The second 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Fenway Park in Boston on July 31, 1961. It was the first MLB All-Star Game to end in a tie. The game in 2002 also ended in a tie.

Rocky Colavito's one-out home run in the bottom of the first off National League starter Bob Purkey gave the American League a 1–0 lead, but Purkey only allowed two walks in the second before Art Mahaffey pitched a scoreless third and fourth, allowing only a leadoff walk to Mickey Mantle in the fourth. The Americans only got three more hits versus Sandy Koufax and Stu Miller.

American starter Jim Bunning pitched three perfect innings, but Don Schwall allowed a bases-loaded single to Bill White that tied the game in the sixth. All five hits the Nationals got were charged to Schwall. Camilo Pascual pitched three shutout innings before the game was called due to rain after nine innings with the score 1–1.

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.

National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPBob PurkeyReds3CSmoky BurgessPirates81BBill WhiteCardinals52BFrank BollingBraves23BEddie MathewsBraves11SSMaury WillsDodgers2OFOrlando CepedaGiants6OFRoberto ClementePirates4OFWillie MaysGiants11

PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDon DrysdaleDodgers3PRoy FacePirates6PJoey JayReds2PSandy KoufaxDodgers2PArt MahaffeyPhillies2PMike McCormickGiants4PStu MillerGiants2PWarren SpahnBraves14

ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCEd BaileyGiants5CJohn RoseboroDodgers31BDick StuartPirates22BDon ZimmerCubs23BKen BoyerCardinals7SSErnie BanksCubs9SSEddie KaskoReds2OFHank AaronBraves10OFGeorge AltmanCubs2OFStan MusialCardinals21OFFrank RobinsonReds6

American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJim BunningTigers4CJohnny RomanoIndians21BNorm CashTigers22BJohnny TempleIndians63BBrooks RobinsonOrioles4SSLuis AparicioWhite Sox6OFRocky ColavitoTigers4OFMickey MantleYankees13OFAl KalineTigers10

PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPLuis ArroyoYankees2PDick DonovanSenators3PWhitey FordYankees9PBarry LatmanIndians1PKen McBrideAngels1PCamilo PascualTwins4PDon SchwallRed Sox1PHoyt WilhelmOrioles5

ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCElston HowardYankees71BJim GentileOrioles41BHarmon KillebrewTwins41BRoy SieversWhite Sox51BBill SkowronYankees62BNellie FoxWhite Sox14SSDick HowserAthletics2SSTony KubekYankees4OFYogi BerraYankees17OFJackie BrandtOrioles2OFRoger MarisYankees5

Game

Umpires: Larry Napp, Home Plate (AL); Frank Secory, First Base (NL); Red Flaherty, Second Base (AL); Ed Sudol, Third Base (NL); Al Smith, Left Field (AL); Chris Pelekoudas, Right Field (NL)

Starting lineups

Game summary

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References

External links Official program via Wayback Machine