1961 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1961 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 11, 1961 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.

"The homers he (Harmon Killebrew) hit against us would be homers in any park, including Yellowstone." - manager Paul Richards

1961 All-Star Game #1

American League 4 vs National League 5
July 11, 1961 Candlestick Park

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Johnny Temple

2b 3 0 0 0
   f-Jim Gentile ph-1b 2 0 0 0

Norm Cash

1b 4 0 1 0
   g-Nellie Fox pr-2b 0 2 0 0

Mickey Mantle

cf 3 0 0 0
   Al Kaline cf 2 1 1 1

Roger Maris

rf 4 0 1 0

Rocky Colavito

lf 4 0 0 1

Tony Kubek

ss 4 0 0 0

Johnny Romano

c 3 0 0 0
   h-Yogi Berra ph-c 1 0 0 0
   Elston Howard c 0 0 0 0

Brooks Robinson

3b 2 0 0 0
   Jim Bunning p 0 0 0 0
   d-Jackie Brandt ph 1 0 0 0
   Mike Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
   Hoyt Wilhelm p 1 0 0 0

Whitey Ford

p 1 0 0 0
   Frank Lary p 0 0 0 0
   Dick Donovan p 0 0 0 0
   c-Harmon Killebrew ph-3b 2 1 1 1
   Dick Howser 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 4 3

 

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Maury Wills

ss 5 0 1 0

Eddie Mathews

3b 2 0 0 0
   Bob Purkey p 0 0 0 0
   b-Stan Musial ph 1 0 0 0
   Mike McCormick p 0 0 0 0
   e-George Altman ph 1 1 1 1
   Roy Face p 0 0 0 0
   Sandy Koufax p 0 0 0 0
   Stu Miller p 0 0 0 0
   i-Hank Aaron ph 1 1 1 0

Willie Mays

cf 5 2 2 1

Orlando Cepeda

lf 3 0 0 0
   Frank Robinson lf 1 0 1 0

Roberto Clemente

rf 4 1 2 2

Bill White

1b 3 0 1 1

Frank Bolling

2b 3 0 0 0
   Don Zimmer 2b 1 0 0 0

Smoky Burgess

c 4 0 1 0
Warren Spahn p 0 0 0 0
   a-Dick Stuart ph 1 0 1 0
   Ken Boyer 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5

 

a: Doubled for Spahn in 3rd inning.
b: Flied out for Purkey in 5th inning.
c: Homered for Donovan in 6th inning.
d: Struck out for Bunning in 8th inning.
e: Homered for McCormick in 8th inning.
f: Struck out for Temple in 9th inning.
g: Pinch ran for Cash in 9th inning.
h: Safe on error for Romano in 9th inning.
i: Singled for Miller in 10th inning.
j: No outs when winning run scored.

Errors: Gentile, Kubek, Cepeda, Zimmer, Burgess, Boyer 2.
Doubles: Stuart, Cash, Mays.
Home Runs: Killebrew, Altman.
Left on Base: A.L. 6, N.L. 9.
Sacrifice Flies: Clemente, White.
Stolen Base: F.Robinson.
Triple: Clemente.

All-Star Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

American League

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 4 2

National League

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 11 5
American League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Whitey Ford

3.0 2 1 1 0 2
   a-Frank Lary 0.0 0 1 0 0 0
   Dick Donovan 2.0 4 0 0 0 1
   Jim Bunning 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
   Mike Fornieles 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
   c-Hoyt Wilhelm 1.2 3 2 2 1 1

 

National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Warren Spahn

3.0 0 0 0 0 3
   Bob Purkey 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
   Mike McCormick 3.0 1 1 1 1 3
   Roy Face 0.1 2 2 2 0 1
   b-Sandy Koufax 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
   Stu Miller 1.2 0 1 0 1 4

 

a: Pitched to 1 batter in 4th inning.
b: Pitched to 1 batter in 9th inning.
c: Pitched to 4 batters in 10th inning.

Balk: Miller.
Hit by Pitcher
: F.Robinson (by Wilhelm).
Losing Pitcher
: Wilhelm.
Passed Ball: Howard.
Winning Pitcher: Miller.

Attendance: 44,115.
Length of Game: 2:53.
Umpires A.L.: 1B: Frank Umont, 3B: Ed Runge, RF: Cal Drummond.
Umpires N.L.: HP: Stan Landes, 2B: Shag Crawford, LF: Ed Vargo.


This was the second Midsummer Classic played in California (the first was the 1959 All-Star Game) and the first played in San Francisco.

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Several accounts of this game mention the wind in Candlestick Park as a factor that led to the American League tieing the game and the National League eventually winning it.