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| Date | July 19, 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Yankee Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Bronx,New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Don Sutton (LA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 56,683 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Rachel Robinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Garagiola andTony Kubek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Vin Scully andBrent Musburger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 48th playing of the midsummer classic between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball. The game was held on July 19, 1977, atYankee Stadium inThe Bronx,New York City, the home of theNew York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7–5.
The hostYankees went on to win theWorld Series; the third time in history that a team hosting the All-Star Game would win the World Series in the same year. As of 2025, the 1977 Yankees are the last team to accomplish this feat. The previous teams to accomplish this were the1939 New York Yankees and the1959 Los Angeles Dodgers. Since 1977, this would have happened two other times, with the2020 Los Angeles Dodgers, but the All-Star Game was canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and the2021 Atlanta Braves, but the All-Star Game was moved to Denver.
This was Yankee Stadium's third time as hosts of the All-Star Game, and it would be its last until2008; the last year of the park's use by the Yankees.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
| Home plate | Bill Kunkel (AL) |
| First base | Doug Harvey (NL) |
| Second base | Dave Phillips (AL) |
| Third base | Dick Stello (NL) |
| Left field | Joe Brinkman (AL) |
| Right field | Frank Pulli (NL) |
| National League | American League | ||||||
| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
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| 1 | Joe Morgan | Reds | 2B | 1 | Rod Carew | Twins | 1B |
| 2 | Steve Garvey | Dodgers | 1B | 2 | Willie Randolph | Yankees | 2B |
| 3 | Dave Parker | Pirates | RF | 3 | George Brett | Royals | 3B |
| 4 | George Foster | Reds | CF | 4 | Carl Yastrzemski | Red Sox | CF |
| 5 | Greg Luzinski | Phillies | LF | 5 | Richie Zisk | White Sox | LF |
| 6 | Ron Cey | Dodgers | 3B | 6 | Reggie Jackson | Yankees | RF |
| 7 | Johnny Bench | Reds | C | 7 | Carlton Fisk | Red Sox | C |
| 8 | Dave Concepción | Reds | SS | 8 | Rick Burleson | Red Sox | SS |
| 9 | Don Sutton | Dodgers | P | 9 | Jim Palmer | Orioles | P |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Don Sutton (1–0) LP:Jim Palmer (0–1) Home runs: NL:Greg Luzinski (1),Joe Morgan (1),Steve Garvey (1) AL:George Scott (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TheNational League started withJoe Morgan blastingAmerican League starterJim Palmer's sixth pitch intoYankee Stadium's "short porch" in right field. AfterSteve Garvey struck out,Dave Parker followed with a single and scored on a double byGeorge Foster. After Palmer wild-pitched Foster to third,Greg Luzinski made it 4–0 with a two-run homer.Steve Garvey then sent Palmer to the showers in the third with a homer to make it 5–0 in favor of the NL.
Meanwhile, National League starterDon Sutton cruised along with three shutout innings andGary Lavelle added two more in the fourth and fifth. The American League first scored off ofTom Seaver in the sixth asRod Carew led off with a single and went to second when Seaver stopped a lightning-fast shot up the middle hit byWillie Randolph. Seaver recovered to retire Randolph and retiredGeorge Brett, but then walkedFred Lynn and surrendered a two-run double toRichie Zisk. Seaver allowed the AL another run in the seventh whenButch Wynegar led off with a single, took second whenGraig Nettles reached on an error, and scored on a single by Randolph.
The National League got their final runs in the eighth whenDave Winfield hit a two-run single offSparky Lyle.George Scott hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the AL offRich Gossage for the final margin.