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.

Rosters

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

American League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Whitey Ford	Yankees	7
C	Johnny Romano	Indians	1
1B	Norm Cash	Tigers	1
2B	Johnny Temple	Indians	4
3B	Brooks Robinson	Orioles	2
SS	Tony Kubek	Yankees	3
OF	Rocky Colavito	Tigers	2
OF	Mickey Mantle	Yankees	10
OF	Roger Maris	Yankees	3

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Jim Bunning	Tigers	3
P	Dick Donovan	Senators	2
P	Ryne Duren	Angels	3
P	Mike Fornieles	Red Sox	1
P	Frank Lary	Tigers	2
P	Jim Perry	Indians	1
P	Billy Pierce	White Sox	7
P	Hoyt Wilhelm	Orioles	3

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Elston Howard	Yankees	5
1B	Jim Gentile	Orioles	2
1B	Harmon Killebrew	Twins	2
2B	Nellie Fox	White Sox	11
SS	Dick Howser	Athletics	1
OF	Yogi Berra	Yankees	14
OF	Jackie Brandt	Orioles	1
OF	Al Kaline	Tigers	7

National League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Warren Spahn	Braves	12
C	Smoky Burgess	Pirates	5
1B	Bill White	Cardinals	3
2B	Frank Bolling	Braves	1
3B	Eddie Mathews	Braves	8
SS	Maury Wills	Dodgers	1
OF	Orlando Cepeda	Giants	3
OF	Roberto Clemente	Pirates	2
OF	Willie Mays	Giants	8

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Elroy Face	Pirates	3
P	Joey Jay	Reds	1
P	Sandy Koufax	Dodgers	1
P	Art Mahaffey	Phillies	1
P	Mike McCormick	Giants	2
P	Stu Miller	Giants	1
P	Bob Purkey	Reds	2

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Johnny Roseboro	Dodgers	2
1B	Dick Stuart	Pirates	1
2B	Don Zimmer	Cubs	1
3B	Ken Boyer	Cardinals	4
SS	Eddie Kasko	Reds	1
OF	Hank Aaron	Braves	7
OF	George Altman	Cubs	1
OF	Stan Musial	Cardinals	18
OF	Frank Robinson	Reds	4

References

All-Star Results – 1961: Game 30, July 11, 1961, MLB.com, retrieved March 21, 2010
July 11, 1961 All-Star Game Play-By-Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference.com, retrieved March 21, 2010

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Games

1930s–1940s	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1959² 1960 1960² 1961 1961² 1962 1962² 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Players

American League All-Stars
National League All-Stars

Events

Results and Awards

Results
MVPs
Records

See also

² — Two All-Star Games were played these seasons. Italics indicate future games.

1961 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1961 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1961 World Series 1961 MLB expansion draft

Major League Baseball on NBC

Related programs

Baseball Night in America (1994-1995)
Major League Baseball: An Inside Look (1979-1989)
Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1957-1964; 1966-1989)
Major League Baseball on NBC Radio (1927-1938; 1957-1975)
Monday Night Baseball (1972-1975)

Misc. programs	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports USA Thursday Game of the Week (1979-1983)

NBC's owned & operated TV stations	W2XBS, later WNBT (New York Yankees, 1939-1945) WCAU (Philadelphia Phillies, 2014–present) KCST 39 (later KNSD) (San Diego Padres, 1971-1972; 1984-1986) KNTV 11 (San Francisco Giants, 2008–present)

Comcast SportsNet	Bay Area (San Francisco Giants) California (Oakland Athletics) Chicago (Chicago Cubs & White Sox) Philadelphia (Philadelphia Phillies) New York (New York Mets)

Sponsors	Ford Gillette National Bohemian

Commentators

Key figures

Color commentators	Sal Bando Bucky Dent Larry Dierker Don Drysdale Leo Durocher Ken Harrelson Fred Haney Tommy Hutton Jim Kaat Sandy Koufax Tony Kubek Ron Luciano John Lowenstein Mickey Mantle Tim McCarver Joe Morgan Pee Wee Reese Al Rosen Tom Seaver Mike Shannon Joe Torre Bob Uecker Bill Veeck Maury Wills

Guest commentators	Rick Dempsey Barry Larkin Ronald Reagan Mike Schmidt Don Sutton Bobby Valentine

Hosts	Mike Adamle Marv Albert Len Berman Jimmy Cefalo Gayle Gardner Bryant Gumbel Bill Macatee Keith Olbermann Ahmad Rashād Hannah Storm

Field reporters	Johnny Bench Jim Gray Jimmy Roberts Craig Sager Bob Wischusen

Lore

Regular season games	#715 (1974) "The Sandberg Game" (1984)

Tie-breaker games	1951 National League tie-breaker series ("The Shot Heard 'Round the World") 1962 National League tie-breaker series

LCS games	"Go crazy folks!" (1985) Jeffrey Maier (1996) "Grand Slam Single" (1999)

World Series games	Subway Series "The Catch (1954)" Don Larsen's Perfect Game (1956) "Shoe polish incident" (1969) "Fisk Waves it Fair" (1975) Michael Sergio (1986) "It gets through Buckner!" (1986) Kirk Gibson's home run (1988) All-Century Team (1999)