1998 All-Star Game

The 1998 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 7, 1998. The American League won the sixty-ninth midsummer classic by a score of 13 to 8. The game was held at Coors Field in Denver, CO in front of 51,267 fans. The MVP was Roberto Alomar of the Baltimore Orioles.

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The Teams[edit]

American League[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Mike Hargrove and coaches Art Howe and Joe Torre.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Roberto Alomar	Baltimore Orioles	2B	Fan's Selection
Sandy Alomar, Jr.	Cleveland Indians	C
Rolando Arrojo	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	P
Scott Brosius	New York Yankees	3B
Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	P
Bartolo Colon	Cleveland Indians	P
Ray Durham	Chicago White Sox	2B
Damion Easley	Detroit Tigers	2B
Darin Erstad	Anaheim Angels	OF
Juan Gonzalez	Texas Rangers	OF	Fan's Selection
Tom Gordon	Boston Red Sox	P
Ben Grieve	Oakland Athletics	OF
Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	OF	Fan's Selection
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees	SS
Kenny Lofton	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	P		did not play
Paul O'Neill	New York Yankees	OF
Rafael Palmeiro	Baltimore Orioles	1B
Dean Palmer	Kansas City Royals	3B
Troy Percival	Anaheim Angels	P
Brad Radke	Minnesota Twins	P
Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians	OF
Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	3B	Fan's Selection
Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	SS	Fan's Selection
Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	C	Fan's Selection
Aaron Sele	Texas Rangers	P		did not play
Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians	1B	Fan's Selection
Mo Vaughn	Anaheim Angels	1B		replaced due to injury
Omar Vizquel	Cleveland Indians	SS
David Wells	New York Yankees	P	Fan's Selection
John Wetteland	Texas Rangers	P
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees	OF		replaced due to injury

National League[edit]

The National League team was led by manager Jim Leyland and coaches Don Baylor and Gene Lamont.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Moises Alou	Houston Astros	OF
Andy Ashby	San Diego Padres	P
Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	OF
Craig Biggio	Houston Astros	2B	Fan's Selection
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Bret Boone	Cincinnati Reds	2B		did not play
Kevin Brown	San Diego Padres	P
Vinny Castilla	Colorado Rockies	3B
Andres Galarraga	Atlanta Braves	1B
Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	P
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	OF	Fan's Selection
Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres	P
Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	3B	Fan's Selection
Jason Kendall	Pittsburgh Pirates	C
Javy Lopez	Atlanta Braves	C
Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	P	Fan's Selection
Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Fan's Selection
Robb Nen	San Francisco Giants	P
Mike Piazza	New York Mets	C	Fan's Selection
Rick Reed	New York Mets	P		did not play
Edgar Renteria	Florida Marlins	SS
Curt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Jeff Shaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Gary Sheffield	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	OF		replaced due to injury
Ugueth Urbina	Montreal Expos	P
Greg Vaughn	San Diego Padres	OF
Fernando Vina	Milwaukee Brewers	2B
Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	OF	Fan's Selection
Walt Weiss	Atlanta Braves	SS	Fan's Selection
Devon White	Arizona Diamondbacks	OF

The Game[edit]

Starting Lineups[edit]

American League			Batting Order	National League
Player	Position	Team	Batting Order	Player	Position	Team
Kenny Lofton	OF	Cleveland Indians	1	Craig Biggio	2B	Houston Astros
Roberto Alomar	2B	Baltimore Orioles	2	Tony Gwynn	OF	San Diego Padres
Ken Griffey, Jr.	OF	Seattle Mariners	3	Mark McGwire	1B	St. Louis Cardinals
Juan Gonzalez	OF	Texas Rangers	4	Barry Bonds	OF	San Francisco Giants
Jim Thome	1B	Cleveland Indians	5	Chipper Jones	3B	Atlanta Braves
Alex Rodriguez	SS	Seattle Mariners	6	Mike Piazza	C	New York Mets
Ivan Rodriguez	C	Texas Rangers	7	Larry Walker	OF	Colorado Rockies
Cal Ripken, Jr.	3B	Baltimore Orioles	8	Walt Weiss	SS	Atlanta Braves
David Wells	P	New York Yankees	9	Greg Maddux	P	Atlanta Braves