1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first 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.

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

Game summary

References

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.