1996 All-Star Game

The 1996 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 9, 1996. The National League won the sixty-seventh midsummer classic by a score of 6 to 0. The game was held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, PA in front of 62,670 fans. The MVP was Mike Piazza of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Mike Hargrove and coaches Terry Bevington and Bob Boone.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Roberto Alomar	Baltimore Orioles	2B	Fan's Selection
Sandy Alomar, Jr.	Cleveland Indians	C
Brady Anderson	Baltimore Orioles	OF
Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Wade Boggs	New York Yankees	3B	Fan's Selection
Jay Buhner	Seattle Mariners	OF
Joe Carter	Toronto Blue Jays	OF
Chuck Finley	California Angels	P
Travis Fryman	Detroit Tigers	3B
Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	OF	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Roberto Hernández	Chicago White Sox	P
Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	2B
Kenny Lofton	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners	DH
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	1B
Jose Mesa	Cleveland Indians	P		did not play
Jeff Montgomery	Kansas City Royals	P		did not play
Charles Nagy	Cleveland Indians	P	Fan's Selection
Roger Pavlik	Texas Rangers	P
Troy Percival	California Angels	P
Andy Pettitte	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Fan's Selection
Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	SS
Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	C	Fan's Selection
Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	1B	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Greg Vaughn	Milwaukee Brewers	OF		did not play
Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox	1B
John Wetteland	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Dan Wilson	Seattle Mariners	C

National League

The National League team was led by manager Bobby Cox and coaches Jim Fregosi and Tommy Lasorda.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	1B
Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	OF	Fan's Selection
Craig Biggio	Houston Astros	2B	Fan's Selection
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Ricky Bottalico	Philadelphia Phillies	P
Kevin Brown	Florida Marlins	P
Ellis Burks	Colorado Rockies	OF
Ken Caminiti	San Diego Padres	3B
Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	P
Mark Grudzielanek	Montreal Expos	3B
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	OF	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Todd Hundley	New York Mets	C
Lance Johnson	New York Mets	OF
Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	3B
Jason Kendall	Pittsburgh Pirates	C
Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	SS	Fan's Selection
Al Leiter	Florida Marlins	P
Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	P		did not play
Pedro Martinez	Montreal Expos	P
Fred McGriff	Atlanta Braves	1B	Fan's Selection
Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Fan's Selection
Henry Rodriguez	Montreal Expos	OF
Gary Sheffield	Florida Marlins	OF
Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	SS
John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	P	Fan's Selection
Steve Trachsel	Chicago Cubs	P
Matt Williams	San Francisco Giants	3B	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Mark Wohlers	Atlanta Braves	P
Todd Worrell	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Eric Young	Colorado Rockies	2B

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Kenny Lofton	OF	Cleveland Indians		1		Lance Johnson	OF	New York Mets
Wade Boggs	3B	New York Yankees		2		Barry Larkin	SS	Cincinnati Reds
Roberto Alomar	2B	Baltimore Orioles		3		Barry Bonds	OF	San Francisco Giants
Albert Belle	OF	Cleveland Indians		4		Fred McGriff	1B	Atlanta Braves
Mo Vaughn	1B	Boston Red Sox		5		Mike Piazza	C	Los Angeles Dodgers
Ivan Rodriguez	C	Texas Rangers		6		Dante Bichette	OF	Colorado Rockies
Cal Ripken, Jr.	SS	Baltimore Orioles		7		Chipper Jones	3B	Atlanta Braves
Brady Anderson	OF	Baltimore Orioles		8		Craig Biggio	2B	Houston Astros
Charles Nagy	P	Cleveland Indians		9		John Smoltz	P	Atlanta Braves

Line Score

July 9, 1996 at Veterans Stadium (62670), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
National	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	x	6	12	1

Pitchers

American: Charles Nagy (L) - Chuck Finley - Roger Pavlik - Troy Percival - Roberto Hernández

National: John Smoltz (W) - Kevin Brown - Tom Glavine - Ricky Bottalico - Pedro Martinez - Steve Trachsel - Todd Worrell - Mark Wohlers - Al Leiter

Home Runs

American: None

National: Mike Piazza (2nd), Ken Caminiti (6th)

Umpires

HP: Randy Marsh, 1B: Larry McCoy, 2B: Charlie Reliford, 3B: Joe Brinkman, LF: Larry Poncino, RF: Chuck Meriwether