1979 All-Star Game

The 1979 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 17, 1979. The National League won the fiftieth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 6. The game was played at the Kingdome in Seattle, WA in front of 58,905 fans. The MVP was Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Teams[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Bob Lemon and coaches Pat Corrales and Roy Hartsfield, Darrell Johnson.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Don Baylor	California Angels	OF
Bruce Bochte	Seattle Mariners	1B
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	3B	Fan's Selection
Rick Burleson	Boston Red Sox	SS
Rod Carew	California Angels	1B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Mark Clear	California Angels	P
Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers	1B
Brian Downing	California Angels	C
Bobby Grich	California Angels	2B
Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	P
Reggie Jackson	New York Yankees	OF
Tommy John	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Steve Kemp	Detroit Tigers	OF
Jim Kern	Texas Rangers	P
Dave Lemanczyk	Toronto Blue Jays	P		did not play
Chet Lemon	Chicago White Sox	OF
Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Sid Monge	Cleveland Indians	P		did not play
Graig Nettles	New York Yankees	3B
Jeff Newman	Oakland Athletics	C		did not play
Darrell Porter	Kansas City Royals	C	Fan's Selection
Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Nolan Ryan	California Angels	P	Fan's Selection
Ken Singleton	Baltimore Orioles	OF
Roy Smalley	Minnesota Twins	SS	Fan's Selection
Don Stanhouse	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Bob Stanley	Boston Red Sox	P
Frank White	Kansas City Royals	2B	Fan's Selection
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection

The National League team was led by manager Tom Lasorda and coaches Danny Ozark and Chuck Tanner.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Joaquin Andujar	Houston Astros	P
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C		replaced due to injury
Bob Boone	Philadelphia Phillies	C
Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	Fan's Selection
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Fan's Selection
Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	C
Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	3B
Jack Clark	San Francisco Giants	OF
Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds	SS		replaced due to injury
George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	Fan's Selection
Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
Dave Kingman	Chicago Cubs	OF		replaced due to injury
Mike LaCoss	Cincinnati Reds	P
Davey Lopes	Los Angeles Dodgers	2B	Fan's Selection
Gary Matthews	Atlanta Braves	OF
Lee Mazzilli	New York Mets	OF
Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	2B
Joe Niekro	Houston Astros	P		did not play
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Fan's Selection
Larry Parrish	Montreal Expos	3B
Gaylord Perry	San Diego Padres	P
Craig Reynolds	Houston Astros	SS
Steve Rogers	Montreal Expos	P
Pete Rose	Philadelphia Phillies	1B
Joe Sambito	Houston Astros	P
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	Fan's Selection
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	C	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
John Stearns	New York Mets	C		did not play
Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	P
Garry Templeton	St. Louis Cardinals	SS		did not play
Dave Winfield	San Diego Padres	OF	Fan's Selection

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

Pitchers

National: Steve Carlton - Joaquin Andujar - Steve Rogers - Gaylord Perry - Joe Sambito - Mike LaCoss - Bruce Sutter (W)

American: Nolan Ryan - Bob Stanley - Mark Clear - Jim Kern (L) - Ron Guidry

Home Runs

National: Lee Mazzilli (8th)

American: Fred Lynn (1st)

Umpires

HP: George Maloney, 1B: Lee Weyer, 2B: Nick Bremigan, 3B: Bill Williams, LF: Terry Cooney, RF: Dutch Rennert

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