selection
Catfish Hunter	Oakland Athletics	P
Alex Johnson	California Angels	OF
Davey Johnson	Baltimore Orioles	2B
Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	3B	Fan's Selection
Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	P
Dave McNally	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Jerry Moses	Boston Red Sox	C		did not play
Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	OF
Amos Otis	Kansas City Royals	OF
Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	P	Fan's Selection
Jim Perry	Minnesota Twins	P
Fritz Peterson	New York Yankees	P
Boog Powell	Baltimore Orioles	1B	Fan's Selection
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B
Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Fan's Selection
Mel Stottlemyre	New York Yankees	P
Roy White	New York Yankees	OF		did not play
Clyde Wright	California Angels	P
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection

The National League team was led by manager Gil Hodges and coaches Leo Durocher and Lum Harris.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	OF	Fan's Selection
Dick Allen	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Fan's Selection
Glenn Beckert	Chicago Cubs	2B	Fan's Selection
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C	Fan's Selection
Rico Carty	Atlanta Braves	OF	Fan's Selection
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
Dick Dietz	San Francisco Giants	C
Cito Gaston	San Diego Padres	OF
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	P
Billy Grabarkewitz	Los Angeles Dodgers	3B
Bud Harrelson	New York Mets	SS
Jim Hickman	Chicago Cubs	1B
Joe Hoerner	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Don Kessinger	Chicago Cubs	SS	Fan's Selection
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	1B
Denis Menke	Houston Astros	2B
Jim Merritt	Cincinnati Reds	P
Felix Millan	Atlanta Braves	2B		replaced due to injury
Joe Morgan	Houston Astros	2B
Claude Osteen	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Tony Perez	Cincinnati Reds	3B	Fan's Selection
Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	P
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	OF
Tom Seaver	New York Mets	P	Fan's Selection
Wayne Simpson	Cincinnati Reds	P		did not play
Rusty Staub	Montreal Expos	OF
Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals	C
Hoyt Wilhelm	Atlanta Braves	P		did not play

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
American	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	12	0
National	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	5	10	0

Pitchers

American: Jim Palmer - Sam McDowell - Jim Perry - Catfish Hunter - Fritz Peterson - Mel Stottlemyre - Clyde Wright (L)

National: Tom Seaver - Jim Merritt - Gaylord Perry - Bob Gibson - Claude Osteen (W)

Home Runs

American: None

National: Dick Dietz (9th)

Umpires

HP: Al Barlick, 1B: John Rice, 2B: Frank Secory, 3B: Bill Haller, LF: Frank Dezelan, RF: Russ Goetz

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game

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