1997 All-Star Game

The 1997 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1997. The American League won the sixty-eighth midsummer classic by a score of 3 to 1. The game was held at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH in front of 44,916 fans. The MVP was Sandy Alomar, Jr of the Cleveland Indians.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Joe Torre and coaches Mike Hargrove and Johnny Oates.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Roberto Alomar	Baltimore Orioles	2B	Fan's Selection
Sandy Alomar, Jr.	Cleveland Indians	C
Brady Anderson	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Fan's Selection
Albert Belle	Chicago White Sox	OF		did not play
Jeff Cirillo	Milwaukee Brewers	3B
Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	P
David Cone	New York Yankees	P
Joey Cora	Seattle Mariners	2B
Jason Dickson	Anaheim Angels	P		did not play
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	SS
Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	OF	Fan's Selection
Pat Hentgen	Toronto Blue Jays	P
Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners	P	Fan's Selection
David Justice	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	2B
Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners	DH	Fan's Selection
Tino Martinez	New York Yankees	1B	Fan's Selection
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	1B
Mike Mussina	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Randy Myers	Baltimore Orioles	P
Paul O'Neill	New York Yankees	OF
Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Fan's Selection
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees	P
Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	SS	Fan's Selection
Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	C	Fan's Selection
Jose Rosado	Kansas City Royals	P
Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	1B		unable to play due to injury
Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians	1B
Justin Thompson	Detroit Tigers	P
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees	OF

National League

The National League team was led by manager Bobby Cox and coaches Dusty Baker and Bruce Bochy.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Moises Alou	Florida Marlins	OF
Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	1B	Fan's Selection
Rod Beck	San Francisco Giants	P		did not play
Craig Biggio	Houston Astros	2B	Fan's Selection
Jeff Blauser	Atlanta Braves	SS
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Kevin Brown	Florida Marlins	P
Ken Caminiti	San Diego Padres	3B	Fan's Selection
Royce Clayton	St. Louis Cardinals	SS
Shawn Estes	San Francisco Giants	P
Steve Finley	San Diego Padres	OF
Andres Galarraga	Colorado Rockies	1B
Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	P		unable to play due to injury
Mark Grace	Chicago Cubs	1B
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	OF
Todd Hundley	New York Mets	C		unable to play due to injury
Charles Johnson	Florida Marlins	C
Bobby Jones	New York Mets	P
Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	3B
Darryl Kile	Houston Astros	P		did not play
Ray Lankford	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	SS	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Kenny Lofton	Atlanta Braves	OF	Fan's Selection	unable to play due to injury
Javy Lopez	Atlanta Braves	C
Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	P	Fan's Selection
Pedro Martinez	Montreal Expos	P
Denny Neagle	Atlanta Braves	P		did not play
Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Fan's Selection
Curt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies	P
Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	OF	Fan's Selection
Tony Womack	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B

The Game

Starting Lineups

National League				Batting Order		American League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Craig Biggio	2B	Houston Astros		1		Brady Anderson	OF	Baltimore Orioles
Tony Gwynn	OF	San Diego Padres		2		Alex Rodriguez	SS	Seattle Mariners
Barry Bonds	OF	San Francisco Giants		3		Ken Griffey, Jr.	OF	Seattle Mariners
Mike Piazza	C	Los Angeles Dodgers		4		Tino Martinez	1B	New York Yankees
Jeff Bagwell	1B	Houston Astros		5		Edgar Martinez	DH	Seattle Mariners
Larry Walker	OF	Colorado Rockies		6		Paul O'Neill	OF	New York Yankees
Ken Caminiti	3B	San Diego Padres		7		Cal Ripken, Jr.	SS	Baltimore Orioles
Ray Lankford	OF	St. Louis Cardinals		8		Ivan Rodriguez	C	Texas Rangers
Jeff Blauser	SS	Atlanta Braves		9		Roberto Alomar	2B	Baltimore Orioles
Greg Maddux	P	Atlanta Braves		SP		Randy Johnson	P	Seattle Mariners

Line Score

July 8, 1997 at Jacobs Field (44916), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

National: Greg Maddux - Curt Schilling - Kevin Brown - Pedro Martinez - Shawn Estes (L) - Bobby Jones

American: Randy Johnson - Roger Clemens - David Cone - Justin Thompson - Pat Hentgen - Jose Rosado (W) - Randy Myers - Mariano Rivera (S)

Home Runs

National: Javy Lopez (7th)

American: Edgar Martinez (2nd), Sandy Alomar, Jr. (7th)

Umpires

HP: Larry Barnett, 1B: Gerry Davis, 2B: Drew Coble, 3B: Jeff Kellogg, LF: Terry Craft, RF: Wally Bell

Related Sites

1997 MLB season by team