1976 All-Star Game

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

American League

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

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

Starting Lineups

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

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