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| Date | July 16, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Minneapolis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | LaMarr Hoyt (SD) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 54,960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Pete Rose andNolan Ryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Vin Scully andJoe Garagiola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Brent Musburger,Jerry Coleman andJohnny Bench | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 56th playing of the game, annually played between the All-Stars of the National League and the All-Stars of the American League. The game was played on July 16, 1985, in theHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome inMinneapolis, Minnesota, home of theMinnesota Twins.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
NL Batting Order
AL Batting Order
| Position | Umpire |
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| Home Plate | Larry McCoy (AL) |
| First Base | John Kibler (NL) |
| Second Base | Nick Bremigan (AL) |
| Third Base | Charlie Williams (NL) |
| Left Field | Drew Coble (AL) |
| Right Field | Randy Marsh (NL) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National League | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:LaMarr Hoyt (1-0) LP:Jack Morris (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The National League won the game 6–1, with the winning pitcher beingLaMarr Hoyt of theSan Diego Padres and the losing pitcher beingJack Morris of theDetroit Tigers. Hoyt also won the game'sMVP award. The National League was managed by the Padres'Dick Williams, while the American League was managed bySparky Anderson of the Tigers.
Williams was backed by coachesJim Frey andBob Lillis and Anderson was aided by coachesBobby Cox andDick Howser.
The teams' honorary captains each starred in the 1965 All-Star game, also held in Minnesota --Harmon Killebrew for the AL, andSandy Koufax for the NL. In the game two decades ago, Koufax earned the NL win, and Killebrew hit the AL's secondhome run.
Attendance was announced as 54,960.
