Although many All-Star Games had featured great pitching duels and stand-out performances on the mound, no other game to date had been as one sided as this one. "Strikeout classic" would have been a more appropriate title for this Midsummer Classic, which featured twelve pitchers - all of which had at least one strikeout for an All-Star record thirty strikeouts.
Once again, the game went into extra innings that resulted in a National League win. The senior circuit was shut out twelve straight innings — the third through the fourteenth. The Americans were shut out the last nine. Richie Allen had homered against Dean Chance in the second; in the sixth, Brooks Robinson tied it with a home run against Fergie Jenkins. There it remained until the fifteenth, when Tony Perez, the game's Most Valuable Player, sent Catfish Hunter's pitch over the left-field fence.
This game went into the record books for both the longest All-Star Game as well as the first game in which home runs accounted for all of the scoring.
"I'm proud of my whole career. I had a great career. I played with a lot of great players on good teams, especially in Cincinnati. We won championships and World Series. I'm proud of that. The All-Star games. I'll be more proud when I get elected to the hall of fame. That would be the top." - Tony Perez
1967 All-Star Game |
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1967 All-Star Game Fast Facts | ||
Game Number | 38 | |
Date / Box Score | 07-11-1967 | |
Location | Anaheim Stadium | |
Attendance (Rank) | 46,309 | |
M.V.P. Award | Tony Perez | |
League Items | A.L. | N.L. |
Starting Pitchers | DeanChance | Juan Marichal |
Managers | Hank Bauer | Walter Alston |
Coaches | Bill Rigney | HermanFranks |
Eddie Stanky | Harry Walker | |
1967 All-Star Game Fast Facts |
1967 All-Star GameLine Score |
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1967 All-Star Game Fast Facts | ||||||||||||||||||
League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E |
National | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
N.L. Pitcher(s) | A.L. Pitcher(s) | |||||||||||||||||
Juan Marichal Fergie Jenkins (4th) Bob Gibson (7th) Chris Short (9th) Mike Cuellar (11th) Don Drysdale (W, 13th) Tom Seaver (15th) |
Dean Chance Jim McGlothin (4th) Gary Peters (6th) Al Downing (9th) Catfish Hunter (L, 11th) - - |
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N.L. Home Runs | A.L. Home Runs | |||||||||||||||||
Dick Allen (2nd) Tony Perez (15th) |
Brooks Robinson (6th) - |
1967 All-Star GameNational League All-Star Squad |
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Lineup | Name | Team | Position | Notes |
3. | Hank Aaron | Atlanta Braves | OF | |
5. | Dick Allen | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | |
8. | Gene Alley | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | |
Ernie Banks | Chicago Cubs | 1B | ||
1. | Lou Brock | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | |
4. | Orlando Cepeda | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | |
2. | RobertoClemente | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | |
Mike Cuellar | Houston Astros | P | ||
Don Drysdale | LosAngelesDodgers | P | ||
Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals | P | ||
Tom Haller | San Francisco Giants | C | ||
Tommy Helms | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | ||
Fergie Jenkins | Chicago Cubs | P | ||
Denny Lemaster | Atlanta Braves | P | Replaced - Injury | |
9. | Juan Marichal | SanFranciscoGiants | P | Starting Pitcher |
Willie Mays | San Francisco Giants | OF | ||
7. | Bill Mazeroski | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | |
Tim McCarver | St. Louis Cardinals | C | ||
Claude Osteen | LosAngelesDodgers | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Tony Perez | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | M.V.P. | |
Pete Rose | Cincinnati Reds | OF | ||
Tom Seaver | New York Mets | P | ||
Chris Short | Philadelphia Phillies | P | ReplacedLemaster | |
Rusty Staub | Houston Astros | OF | ||
6. | Joe Torre | Atlanta Braves | C | |
Jimmy Wynn | Houston Astros | OF | ||
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game. |
1967 All-Star GameAmerican League All-Star Squad |
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Lineup | Name | Team | Position | Notes |
Tommie Agee | Chicago White Sox | OF | ||
Max Alvis | Cleveland Indians | 3B | ||
Ken Berry | Chicago White Sox | OF | ReplacedRobinson | |
2. | Rod Carew | Minnesota Twins | 2B | |
Paul Casanova | WashingtonSenators | C | Did Not Play | |
9. | Dean Chance | Minnesota Twins | P | Starting Pitcher |
5. | Tony Conigliaro | Boston Red Sox | OF | |
Al Downing | New York Yankees | P | ||
Andy Etchebarren | Baltimore Orioles | C | Did Not Play | |
7. | Bill Freehan | Detroit Tigers | C | |
Jim Fregosi | California Angels | SS | ||
Steve Hargan | Cleveland Indians | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Joe Horlen | Chicago White Sox | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Catfish Hunter | KansasCityAthletics | P | ||
Al Kaline | Detroit Tigers | OF | Replaced - Injury | |
4. | HarmonKillebrew | Minnesota Twins | 1B | |
Jim Lonborg | Boston Red Sox | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Mickey Mantle | New York Yankees | 1B | ||
Dick McAuliffe | Detroit Tigers | SS | ||
Jim McGlothin | California Angels | P | ||
Don Mincher | California Angels | 1B | ||
3. | Tony Oliva | Minnesota Twins | OF | Replaced Kaline |
Gary Peters | Chicago White Sox | P | ||
8. | Rico Petrocelli | Boston Red Sox | SS | |
1. | Brooks Robinson | Baltimore Orioles | 3B | |
Frank Robinson | Baltimore Orioles | OF | Replaced - Injury | |
6. | Carl Yastrzemski | Boston Red Sox | OF | |
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.Game / Box Links: 1967 Box Score | 1967 Play-by-Play |
Did you know that home runs accounted for all of the scoring during this, the longest All-Star Game to date?
A hall of fame ending that featured Tony Perez, the Most Valuable Player Award winner, hitting a home run off Catfish Hunter during the fifteenth inning.
A pitchers duel? A home run contest? Which do you prefer? Would you have been bored in this type of marathon or would it have been the best Midsummer Classic ever? Discuss these issues on our baseball message boards today.