1973 All-Star Game
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The 1973 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 24, 1973. The National League won the forty-fourth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 1. The game was held at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, MO in front of 40,849 fans. The MVP was Bobby Bonds of the Giants.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Dick Williams and coaches Whitey Herzog and Chuck Tanner.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Sparky Anderson and coaches Gene Mauch and Bill Virdon.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| National League | Batting Order | American League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Pete Rose | OF | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | Bert Campaneris | SS | Oakland Athletics | ||
| Joe Morgan | 2B | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | Rod Carew | 2B | Minnesota Twins | ||
| Cesar Cedeno | OF | Houston Astros | 3 | John Mayberry | 1B | Kansas City Royals | ||
| Hank Aaron | 1B | Atlanta Braves | 4 | Reggie Jackson | OF | Oakland Athletics | ||
| Billy Williams | OF | Chicago Cubs | 5 | Amos Otis | OF | Kansas City Royals | ||
| Johnny Bench | C | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | Bobby Murcer | OF | New York Yankees | ||
| Ron Santo | 3B | Chicago Cubs | 7 | Carlton Fisk | C | Boston Red Sox | ||
| Chris Speier | SS | San Francisco Giants | 8 | Brooks Robinson | 3B | Baltimore Orioles | ||
| Rick Wise | P | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | Catfish Hunter | P | Oakland Athletics | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 24, 1973 at Royals Stadium (40849), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| American | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Pitchers
National: Rick Wise (W) - Claude Osteen - Don Sutton - Wayne Twitchell - Dave Giusti - Tom Seaver - Jim Brewer
American: Catfish Hunter - Ken Holtzman - Bert Blyleven (L) - Bill Singer - Nolan Ryan - Sparky Lyle - Rollie Fingers
Home Runs
National: Johnny Bench (4th), Bobby Bonds (5th), Willie Davis (6th)
American: None
Umpires
HP: Nestor Chylak, 1B: Ken Burkhart, 2B: Larry Barnett, 3B: Bill Williams, LF: Ron Luciano, RF: Bob Engel
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