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ALL-STAR GAME

38 Annual All-Star Game
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JULY 11, 1967 H ANAHEIM STADIUM
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2, AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 (15 INNINGS)

Major League Baseball’s
Midsummer Classic made its first all-star rosters
appearance at what was then
known as Anaheim Stadium on July NATIONAL AMERICAN
LEAGUE
LEAGUE
11, 1967, with 20 eventual Hall of Mike Cuellar Dean Chance
Famers participating in a game for Don Drysdale Al Downing
the ages . Bob Gibson Steve Hargan
Joe Horlen
Cincinnati’s Tony Perez clubbed Ferguson Jenkins Catfish Hunter
a solo home run in the top of the 15th inning to give the Denny Lemaster Jim Lonborg
Juan Marichal
National League a 2-1 win, capping what remains one of the Claude Osteen Jim McGlothlin
Gary Peters
longest All-Star Games in history (the 2008 All-Star Game at Tom Seaver Paul Casanova
Yankee Stadium also lasted 15 innings). Perez’s home run Chris Short Andy Etchebarren
Tom Haller
earned him MVP honors in what was the 38th Annual All- Tim McCarver Bill Freehan
Star Game . Joe Torre Harmon Killebrew
Mickey Mantle
Dean Chance of Minnesota and Juan Marichal of San Ernie Banks Don Mincher
Francisco started a contest that was dominated by pitching. Orlando Cepeda Rod Carew
Tommy Helms
Max Alvis
National and American League hurlers combined to set Bill Mazeroski Brooks Robinson
an All-Star Game record for combined strikeouts (30) that Dick Allen Jim Fregosi
would not be broken until 2008. Tony Pérez Dick McAuliffe
Gene Alley
For the first time in All-Star Game history, the long ball Hank Aaron Rico Petrocelli
Tommie Agee
accounted for all the scoring, with Philadelphia’s Dick Allen Lou Brock Ken Berry
giving the National League an early 1-0 by sending an offering Roberto Clemente Tony Conigliaro
Al Kaline
from Chance over the left field boards in the second inning. Willie Mays Tony Oliva
Pete Rose
The American League answered when Baltimore’s Brooks Rusty Staub Frank Robinson
Robinson took the Cubs’ Ferguson Jenkins deep to even up Jimmy Wynn Carl Yastrzemski
the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning.
A crowd of 46,309 watched as all 12 pitchers that entered
the game recorded at least one strikeout. The game
remained deadlocked at 1-1 until the 15th inning, when
Perez deposited a pitch from Oakland’s Jim “Catfish” Hunter
over the left field wall to give the N.L. a 2-1 lead. Rookie
Tom Seaver of the Mets came in and closed the door on
the American League in the bottom of the 15th inning. The
Dodgers’ Don Drysdale earned the win, while Hunter was The American League All-Stars
saddled with the loss . pose for a pregame photo. club history
The Angels were represented by shortstop Jim Fregosi,
who went 1-for-4, and first baseman Don Mincher, who was
1-for-1.

The All-Stars line up on the field before the National Anthem. Tony Perez is greeted by Tim McCarver after
his home run in the 15th inning.

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