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 31, 1961 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

"You can't tell how much spirit a team has until it starts losing." - Rocky Colavito

1961 All-Star Game #2

National League 1 vs American League 1
July 31, 1961 Fenway Park

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Maury Wills

ss 2 0 1 0

Hank Aaron

rf 2 0 0 0
   Stu Miller p 0 0 0 0

Eddie Mathews

3b 3 1 0 0

Willie Mays

cf 3 0 1 0

Orlando Cepeda

lf 3 0 0 0
   Roberto Clemente rf 2 0 0 0
   Eddie Kasko ss 1 0 1 0
   e-Ernie Banks ss 1 0 0 0

Bill White

1b 4 0 2 1

Frank Bolling

2b 4 0 0 0

Smoky Burgess

c 1 0 0 0
   Johnny Roseboro c 3 0 0 0

Bob Purkey

p 0 0 0 0
   a-Dick Stuart ph 1 0 0 0
   Art Mahaffey p 0 0 0 0
   c-Stan Musial ph 1 0 0 0
   Sandy Koufax p 0 0 0 0
   d-George Altman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1

 

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Norm Cash

1b 4 0 0 0

Rocky Colavito

lf 4 1 1 1

Al Kaline

rf 4 0 2 0

Mickey Mantle

cf 3 0 0 0

Johnny Romano

c 1 0 0 0
   b-Roger Maris ph 1 0 0 0
   Dick Howser c 2 0 0 0

Luis Aparicio

ss 2 0 0 0
   f-Roy Sievers ph 1 0 0 0

Johnny Temple

2b 2 0 0 0

Brooks Robinson

3b 3 0 1 0

Jim Bunning

p 1 0 0 0
   Don Schwall p 1 0 0 0
   Camilo Pascual p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1

 

a: Grounded out for Purkey in 3rd inning.
b: Popped out for Romano in 4th inning.
c: Struck out for Mahaffey in 5th inning.
d: Flied out for Koufax in 7th inning.
e: Struck out for Kasko in 8th inning.
f: Struck out for Aparicio in 9th inning.

Errors: Bolling, Burgess.
Double: White.
Double Plays: Bolling-Kasko-White, White-Kasko-Bolling.
Home Run: Colavito.
Left on Base: N.L. 7, A.L. 5.
Stolen Base: Kaline.

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

National League

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2

American League

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Bob Purkey

2.0 1 1 1 2 2
   Art Mahaffey 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
   Sandy Koufax 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
   Stu Miller 3.0 1 0 0 0 5

 

American League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Jim Bunning

3.0 0 0 0 0 1
   Don Schwall 3.0 5 1 1 1 2
   Camilo Pascual 3.0 0 0 0 1 4

 


Losing Pitcher
: None - Tie Game.
Winning Pitcher: None - Tie Game.

Attendance: 31,851.
Length of Game: 2:27 : Ended early due to rain.
Umpires A.L.: 1B: Larry Napp, 3B: Red Flaherty, RF: Al Smith.
Umpires N.L.: HP: Frank Secory, 2B: Ed Sudol, LF: Chris Pelekoudas.


Did you know that the deciding factor in the first 1961 All-Star Game played was also weather?

This was the second Midsummer Classic played in Fenway Park. Do you recall the date, details, and winner of the first All-Star Game played at Fenway?

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