1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Date	July 23,1969[1]
Venue	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium[1]
City	Washington, D.C.
Managers	Red Schoendienst (STL) Mayo Smith (DET)
MVP	Willie McCovey (SF)
Attendance	45,259
Ceremonial first pitch	Vice PresidentSpiro Agnew
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Curt Gowdy,Tony Kubek, andMickey Mantle[2]
Radio	NBC
Radio announcers	Jim Simpson andSandy Koufax
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The1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 40th midseason exhibition between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) and theNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball. The game was played in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 23, atRobert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., and resulted in a 9–3 victory for the National League.^[1][3]Steve Carlton was the winning pitcher whileMel Stottlemyre was the losing pitcher.^[4]

The game was originally scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, July 22, but heavy rains forced itspostponement to the following afternoon.^[5][6] The 1969 contest remains the last All-Star Game to date to be played earlier thanprime time in theEastern United States.

PresidentRichard Nixon originally planned to attend the Tuesday night game and throw out thefirst ball, and then depart for the splashdown ofApollo 11 in the Pacific Ocean.^[5] But with the game's postponement until Wednesday afternoon, Nixon missed the game altogether and Vice PresidentSpiro Agnew attended instead.^[6]

After scoring in the first inning on an error, the National League made it 3–0 in the second inning against AL starterMel Stottlemyre on a two-run homer by Reds' catcherJohnny Bench.Denny McLain was scheduled as the American League starter, but was late arriving to the stadium (via his own airplane) and pitched later in the game.^[3]

Five more runs came across for the NL in the third inning,Blue Moon Odom of Oakland surrendering all.Willie McCovey's two-run homer and back-to-back doubles byFélix Millán and pitcherSteve Carlton were the key blows.^[4]

McCovey added another home run in the fourth,^[7] and was voted the game's most valuable player.

• 1969 All-Star Game Box Score, July 23 atBaseball-Reference.com
• 1969 All-Star Game atBaseball Almanac
• July 23, 1969: Willie McCovey’s two homers power National League to All-Star win atSociety for American Baseball Research (SABR Games Project)

• 1969 Major League Baseball season
• Major League Baseball All-Star Game
• Baseball competitions in Washington, D.C.
• 1969 in sports in Washington, D.C.
• July 1969 sports events in the United States

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