1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

MLB All-Star Game


year=1967
visitor=National League
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date=July 11, 1967 [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1967as.shtml "All-Star Game Results-1967", @baseball-almanac.com; accessed 11 October 2008] ]
venue=Anaheim Stadium
city=Anaheim, California
VisitorManager=Walter Alston
VisitorManagerTeam=LA
HomeManager=Hank Bauer
HomeManagerTeam=BAL
MVP=Tony Perez
MVPTeam=CIN
TVstation=NBC
TVcommentators=Curt Gowdy, Buddy Blattner, Pee Wee Reese, and Sandy Koufax
attendance=46,309
firstpitch=|The 1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 38th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 11, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. The game resulted in a 2-1 victory for the NL. At 15 innings, it was the longest All-Star Game by innings ever. It held this distinction by itself until 2008, when that year's game was also decided in 15 innings.

National League roster

The National League roster included 11 future "Hall of Fame players". [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_asgrecaps_story_headline.jsp?story_page=recap_1967 "All-Star Game Results-1967", mlb.com; accessed 11 October 2008] ]

Pitchers

American League roster

The American League roster included 7 future "Hall of Fame players".

Pitchers

tarting lineups

The batting order was determined by each team's manager. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/07111967.shtml "All-Star Game Box Score-1967", @ mlb.com; accessed 11 October 2008] ]

Umpires

coring summary

The NL scored first when Dick Allen, the lead off batter in the top of the second inning, hit a home run off of AL pitcher Dean Chance. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/1967_all_star_game_play_by_play.shtml "1967 All-Star Game Play-by-Play", @baseball-almanac.com; accessed 11 October 2008] ]

The AL tied the score in the bottom of the sixth inning. With one out, Brooks Robinson hit a home run off of NL relief pitcher Ferguson Jenkins. The score remained unchanged through the ninth inning, forcing the game into extra innings.

In the top of the fifteenth inning, Tony Perez hit a one out home run off of AL pitcher Catfish Hunter, then in his fifth inning of relief, to give the NL a lead it would not relinquish.

Game notes and records

Rod Carew became the first (and as of 2008, only) rookie second baseman to start an All-Star Game. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/all_star_event.jsp?story=11 "All-Star Rookie Starters", @ mlb.com; accessed 11 October 2008] ]

The two teams' pitching staffs combined for 30 strikeouts. Until 2008, this would be the All-Star Game record for most combined strikeouts in a single game. Each of the 12 pitchers used by both leagues had at least one strikeout with Ferguson Jenkins leading the way with six strikeouts in three innings of work.

One year after becoming the first African-American umpire in Major League history, Emmett Ashford became the first African-American umpire to work an All-Star Game. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060216&content_id=1313170&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Echan, Michael, "MiLB augments Ashford's achievement", 16 February 2006, @ mlb.com; accessed 11 October 2008] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1967as.shtml 1967 All-Star Game summary @ baseball-almanac.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS196707110.shtml 1967 All-Star Game summary @ baseball-reference.com]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/07111967.shtml 1967 All-Star Game box score]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/1967_all_star_game_play_by_play.shtml 1967 All-Star Game play-by-play]