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| Date | July 31, 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fenway Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Boston,Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 31,851 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Curt Gowdy andJoe Garagiola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Blaine Walsh andErnie Harwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The second1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played inFenway Park inBoston on July 31, 1961. It was the firstMLB All-Star Game to end in a tie. Thegame in 2002 also ended in a tie.[1]
Rocky Colavito's one-out home run in the bottom of the first off National League starterBob Purkey gave the American League a 1–0 lead, but Purkey only allowed two walks in the second beforeArt Mahaffey pitched a scoreless third and fourth, allowing only a leadoff walk toMickey Mantle in the fourth. The Americans only got three more hits versusSandy Koufax andStu Miller.
American starterJim Bunning pitched three perfect innings, butDon Schwall allowed a bases-loaded single toBill 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.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
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)
| National League | American League | ||||||
| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
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| 1 | Maury Wills | Dodgers | SS | 1 | Norm Cash | Tigers | 1B |
| 2 | Eddie Mathews | Braves | 3B | 2 | Rocky Colavito | Tigers | OF |
| 3 | Willie Mays | Giants | OF | 3 | Al Kaline | Tigers | OF |
| 4 | Orlando Cepeda | Giants | OF | 4 | Mickey Mantle | Yankees | OF |
| 5 | Roberto Clemente | Pirates | OF | 5 | Johnny Romano | Indians | C |
| 6 | Bill White | Cardinals | 1B | 6 | Luis Aparicio | White Sox | SS |
| 7 | Frank Bolling | Braves | 2B | 7 | Johnny Temple | Indians | 2B |
| 8 | Smoky Burgess | Pirates | C | 8 | Brooks Robinson | Orioles | 3B |
| 9 | Bob Purkey | Reds | P | 9 | Jim Bunning | Tigers | P |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: None LP: None Home runs: NL: None AL:Rocky Colavito (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||