1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)

1961 American baseball competition November 2013 1961 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game) American League 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 4 2 National League 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 11 5 July 11, 1961 Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Paul Richards BAL Danny Murtaugh PIT NBC Mel Allen and Russ Hodges NBC Jimmy Dudley and Jerry Doggett 44,115 1960 (second game) 1961 (second game) The first 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Candlestick Park in San Francisco on July 11, 1961. The National League scored two runs in the bottom of the tenth inning to win 5–4. Stu Miller was the winning pitcher and Hoyt Wilhelm was charged with the loss. This was the first of two all-star games in 1961. From 1959 to 1962, two such were held each season to increase the money going to the players' pension fund. This practice ended after the owners agreed to give the players a larger share of the income from a single game.Sandomir Richard Richard Sandomir When Midsummer Had Two Classics https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/sports/baseball/15sandomir.html 8 June 2022 The New York Times 15 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20220324121059/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/sports/baseball/15sandomir.html 24 March 2022 live en Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPWhitey FordYankees8CJohnny RomanoIndians11BNorm CashTigers12BJohnny TempleIndians53BBrooks RobinsonOrioles3SSTony KubekYankees3OFRocky ColavitoTigers3OFMickey MantleYankees12OFRoger MarisYankees4 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJim BunningTigers3PDick DonovanSenators2PRyne DurenAngels4PMike FornielesRed Sox1PFrank LaryTigers3PJim PerryIndians1PBilly PierceWhite Sox7PHoyt WilhelmOrioles4 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCElston HowardYankees61BJim GentileOrioles31BHarmon KillebrewTwins32BNellie FoxWhite Sox13SSDick HowserAthletics1OFYogi BerraYankees16OFJackie BrandtOrioles1OFAl KalineTigers9 National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPWarren SpahnBraves13CSmoky BurgessPirates71BBill WhiteCardinals42BFrank BollingBraves13BEddie MathewsBraves10SSMaury WillsDodgers1OFOrlando CepedaGiants5OFRoberto ClementePirates3OFWillie MaysGiants10 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPRoy FacePirates5PJoey JayReds1PSandy KoufaxDodgers1PArt MahaffeyPhillies1PMike McCormickGiants3PStu MillerGiants1PBob PurkeyReds2 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCJohn RoseboroDodgers21BDick StuartPirates12BDon ZimmerCubs13BKen BoyerCardinals6SSEddie KaskoReds1OFHank AaronBraves9OFGeorge AltmanCubs1OFStan MusialCardinals20OFFrank RobinsonReds5 Game Umpires: Stan Landes, Home Plate (NL); Frank Umont, First Base (AL); Shag Crawford, Second Base (NL); Ed Runge, Third Base (AL); Ed Vargo, Left Field (NL); Cal Drummond, Right Field (AL) Starting lineups no American League National League Johnny Temple Indians 2B Maury Wills Dodgers SS Norm Cash Tigers 1B Eddie Mathews Braves 3B Mickey Mantle Yankees OF Willie Mays Giants OF Roger Maris Yankees OF Orlando Cepeda Giants OF Rocky Colavito Tigers OF Roberto Clemente Pirates OF Tony Kubek Yankees SS Bill White Cardinals 1B Johnny Romano Tigers C Frank Bolling Braves 2B Brooks Robinson Orioles 3B Smoky Burgess Pirates C Whitey Ford Yankees P Warren Spahn Braves P Game summary Tuesday, July 11, 1961 1:00pm (PT) Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California American League AL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 4 2 National League NL 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 11 5 Stu Miller (1–0) Hoyt Wilhelm (0–1) Harmon Killebrew (1) George Altman (1) References All-Star Results – 1961: Game 30, July 11, 1961 MLB.com http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_asgrecaps_story_headline.jsp?story_page=recap_1961 March 21, 2010 July 11, 1961 All-Star Game Play-By-Play and Box Score Baseball-Reference.com https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS196107110.shtml March 21, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110428233309/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS196107110.shtml April 28, 2011 dead mdy-all Further reading United Press International. "Clemente's Hit in 10th Scores Mays and Gives Nationals All-Star Victory; Teams Make Record 7 Errors in Swirling San Francisco Wind". The Louisville Courier-Post. July 12, 1961. Category:Major League Baseball All-Star Game Major League Baseball All-Star Game Category:Baseball competitions in San Francisco Major League Baseball All Star Game Category:July 1961 sports events in the United States Category:1961 in San Francisco