1968 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1968 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 9, 1968 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

"I think it's incredible because there were guys like (Willie) Mays and (Mickey) Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years." - Sandy Koufax

1968 All-Star Game

American League 0 vs National League 1
July 9, 1968 Astrodome

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Jim Fregosi

ss 3 0 1 0
   Bert Campaneris ss 1 0 0 0

Rod Carew

2b 3 0 0 0
   Davey Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0

Carl Yastrzemski

cf-lf 4 0 0 0

Frank Howard

rf 2 0 0 0
   Tony Oliva rf 1 0 1 0

Willie Horton

lf 2 0 0 0
   Joe Azcue c 1 0 0 0
   Duane Josephson c 0 0 0 0

Harmon Killebrew

1b 1 0 0 0
   Boog Powell 1b 2 0 0 0

Bill Freehan

c 2 0 0 0
   Denny McLain p 0 0 0 0
   Sam McDowell p 0 0 0 0
   e-Mickey Mantle ph 1 0 0 0
   Mel Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
   Tommy John p 0 0 0 0

Brooks Robinson

3b 2 0 0 0
   Don Wert 3b 1 0 1 0

Luis Tiant

p 0 0 0 0
   a-Ken Harrelson ph 1 0 0 0
   Blue Moon Odom p 0 0 0 0
   Rick Monday cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0

 

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Willie Mays

cf 4 1 1 0

Curt Flood

lf 1 0 0 0
   Matty Alou lf 1 0 1 0
   Julian Javier 2b 0 0 0 0

Willie McCovey

1b 4 0 0 0

Hank Aaron

rf 3 0 1 0

Ron Santo

3b 2 0 1 0
   Tony Perez 3b 0 0 0 0

Tommy Helms

2b 3 0 1 0
   Ron Reed p 0 0 0 0
   Jerry Koosman p 0 0 0 0

Jerry Grote

c 2 0 0 0
   Steve Carlton p 0 0 0 0
   c-Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0
   Tom Seaver p 0 0 0 0
   Felipe Alou lf 0 0 0 0

Don Kessinger

ss 2 0 0 0
   d-Billy Williams ph 1 0 0 0
   Leo Cardenas ss 0 0 0 0

Don Drysdale

p 1 0 0 0
   Juan Marichal p 0 0 0 0
   b-Tom Haller ph-c 2 0 0 0
   Johnny Bench c 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 5 0

 

a: Flied out for Tiant in 3rd inning.
b: Flied out for Marichal in 5th inning.
c: Popped out for Carlton in 6th inning.
d: Flied out for Kessinger in 6th inning.
e: Struck out for McDowell in 8th inning.

Doubles: Fregosi, Helms, Oliva, Wert.
Left on Base: A.L. 3, N.L. 8.
Stolen Base: Aaron.

All-Star Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

American League

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

National League

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0
vAmerican League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Luis Tiant

2.0 2 1 0 2 2
   Blue Moon Odom 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
   Denny McLain 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
   Sam McDowell 1.0 1 0 0 3 0
   Mel Stottlemyre 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
   Tommy John 0.2 1 0 0 0 0

 

National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Don Drysdale

3.0 1 0 0 0 0
   Juan Marichal 2.0 0 0 0 3 0
   Steve Carlton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
   Tom Seaver 2.0 2 0 0 5 0
   Ron Reed 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
   Jerry Koosman 0.1 0 0 0 1 0

 

Losing Pitcher: Tiant.
Wild Pitch: Tiant.
Winning Pitcher: Drysdale.

Attendance: 48,321.
Length of Game: 2:10.
Umpires A.L.: 1B: Larry Napp, 3B: Bill Kinnamon, LF: Jim Odom.
Umpires N.L.
: HP: Shag Crawford, 2B: Mel Steiner, RF: Harry Wendelstedt.


Willie Mays, who played because of an injury to starter Pete Rose, scored the only run by either team, and became the first two-time recipient of an All-Star Most Valuable Player Award.

Did you know that this was the first 1-0 shutout game in the history of the Midsummer Classic?

Other All-Star firsts during this game included: The first All-Star game played indoors, the first played in the state of Texas, the first played at the Astrodome, and the first to have more than $380,000 in gate receipts.