1976 All-Star Game

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The 1976 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 13, 1976. The National League won the forty-seventh midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 1. The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, PA in front of 63,974 fans. The MVP was George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds.

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The Teams[edit]

American League[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Darrell Johnson and coaches Gene Mauch and Frank Robinson.

Player Team Position Selection Notes
Mark Belanger Baltimore Orioles SS
George Brett Kansas City Royals 3B Fan's Selection
Rod Carew Minnesota Twins 1B Fan's Selection
Chris Chambliss New York Yankees 1B
Mark Fidrych Detroit Tigers P Fan's Selection
Rollie Fingers Oakland Athletics P did not play
Carlton Fisk Boston Red Sox C
Phil Garner Oakland Athletics 2B
Rich Gossage Chicago White Sox P did not play
Bobby Grich Baltimore Orioles 2B Fan's Selection
Toby Harrah Texas Rangers SS Fan's Selection
Catfish Hunter New York Yankees P
Dave LaRoche Cleveland Indians P did not play
Ron LeFlore Detroit Tigers OF Fan's Selection
Sparky Lyle New York Yankees P did not play
Fred Lynn Boston Red Sox OF Fan's Selection
Hal McRae Kansas City Royals OF
Don Money Milwaukee Brewers 3B
Thurman Munson New York Yankees C Fan's Selection
Amos Otis Kansas City Royals OF
Freddie Patek Kansas City Royals SS
Willie Randolph New York Yankees 2B replaced due to injury
Mickey Rivers New York Yankees OF
Rusty Staub Detroit Tigers OF Fan's Selection
Frank Tanana California Angels P
Luis Tiant Boston Red Sox P
Bill Travers Milwaukee Brewers P did not play
Butch Wynegar Minnesota Twins C
Carl Yastrzemski Boston Red Sox OF

National League[edit]

The National League team was led by manager Sparky Anderson and coaches John McNamara and Danny Ozark.

Player Team Position Selection Notes
Johnny Bench Cincinnati Reds C Fan's Selection
Bob Boone Philadelphia Phillies C
Larry Bowa Philadelphia Phillies SS
Dave Cash Philadelphia Phillies 2B
Cesar Cedeno Houston Astros OF
Ron Cey Los Angeles Dodgers 3B
Dave Concepcion Cincinnati Reds SS Fan's Selection
Ken Forsch Houston Astros P
George Foster Cincinnati Reds OF Fan's Selection
Woodie Fryman Montreal Expos P did not play
Steve Garvey Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Fan's Selection
Ken Griffey Cincinnati Reds OF
Randy Jones San Diego Padres P Fan's Selection
Dave Kingman New York Mets OF Fan's Selection
Greg Luzinski Philadelphia Phillies OF
Jon Matlack New York Mets P did not play
Bake McBride St. Louis Cardinals OF did not play
Andy Messersmith Atlanta Braves P replaced due to injury
John Montefusco San Francisco Giants P
Joe Morgan Cincinnati Reds 2B Fan's Selection
Al Oliver Pittsburgh Pirates OF
Tony Perez Cincinnati Reds 1B
Rick Rhoden Los Angeles Dodgers P
Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds 3B Fan's Selection
Bill Russell Los Angeles Dodgers SS
Dick Ruthven Atlanta Braves P did not play
Mike Schmidt Philadelphia Phillies 3B
Tom Seaver New York Mets P
Steve Swisher Chicago Cubs C did not play

The Game[edit]

Starting Lineups[edit]

American League Batting
Order
National League
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Ron LeFlore OF Detroit Tigers 1 Pete Rose 3B Cincinnati Reds
Rod Carew 1B Minnesota Twins 2 Steve Garvey 1B Los Angeles Dodgers
George Brett 3B Kansas City Royals 3 Joe Morgan 2B Cincinnati Reds
Thurman Munson C New York Yankees 4 George Foster OF Cincinnati Reds
Fred Lynn OF Boston Red Sox 5 Greg Luzinski OF Philadelphia Phillies
Toby Harrah SS Texas Rangers 6 Johnny Bench C Cincinnati Reds
Rusty Staub OF Detroit Tigers 7 Dave Kingman OF New York Mets
Bobby Grich 2B Baltimore Orioles 8 Dave Concepcion SS Cincinnati Reds
Mark Fidrych P Detroit Tigers 9 Randy Jones P San Diego Padres

Line Score[edit]

July 13, 1976 at Veterans Stadium (63974), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Mark Fidrych (L) - Catfish Hunter - Luis Tiant - Frank Tanana

National: Randy Jones (W) - Tom Seaver - John Montefusco - Rick Rhoden - Ken Forsch

Home Runs

American: Fred Lynn (4th)

National: George Foster (3rd), Cesar Cedeno (8th)

Umpires

HP: Harry Wendelstedt, 1B: Jerry Neudecker, 2B: Andy Olsen, 3B: Don Denkinger, LF: Satch Davidson, RF: Jim Evans

Related Sites[edit]

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