1980 All-Star Game

The 1980 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 8, 1980. The National League won the fifty-first midsummer classic by a score of 4 to 2. The game was played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA in front of 56,088 fans. The MVP was Ken Griffey, Sr. of the Cincinnati Reds.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Earl Weaver and coaches Jim Frey and Frank Robinson.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Buddy Bell	Texas Rangers	3B
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	3B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Al Bumbry	Baltimore Orioles	OF
Tom Burgmeier	Boston Red Sox	P		did not play
Rod Carew	California Angels	1B	Fan's Selection
Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers	1B
Bucky Dent	New York Yankees	SS	Fan's Selection
Ed Farmer	Chicago White Sox	P
Carlton Fisk	Boston Red Sox	C	Fan's Selection
Rich Gossage	New York Yankees	P
Bobby Grich	California Angels	2B
Larry Gura	Kansas City Royals	P		did not play
Rickey Henderson	Oakland Athletics	OF
Rick Honeycutt	Seattle Mariners	P		did not play
Reggie Jackson	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Tommy John	New York Yankees	P
Ken Landreaux	Minnesota Twins	OF
Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	2B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Graig Nettles	New York Yankees	3B
Ben Oglivie	Milwaukee Brewers	OF
Al Oliver	Texas Rangers	OF
Jorge Orta	Cleveland Indians	OF		did not play
Lance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	C
Darrell Porter	Kansas City Royals	C
Willie Randolph	New York Yankees	2B
Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Dave Stieb	Toronto Blue Jays	P
Steve Stone	Baltimore Orioles	P	Fan's Selection
Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers	SS
Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	SS

National League

The National League team was led by manager Chuck Tanner and coaches John McNamara and Bill Virdon.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C	Fan's Selection
Jim Bibby	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Vida Blue	San Francisco Giants	P		replaced due to injury
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	C
Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds	SS
Jose Cruz	Houston Astros	OF		did not play
Phil Garner	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	Fan's Selection
Ken Griffey	Cincinnati Reds	OF
George Hendrick	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
Dave Kingman	Chicago Cubs	OF	Fan's Selection
Ray Knight	Cincinnati Reds	3B
Davey Lopes	Los Angeles Dodgers	2B	Fan's Selection
Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	OF
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Fan's Selection
Ken Reitz	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
Jerry Reuss	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
J.R. Richard	Houston Astros	P	Fan's Selection
Pete Rose	Philadelphia Phillies	1B
Bill Russell	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	Fan's Selection
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Reggie Smith	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
John Stearns	New York Mets	C
Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	P
Kent Tekulve	Pittsburgh Pirates	P		did not play
Bob Welch	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Ed Whitson	San Francisco Giants	P		did not play
Dave Winfield	San Diego Padres	OF

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Willie Randolph	2B	New York Yankees		1		Davey Lopes	2B	Los Angeles Dodgers
Rod Carew	1B	California Angels		2		Reggie Smith	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers
Fred Lynn	OF	Boston Red Sox		3		Dave Parker	OF	Pittsburgh Pirates
Reggie Jackson	OF	New York Yankees		4		Steve Garvey	1B	Los Angeles Dodgers
Ben Oglivie	OF	Milwaukee Brewers		5		Johnny Bench	C	Cincinnati Reds
Carlton Fisk	C	Boston Red Sox		6		Dave Kingman	OF	Chicago Cubs
Graig Nettles	3B	New York Yankees		7		Ken Reitz	3B	St. Louis Cardinals
Bucky Dent	SS	New York Yankees		8		Bill Russell	SS	Los Angeles Dodgers
Steve Stone	P	Baltimore Orioles		9		J.R. Richard	P	Houston Astros

Line Score

July 8, 1980 at Dodger Stadium (56088), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Steve Stone - Tommy John (L) - Ed Farmer - Dave Stieb - Rich Gossage

National: J.R. Richard - Bob Welch - Jerry Reuss (W) - Jim Bibby - Bruce Sutter (S)

Home Runs

American: Fred Lynn (5th)

National: Ken Griffey Sr. (5th)

Umpires

HP: John Kibler, 1B: Larry Barnett, 2B: Nick Colosi, 3B: Jim McKean, LF: Jerry Dale, RF: Rich Garcia