The 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 48th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 19, 1977, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, the home of the New York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7–5.
The host Yankees went on to win the World Series; the third time in history that a team hosting the All-Star Game would win the World Series in the same year. As of 2025, the 1977 Yankees are the last team to accomplish this feat. The previous teams to accomplish this were the 1939 New York Yankees and the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers. Since 1977, this would have happened two other times, with the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers, but the All-Star Game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2021 Atlanta Braves, but the All-Star Game was moved to Denver.
This was Yankee Stadium's third time as hosts of the All-Star Game, and it would be its last until 2008; the last year of the park's use by the Yankees.
Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDon SuttonDodgers4CJohnny BenchReds101BSteve GarveyDodgers42BJoe MorganReds83BRon CeyDodgers4SSDave ConcepciónReds4OFGeorge FosterReds2OFGreg LuzinskiPhillies3OFDave ParkerPirates1
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJoaquín AndújarAstros1PJohn CandelariaPirates1PSteve CarltonPhillies6PGoose GossagePirates3PGary LavelleGiants1PRick ReuschelCubs1PTom SeaverReds10PBruce SutterPlayer declined or was unable to play.Cubs1
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCTed SimmonsCardinals4CJohn StearnsMets11BWillie MontañezBraves12BManny TrilloCubs13BPete RoseReds113BMike SchmidtPhillies3SSGarry TempletonCardinals1OFKen Griffey, Sr.Reds2OFJerry MoralesCubs1OFReggie SmithDodgers5OFEllis ValentineExpos1OFDave WinfieldPadres1
American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJim PalmerOrioles5CCarlton FiskRed Sox51BRod CarewTwins112BWillie RandolphYankees23BGeorge BrettRoyals2SSRick BurlesonRed Sox1OFReggie JacksonYankees7OFCarl YastrzemskiRed Sox14OFRichie ZiskWhite Sox1
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPVida BluePlayer declined or was unable to play.Athletics3PBill CampbellRed Sox1PDennis EckersleyIndians1PMark FidrychPlayer declined or was unable to play.Tigers2PJim KernIndians1PDave LaRocheAngels2PSparky LyleYankees3PNolan RyanPlayer declined or was unable to play.Angels4PJim SlatonBrewers1PFrank TananaPlayer declined or was unable to play.Angels2
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCThurman MunsonYankees6CButch WynegarTwins21BRon FairlyBlue Jays21BGeorge ScottRed Sox31BJason ThompsonTigers12BDon MoneyBrewers33BWayne GrossAthletics13BGraig NettlesYankees2SSBert CampanerisRangers6OFLarry HisleTwins1OFRuppert JonesMariners1OFFred LynnRed Sox3OFJim RiceRed Sox1OFKen SingletonOrioles1
Game Umpires Home plate Bill Kunkel (AL) First base Doug Harvey (NL) Second base Dave Phillips (AL) Third base Dick Stello (NL) Left field Joe Brinkman (AL) Right field Frank Pulli (NL)
Starting lineups
Game summary
The National League started with Joe Morgan blasting American League starter Jim Palmer's sixth pitch into Yankee Stadium's "short porch" in right field. After Steve Garvey struck out, Dave Parker followed with a single and scored on a double by George Foster. After Palmer wild-pitched Foster to third, Greg Luzinski made it 4–0 with a two-run homer. Steve Garvey then sent Palmer to the showers in the third with a homer to make it 5–0 in favor of the NL.
Meanwhile, National League starter Don Sutton cruised along with three shutout innings and Gary Lavelle added two more in the fourth and fifth. The American League first scored off of Tom Seaver in the sixth as Rod Carew led off with a single and went to second when Seaver stopped a lightning-fast shot up the middle hit by Willie Randolph. Seaver recovered to retire Randolph and retired George Brett, but then walked Fred Lynn and surrendered a two-run double to Richie Zisk. Seaver allowed the AL another run in the seventh when Butch Wynegar led off with a single, took second when Graig Nettles reached on an error, and scored on a single by Randolph.
The National League got their final runs in the eighth when Dave Winfield hit a two-run single off Sparky Lyle. George Scott hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the AL off Rich Gossage for the final margin.
Footnotes and references
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