1977 All-Star Game

The 1977 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 19, 1977. The National League won the forty-eighth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 6. The game was played at Yankee Stadium in New York, NY in front of 56,683 fans. The MVP was Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Billy Martin and coaches Alex Grammas and Bob Lemon.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Vida Blue	Oakland Athletics	P		replaced due to injury
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	3B	Fan's Selection
Rick Burleson	Boston Red Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Bert Campaneris	Texas Rangers	SS
Bill Campbell	Boston Red Sox	P
Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	1B	Fan's Selection
Dennis Eckersley	Cleveland Indians	P
Ron Fairly	Toronto Blue Jays	1B
Mark Fidrych	Detroit Tigers	P		replaced due to injury
Carlton Fisk	Boston Red Sox	C	Fan's Selection
Wayne Gross	Oakland Athletics	3B		did not play
Larry Hisle	Minnesota Twins	OF
Reggie Jackson	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Ruppert Jones	Seattle Mariners	OF
Jim Kern	Cleveland Indians	P
Dave LaRoche	California Angels	P
Sparky Lyle	New York Yankees	P
Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox	OF
Don Money	Milwaukee Brewers	2B		replaced due to injury
Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C
Graig Nettles	New York Yankees	3B
Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	P	Fan's Selection
Willie Randolph	New York Yankees	2B	Fan's Selection
Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	OF
Nolan Ryan	California Angels	P		did not play
George Scott	Boston Red Sox	1B
Ken Singleton	Baltimore Orioles	OF
Jim Slaton	Milwaukee Brewers	P		did not play
Frank Tanana	California Angels	P		replaced due to injury
Jason Thompson	Detroit Tigers	1B		did not play
Butch Wynegar	Minnesota Twins	C
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Richie Zisk	Chicago White Sox	OF	Fan's Selection

National League

The National League team was led by manager Sparky Anderson and coaches Tommy Lasorda and Danny Ozark.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Joaquin Andujar	Houston Astros	P		did not play
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C	Fan's Selection
John Candelaria	Pittsburgh Pirates	P		did not play
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	3B	Fan's Selection
Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds	SS	Fan's Selection
George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	Fan's Selection
Rich Gossage	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Ken Griffey	Cincinnati Reds	OF		did not play
Gary Lavelle	San Francisco Giants	P
Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Fan's Selection
Willie Montanez	Atlanta Braves	1B
Jerry Morales	Chicago Cubs	OF
Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	2B	Fan's Selection
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Fan's Selection
Rick Reuschel	Chicago Cubs	P
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	3B
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
Tom Seaver	Cincinnati Reds	P
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	C
Reggie Smith	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
John Stearns	New York Mets	C
Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	P		replaced due to injury
Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Fan's Selection
Garry Templeton	St. Louis Cardinals	SS
Manny Trillo	Chicago Cubs	2B
Ellis Valentine	Montreal Expos	OF
Dave Winfield	San Diego Padres	OF

The Game

Starting Lineups

National League				Batting Order		American League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Joe Morgan	2B	Cincinnati Reds		1		Rod Carew	1B	Minnesota Twins
Steve Garvey	1B	Los Angeles Dodgers		2		Willie Randolph	2B	New York Yankees
Dave Parker	OF	Pittsburgh Pirates		3		George Brett	3B	Kansas City Royals
George Foster	OF	Cincinnati Reds		4		Carl Yastrzemski	OF	Boston Red Sox
Greg Luzinski	OF	Philadelphia Phillies		5		Richie Zisk	OF	Chicago White Sox
Ron Cey	3B	Los Angeles Dodgers		6		Reggie Jackson	OF	New York Yankees
Johnny Bench	C	Cincinnati Reds		7		Carlton Fisk	C	Boston Red Sox
Dave Concepcion	SS	Cincinnati Reds		8		Rick Burleson	SS	Boston Red Sox
Don Sutton	P	Los Angeles Dodgers		9		Jim Palmer	P	Baltimore Orioles

Line Score

July 19, 1977 at Yankee Stadium (56683), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

National: Don Sutton (W) - Gary Lavelle - Tom Seaver - Rick Reuschel - Rich Gossage

American: Jim Palmer (L) - Jim Kern - Dennis Eckersley - Dave LaRoche - Bill Campbell - Sparky Lyle

Home Runs

National: Joe Morgan (1st), Greg Luzinski (1st), Steve Garvey (3rd)

American: George Scott (9th)

Umpires

HP: Bill Kunkel, 1B: Doug Harvey, 2B: Dave Phillips, 3B: Dick Stello, LF: Frank Pulli, RF: Joe Brinkman