1979 All-Star Game
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The 1979 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 17, 1979. The National League won the fiftieth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 6. The game was held at Kingdome in Seattle, WA in front of 58,905 fans. The MVP was Dave Parker of the Pirates.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Bob Lemon and coaches Pat Corrales and Roy Hartsfield, Darrell Johnson.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Tom Lasorda and coaches Danny Ozark and Chuck Tanner.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| National League | Batting Order | American League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Davey Lopes | 2B | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | Roy Smalley | SS | Minnesota Twins | ||
| Dave Parker | OF | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | George Brett | 3B | Kansas City Royals | ||
| Steve Garvey | 1B | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | Don Baylor | OF | California Angels | ||
| Mike Schmidt | 3B | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | Jim Rice | OF | Boston Red Sox | ||
| George Foster | OF | Cincinnati Reds | 5 | Fred Lynn | OF | Boston Red Sox | ||
| Dave Winfield | OF | San Diego Padres | 6 | Carl Yastrzemski | OF | Boston Red Sox | ||
| Bob Boone | C | Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | Darrell Porter | C | Kansas City Royals | ||
| Larry Bowa | SS | Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | Frank White | 2B | Kansas City Royals | ||
| Steve Carlton | P | Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | Nolan Ryan | P | California Angels | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 17, 1979 at Kingdome (58905), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| American | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Pitchers
National: Steve Carlton - Joaquin Andujar - Steve Rogers - Gaylord Perry - Joe Sambito - Mike LaCoss - Bruce Sutter (W)
American: Nolan Ryan - Bob Stanley - Mark Clear - Jim Kern (L) - Ron Guidry
Home Runs
National: Lee Mazzilli (8th)
American: Fred Lynn (1st)
Umpires
HP: George Maloney, 1B: Lee Weyer, 2B: Nick Bremigan, 3B: Bill Williams, LF: Terry Cooney, RF: Dutch Rennert
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