1981 All-Star Game

The 1981 All-Star Game was held on Sunday, August 9, 1981. The National League won the fifty-second midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 4. It was the first Major League game played after the settlement of the 1981 strike, which had stopped play on June 11th. The game was held at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, OH in front of 72,086 fans. The MVP was Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos.

The Teams[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Jim Frey and coaches Dave Garcia and Don Zimmer.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Tony Armas	Oakland Athletics	OF
Len Barker	Cleveland Indians	P
Buddy Bell	Texas Rangers	3B
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	3B	Fan's Selection
Rick Burleson	California Angels	SS
Britt Burns	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Rod Carew	California Angels	1B	Fan's Selection
Doug Corbett	Minnesota Twins	P		did not play
Ron Davis	New York Yankees	P
Bucky Dent	New York Yankees	SS	Fan's Selection
Bo Diaz	Cleveland Indians	C
Dwight Evans	Boston Red Sox	OF
Rollie Fingers	Milwaukee Brewers	P
Carlton Fisk	Chicago White Sox	C	Fan's Selection
Ken Forsch	California Angels	P
Rich Gossage	New York Yankees	P		replaced due to injury
Reggie Jackson	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Fred Lynn	California Angels	OF
Scott McGregor	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Jack Morris	Detroit Tigers	P	Fan's Selection
Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles	1B
Mike Norris	Oakland Athletics	P
Al Oliver	Texas Rangers	1B
Tom Paciorek	Seattle Mariners	OF
Willie Randolph	New York Yankees	2B	Fan's Selection
Ted Simmons	Milwaukee Brewers	C
Ken Singleton	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Fan's Selection
Dave Stieb	Toronto Blue Jays	P
Gorman Thomas	Milwaukee Brewers	OF
Frank White	Kansas City Royals	2B
Dave Winfield	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection

The National League team was led by manager Dallas Green and coaches Bill Virdon and Dick Williams.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Dusty Baker	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
Bruce Benedict	Atlanta Braves	C
Vida Blue	San Francisco Giants	P
Bill Buckner	Chicago Cubs	1B
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	C	Fan's Selection
Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds	SS	Fan's Selection
Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	OF	Fan's Selection
Mike Easler	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Phil Garner	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B
Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
Burt Hooton	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Terry Kennedy	San Diego Padres	C
Bob Knepper	Houston Astros	P
Davey Lopes	Los Angeles Dodgers	2B	Fan's Selection
Bill Madlock	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Fan's Selection
Tim Raines	Montreal Expos	OF
Pete Rose	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	Fan's Selection
Dick Ruthven	Philadelphia Phillies	P
Nolan Ryan	Houston Astros	P
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	Fan's Selection
Tom Seaver	Cincinnati Reds	P
Ozzie Smith	San Diego Padres	SS
Bruce Sutter	St. Louis Cardinals	P
Manny Trillo	Philadelphia Phillies	2B
Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Fan's Selection
Joel Youngblood	New York Mets	OF

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	9	1
American	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	11	1

Pitchers

National: Fernando Valenzuela - Tom Seaver - Bob Knepper - Burt Hooton - Dick Ruthven - Vida Blue (W) - Nolan Ryan - Bruce Sutter (S)

American: Jack Morris - Len Barker - Ken Forsch - Mike Norris - Ron Davis - Rollie Fingers (L) - Dave Stieb

Home Runs

National: Gary Carter (5th), Dave Parker (6th), Gary Carter (7th), Mike Schmidt (8th)

American: Ken Singleton (2nd)

Umpires

HP: Bill Haller, 1B: Ed Vargo, 2B: Lou DiMuro, 3B: Bob Engel, LF: Greg Kosc, RF: Jim Quick

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game

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