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| Date | July 9, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | SkyDome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Toronto,Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 52,383 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Ferguson Jenkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | CBS,CTV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Jack Buck andTim McCarver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | John Rooney,Jerry Coleman andJohnny Bench | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 62nd 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 9, 1991, atSkyDome inToronto, the home of theToronto Blue Jays of the American League. It was only the second time that the game was played outside the United States, as theNational League'sMontreal Expos hosted the1982 Midsummer Classic atOlympic Stadium inMontreal,Quebec. This was also the only All-Star Game to be awarded byCommissionerA. Bartlett Giamatti, who awarded the game to the Blue Jays onCanada Day 1989.
The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 4-2. Both the winning and losing pitchers represented the Canadian teams; the Blue Jays'Jimmy Key earned the win while the Expos'Dennis Martínez was given the loss.
As of 2025, this is the most recentAll-Star Game to be hosted by the Blue Jays in Toronto or held outside the United States.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
American League[edit]
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| Starters | |||
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| Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
| P | Tom Glavine | Braves | 1 |
| C | Benito Santiago | Padres | 3 |
| 1B | Will Clark | Giants | 4 |
| 2B | Ryne Sandberg | Cubs | 8 |
| 3B | Chris Sabo | Reds | 3 |
| SS | Ozzie Smith | Cardinals | 11 |
| OF | Iván Calderón | Expos | 1 |
| OF | Tony Gwynn | Padres | 7 |
| OF | Andre Dawson | Cubs | 8 |
| DH | Bobby Bonilla | Pirates | 4 |
| Pitchers | |||
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| Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
| P | Tom Browning | Reds | 1 |
| P | Rob Dibble | Reds | 2 |
| P | Pete Harnisch | Astros | 1 |
| P | Dennis Martínez | Expos | 2 |
| P | Mike Morgan | Dodgers | 1 |
| P | John Smiley | Pirates | 1 |
| P | Lee Smith | Cardinals | 3 |
| P | Frank Viola | Mets | 3 |
| Home Plate | Joe Brinkman (AL) |
| First Base | John McSherry (NL) |
| Second Base | Ken Kaiser (AL) |
| Third Base | Jim Quick (NL) |
| Left Field | Larry Young (AL) |
| Right Field | Greg Bonin (NL) |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Jimmy Key (1-0) LP:Dennis Martínez (0-1) Sv:Dennis Eckersley (1) Home runs: NL:Andre Dawson (1) AL:Cal Ripken Jr. (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||