1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Date	July 11, 1967[1]
Venue	Anaheim Stadium[1]
City	Anaheim,California
Managers	Walter Alston[1] (LA) Hank Bauer[1] (BAL)
MVP	Tony Pérez[1] (CIN)
Attendance	46,309[1]
Ceremonial first pitch	Red Ruffing andLloyd Waner
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Curt Gowdy,Pee Wee Reese andSandy Koufax
Radio	NBC
Radio announcers	Jim Simpson,Tony Kubek andBuddy Blattner
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The1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 38th midseason exhibition between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) and theNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball. The game was played on July 11, 1967, atAnaheim Stadium inAnaheim,California, home of theCalifornia Angels of the American League. The game resulted in a 2–1 15 inning victory for the NL.^[1] It set the record for the longest All-Star Game by innings, subsequently matched in2008.

Fifteen coaches and players, denoted initalics, would be inducted into theBaseball Hall of Fame.^[1][2]

Nine players, denoted initalics, would be inducted into theBaseball Hall of Fame.^[1][2]

(R) denotes a rookie player

The batting order was determined by each team's manager.^[1][3]

The NL scored first when Dick Allen, the lead-off batter in the top of the second inning, hit ahome run off of AL pitcher Dean Chance.^[4]

The AL tied the score in the bottom of the sixth inning. With one out, Brooks Robinson hit a home run off of NLrelief pitcher Ferguson Jenkins.^[4] The score remained unchanged through the ninth inning, forcing the game intoextra innings.In the top of the 15th inning, Tony Pérez hit a one-out home run off of AL pitcher Catfish Hunter, then in his fifth inning of relief, to give the NL a lead it would not relinquish.^[4]

Rod Carew became the first (and as of 2008, only) rookie second baseman to start an All-Star Game.^[5]

The two teams' pitching staffs combined for 30 strikeouts. Until2008, this would be the All-Star Game record for most combined strikeouts in a single game.^[2] Each of the 12 pitchers used by both leagues had at least one strikeout with Ferguson Jenkins leading the way with six strikeouts in three innings of work.^[3]

One year after becoming the firstAfrican-Americanumpire in Major League history, Emmett Ashford became the first African-American umpire to work an All-Star Game.^[6]

The pregame ceremonies featuredThe Lennon Sisters singing thenational anthem. The ceremonial first pitches were thrown byRed Ruffing andLloyd Waner, who were inducted that year into theBaseball Hall Of Fame.

• 1967 All-Star Game summary @ baseball-almanac.com
• 1967 All-Star Game summary @ baseball-reference.com
• 1967 All-Star Game box score
• 1967 All-Star Game play-by-play

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