1973 All-Star Game

The 1973 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 24, 1973. The National League won the forty-fourth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 1. The game was played at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, MO in front of 40,849 fans. The MVP was Bobby Bonds of the San Francisco Giants.

The Teams[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Dick Williams and coaches Whitey Herzog and Chuck Tanner.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Dick Allen	Chicago White Sox	1B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Sal Bando	Oakland Athletics	3B
Buddy Bell	Cleveland Indians	3B
Paul Blair	Baltimore Orioles	OF
Bert Blyleven	Minnesota Twins	P
Ed Brinkman	Detroit Tigers	SS
Bert Campaneris	Oakland Athletics	SS	Fan's Selection
Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	2B	Fan's Selection
Jim Colborn	Milwaukee Brewers	P		did not play
Rollie Fingers	Oakland Athletics	P
Carlton Fisk	Boston Red Sox	C	Fan's Selection
Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	C		did not play
Ken Holtzman	Oakland Athletics	P
Willie Horton	Detroit Tigers	OF
Catfish Hunter	Oakland Athletics	P	Fan's Selection
Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	OF	Fan's Selection
Pat Kelly	Chicago White Sox	OF
Bill Lee	Boston Red Sox	P		did not play
Sparky Lyle	New York Yankees	P
Dave May	Milwaukee Brewers	OF
John Mayberry	Kansas City Royals	1B
Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C
Bobby Murcer	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Dave Nelson	Texas Rangers	2B
Amos Otis	Kansas City Royals	OF	Fan's Selection
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B	Fan's Selection
Cookie Rojas	Kansas City Royals	2B
Nolan Ryan	California Angels	P
Bill Singer	California Angels	P
Jim Spencer	Texas Rangers	1B
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	1B		replaced due to injury

The National League team was led by manager Sparky Anderson and coaches Gene Mauch and Bill Virdon.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	1B	Fan's Selection
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C	Fan's Selection
Jack Billingham	Cincinnati Reds	P		did not play
Bobby Bonds	San Francisco Giants	OF
Jim Brewer	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros	OF	Fan's Selection
Nate Colbert	San Diego Padres	1B
Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds	SS		replaced due to injury
Willie Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
Darrell Evans	Atlanta Braves	3B
Ron Fairly	Montreal Expos	1B
Dave Giusti	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Davey Johnson	Atlanta Braves	2B
Willie Mays	New York Mets	OF
Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	2B	Fan's Selection
Manny Mota	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
Claude Osteen	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Bill Russell	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS
Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	3B	Fan's Selection
Tom Seaver	New York Mets	P
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	C
Chris Speier	San Francisco Giants	SS	Fan's Selection
Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
Wayne Twitchell	Philadelphia Phillies	P
Bob Watson	Houston Astros	OF
Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	OF	Fan's Selection
Rick Wise	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Fan's Selection

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

Pitchers

National: Rick Wise (W) - Claude Osteen - Don Sutton - Wayne Twitchell - Dave Giusti - Tom Seaver - Jim Brewer

American: Catfish Hunter - Ken Holtzman - Bert Blyleven (L) - Bill Singer - Nolan Ryan - Sparky Lyle - Rollie Fingers

Home Runs

National: Johnny Bench (4th), Bobby Bonds (5th), Willie Davis (6th)

American: None

Umpires

HP: Nestor Chylak, 1B: Ken Burkhart, 2B: Larry Barnett, 3B: Bill Williams, LF: Ron Luciano, RF: Bob Engel

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game

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