1961 MLB All-Star Game Details

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This page contains details of the 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Game details are displayed at the top and full rosters are displayed below. The boxscore is also linked from this page.

All-Star Game Information

Game Date

Tuesday July 11, 1961

MLB Season

1961 MLB Season

Ballpark

Candlestick Park

Location

San Francisco,California

Score

National League 5 American League 4

MVP of Game

None listed

Vis Manager

Paul Richards (American League)

Home Manager

Danny Murtaugh (National League)

Winning Pitcher

Stu Miller

Losing Pitcher

Hoyt Wilhelm

Save Pitcher

None

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1961 All-Star Game Rosters

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American League
League	Player Name	Game Status	team Name	nth	Career ASG	SeasonPos	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
AL	Luis Aparicio	Starter	Chicago White Sox	4	10	SS	27	SS	5-9	160	R	R	1934-04-29	Maracaibo,VZ		MLB	1956-1973	1954-1973
AL	Luis Arroyo	DNP	New York Yankees	2	2	P	34	P	5-8	190	L	L	1927-02-18	Penuelas,PR		MLB	1955-1963	1955-1963
AL	Yogi Berra	Bench	New York Yankees	14	15	OF	36	C-OF	5-8	194	L	R	1925-05-12	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1946-1965	1946-1965
AL	Jackie Brandt	Bench	Baltimore Orioles	1	1	OF	27	OF-3B	5-11	170	R	R	1934-04-28	Omaha,NE		MLB	1956-1967	1956-1967
AL	Jim Bunning	Bench	Detroit Tigers	3	7	P	29	P	6-3	195	R	R	1931-10-23	Southgate,KY		MLB	1955-1971	1955-1971
AL	Norm Cash	Starter	Detroit Tigers	1	4	1B	26	1B-OF	6-0	190	L	L	1934-11-10	Justiceburg,TX		MLB	1958-1974	1955-1974
AL	Rocky Colavito	Starter	Detroit Tigers	2	6	OF	27	OF-1B	6-3	190	R	R	1933-08-10	New York,NY		MLB	1955-1968	1955-1968
AL	Dick Donovan	Bench	Washington Senators II	2	3	P	33	P	6-3	205	L	R	1927-12-07	Boston,MA		MLB	1950-1965	1950-1965
AL	Ryne Duren	DNP	Los Angeles Angels	3	3	P	32	P	6-1	195	R	R	1929-02-22	Cazenovia,WI		MLB	1954-1965	1954-1965
AL	Whitey Ford	Starter	New York Yankees	7	8	P	32	P	5-10	181	L	L	1928-10-21	New York,NY		MLB	1950-1967	1950-1967
AL	Mike Fornieles	Bench	Boston Red Sox	1	1	P	29	P	5-11	172	R	R	1932-01-18	Havana,CU		MLB	1952-1963	1952-1963
AL	Nellie Fox	Bench	Chicago White Sox	11	12	2B	33	2B-3B	5-9	150	L	R	1927-12-25	St. Thomas,PA		MLB	1947-1965	1947-1965
AL	Tito Francona	DNP	Cleveland Indians	1	1	OF	27	OF-1B	5-11	190	L	L	1933-11-04	Aliquippa,PA		MLB	1956-1970	1956-1970
AL	Jim Gentile	Bench	Baltimore Orioles	2	3	1B	27	1B	6-4	215	L	L	1934-06-03	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1957-1966	1957-1966
AL	Elston Howard	Bench	New York Yankees	5	9	C	32	C-OF	6-2	200	R	R	1929-02-23	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1955-1968	1955-1968
AL	Dick Howser	Bench	Kansas City Athletics	1	1	SS	25	SS-2B	5-8	155	R	R	1936-05-14	Miami,FL	1958- 0- 0-KC1	MLB	1961-1968	1961-1968
AL	Al Kaline	Bench	Detroit Tigers	7	15	OF	26	OF-DH	6-2	180	R	R	1934-12-19	Baltimore,MD		MLB	1953-1974	1953-1974
AL	Harmon Killebrew	Bench	Minnesota Twins	2	11	1B	25	1B-3B	5-11	214	R	R	1936-06-29	Payette,ID		MLB	1954-1975	1954-1975
AL	Tony Kubek	Starter	New York Yankees	3	3	SS	24	SS-OF	6-3	191	L	R	1936-10-12	Milwaukee,WI		MLB	1957-1965	1957-1965
AL	Frank Lary	Bench	Detroit Tigers	2	2	P	31	P	5-11	180	R	R	1930-04-10	Northport,AL		MLB	1954-1965	1954-1965
AL	Barry Latman	DNP	Cleveland Indians	1	1	P	25	P	6-3	210	R	R	1936-05-21	Los Angeles,CA		MLB	1957-1967	1957-1967
AL	Mickey Mantle	Starter	New York Yankees	10	16	OF	29	OF-1B	5-11	198	B	R	1931-10-20	Spavinaw,OK		MLB	1951-1968	1951-1968
AL	Roger Maris	Starter	New York Yankees	3	4	OF	26	OF	6-0	204	L	R	1934-09-10	Hibbing,MN		MLB	1957-1968	1957-1968
AL	Ken McBride	DNP	Los Angeles Angels	1	3	P	25	P	6-0	195	R	R	1935-08-12	Huntsville,AL	1954- 0- 0-BOS	MLB	1959-1965	1959-1965
AL	Camilo Pascual	Bench	Minnesota Twins	3	5	P	27	P	5-11	185	R	R	1934-01-20	Havana,CU		MLB	1954-1971	1954-1971
AL	Jim Perry	DNP	Cleveland Indians	1	3	P	25	P-OF	6-4	200	B	R	1935-10-30	Williamston,NC	1956- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	1959-1975	1956-1975
AL	Billy Pierce	DNP	Chicago White Sox	7	7	P	34	P-1B	5-10	160	L	L	1927-04-02	Detroit,MI		MLB	1945-1964	1945-1964
AL	Brooks Robinson	Starter	Baltimore Orioles	2	15	3B	24	3B-2B	6-1	190	R	R	1937-05-18	Little Rock,AR		MLB	1955-1977	1955-1977
AL	Johnny Romano	Starter	Cleveland Indians	1	2	C	26	C-OF	5-11	205	R	R	1934-08-23	Hoboken,NJ	1954- 0- 0-CHA	MLB	1958-1967	1958-1967
AL	Don Schwall	Bench	Boston Red Sox	1	1	P	25	P	6-6	200	R	R	1936-03-02	Wilkes-Barre,PA	1958- 0- 0-BOS	MLB	1961-1967	1961-1967
AL	Roy Sievers	Bench	Chicago White Sox	4	4	1B	34	1B-OF	6-1	195	R	R	1926-11-18	St. Louis,MO		MLB	1949-1965	1949-1965
AL	Bill Skowron	DNP	New York Yankees	5	6	1B	30	1B-3B	5-11	195	R	R	1930-12-18	Chicago,IL		MLB	1954-1967	1954-1967
AL	Johnny Temple	Starter	Cleveland Indians	4	4	2B	33	2B-3B	5-11	175	R	R	1927-08-08	Lexington,NC		MLB	1952-1964	1952-1964
AL	Hoyt Wilhelm	Bench	Baltimore Orioles	3	5	P	37	P	6-0	195	R	R	1923-07-26	Huntersville,NC		MLB	1952-1972	1952-1972
National League
League	Player Name	Game Status	team Name	nth	Career ASG	SeasonPos	Age	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years
NL	Hank Aaron	Bench	Milwaukee Braves	7	21	OF	27	OF-1B	6-0	180	R	R	1934-02-05	Mobile,AL	1952- 0- 0-BSN	MLB	1954-1976	1952-1976
NL	George Altman	Bench	Chicago Cubs	1	2	OF	28	OF-1B	6-4	200	L	R	1933-03-20	Goldsboro,NC	1955- 0- 0-CHN	MLB	1959-1967	1959-1967
NL	Ed Bailey	DNP	San Francisco Giants	4	5	C	30	C-1B	6-2	205	L	R	1931-04-15	Strawberry Plains,TN		MLB	1953-1966	1953-1966
NL	Ernie Banks	Bench	Chicago Cubs	7	11	SS	30	1B-SS	6-1	180	R	R	1931-01-31	Dallas,TX		MLB	1953-1971	1953-1971
NL	Frank Bolling	Starter	Milwaukee Braves	1	2	2B	29	2B	6-1	175	R	R	1931-11-16	Mobile,AL		MLB	1954-1966	1954-1966
NL	Ken Boyer	Bench	St. Louis Cardinals	4	7	3B	30	3B-OF	6-2	200	R	R	1931-05-20	Liberty,MO		MLB	1955-1969	1955-1969
NL	Smoky Burgess	Starter	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	6	C	34	C	5-8	187	L	R	1927-02-26	Caroleen,NC		MLB	1949-1967	1949-1967
NL	Orlando Cepeda	Starter	San Francisco Giants	3	7	1B	23	1B-OF	6-2	210	R	R	1937-09-17	Ponce,PR		MLB	1958-1974	1955-1974
NL	Roberto Clemente	Starter	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	12	OF	26	OF-2B	5-11	175	R	R	1934-08-18	Carolina,PR		MLB	1955-1972	1954-1972
NL	Don Drysdale	DNP	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	8	P	24	P	6-6	216	R	R	1936-07-23	Van Nuys,CA		MLB	1956-1969	1956-1969
NL	Roy Face	Bench	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	3	P	33	P	5-8	155	R	R	1928-02-20	Stephentown,NY		MLB	1953-1969	1953-1969
NL	Joey Jay	DNP	Cincinnati Reds	1	1	P	25	P	6-4	228	B	R	1935-08-15	Middletown,CT		MLB	1953-1966	1953-1966
NL	Eddie Kasko	Bench	Cincinnati Reds	1	1	SS	29	SS-3B	6-0	180	R	R	1932-06-27	Linden,NJ		MLB	1957-1966	1957-1966
NL	Sandy Koufax	Bench	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	6	P	25	P	6-2	210	R	L	1935-12-30	Brooklyn,NY		MLB	1955-1966	1955-1966
NL	Art Mahaffey	Bench	Philadelphia Phillies	1	2	P	23	P	6-2	200	R	R	1938-06-04	Cincinnati,OH	1956- 0- 0-PHI	MLB	1960-1966	1960-1966
NL	Eddie Mathews	Starter	Milwaukee Braves	8	9	3B	29	3B-1B	6-1	200	L	R	1931-10-13	Texarkana,TX		MLB	1952-1968	1952-1968
NL	Willie Mays	Starter	San Francisco Giants	8	20	OF	30	OF-1B	5-11	180	R	R	1931-05-06	Westfield,AL		MLB	1951-1973	1950-1973
NL	Mike McCormick	Bench	San Francisco Giants	2	2	P	22	P	6-2	195	L	L	1938-09-29	Pasadena,CA		MLB	1956-1971	1956-1971
NL	Stu Miller	Bench	San Francisco Giants	1	1	P	33	P	5-11	165	R	R	1927-12-26	Northampton,MA		MLB	1952-1968	1952-1968
NL	Stan Musial	Bench	St. Louis Cardinals	18	20	OF	40	OF-1B	6-0	175	L	L	1920-11-21	Donora,PA		MLB	1941-1963	1941-1963
NL	Bob Purkey	Bench	Cincinnati Reds	2	3	P	31	P	6-2	195	R	R	1929-07-14	Pittsburgh,PA		MLB	1954-1966	1954-1966
NL	Frank Robinson	Bench	Cincinnati Reds	4	12	OF	25	OF-DH	6-1	195	R	R	1935-08-31	Beaumont,TX		MLB	1956-1976	1953-1976
NL	Johnny Roseboro	Bench	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	4	C	28	C-1B	5-11	190	L	R	1933-05-13	Ashland,OH		MLB	1957-1970	1957-1970
NL	Warren Spahn	DNP	Milwaukee Braves	12	14	P	40	P	6-0	175	L	L	1921-04-23	Buffalo,NY		MLB	1942-1965	1942-1965
NL	Dick Stuart	Bench	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	1	1B	28	1B-OF	6-4	212	R	R	1932-11-07	San Francisco,CA		MLB	1958-1969	1958-1969
NL	Bill White	Starter	St. Louis Cardinals	3	5	1B	27	1B-OF	6-0	195	L	L	1934-01-28	Lakewood,FL		MLB	1956-1969	1956-1969
NL	Maury Wills	Starter	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	5	SS	28	SS-3B	5-11	170	B	R	1932-10-02	Washington,DC	1951- 0- 0-BRO	MLB	1959-1972	1959-1972
NL	Don Zimmer	Bench	Chicago Cubs	1	1	2B	30	3B-2B	5-7	175	R	R	1931-01-17	Cincinnati,OH		MLB	1954-1965	1954-1965
62 record(s)

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