1968 All-Star Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac

1968 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1968 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 9, 1968 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

"I think it's incredible because there were guys like (Willie) Mays and (Mickey) Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years." - Sandy Koufax


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Jim Fregosi	ss	3	0	1	0
Bert Campaneris	ss	1	0	0	0
Rod Carew	2b	3	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	2b	1	0	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	cf-lf	4	0	0	0
Frank Howard	rf	2	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	rf	1	0	1	0
Willie Horton	lf	2	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	c	1	0	0	0
Duane Josephson	c	0	0	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	1b	1	0	0	0
Boog Powell	1b	2	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	c	2	0	0	0
Denny McLain	p	0	0	0	0
Sam McDowell	p	0	0	0	0
e-Mickey Mantle	ph	1	0	0	0
Mel Stottlemyre	p	0	0	0	0
Tommy John	p	0	0	0	0
Brooks Robinson	3b	2	0	0	0
Don Wert	3b	1	0	1	0
Luis Tiant	p	0	0	0	0
a-Ken Harrelson	ph	1	0	0	0
Blue Moon Odom	p	0	0	0	0
Rick Monday	cf	2	0	0	0
Totals		30	0	3	0


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Willie Mays	cf	4	1	1	0
Curt Flood	lf	1	0	0	0
Matty Alou	lf	1	0	1	0
Julian Javier	2b	0	0	0	0
Willie McCovey	1b	4	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	rf	3	0	1	0
Ron Santo	3b	2	0	1	0
Tony Perez	3b	0	0	0	0
Tommy Helms	2b	3	0	1	0
Ron Reed	p	0	0	0	0
Jerry Koosman	p	0	0	0	0
Jerry Grote	c	2	0	0	0
Steve Carlton	p	0	0	0	0
c-Rusty Staub	ph	1	0	0	0
Tom Seaver	p	0	0	0	0
Felipe Alou	lf	0	0	0	0
Don Kessinger	ss	2	0	0	0
d-Billy Williams	ph	1	0	0	0
Leo Cardenas	ss	0	0	0	0
Don Drysdale	p	1	0	0	0
Juan Marichal	p	0	0	0	0
b-Tom Haller	ph-c	2	0	0	0
Johnny Bench	c	0	0	0	0
Totals		27	1	5	0

a: Flied out for Tiant in 3rd inning.
b: Flied out for Marichal in 5th inning.
c: Popped out for Carlton in 6th inning.
d: Flied out for Kessinger in 6th inning.
e: Struck out for McDowell in 8th inning.

Doubles: Fregosi, Helms, Oliva, Wert.
Left on Base: A.L. 3, N.L. 8.
Stolen Base: Aaron.

All-Star Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
National League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	1	5	0


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	2.0	2	1	0	2	2
Blue Moon Odom	2.0	0	0	0	2	2
Denny McLain	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
Sam McDowell	1.0	1	0	0	3	0
Mel Stottlemyre	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy John	0.2	1	0	0	0	0


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Don Drysdale	3.0	1	0	0	0	0
Juan Marichal	2.0	0	0	0	3	0
Steve Carlton	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Seaver	2.0	2	0	0	5	0
Ron Reed	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
Jerry Koosman	0.1	0	0	0	1	0

Losing Pitcher: Tiant.
Wild Pitch: Tiant.
Winning Pitcher: Drysdale.

Attendance: 48,321.
Length of Game: 2:10.
Umpires A.L.: 1B: Larry Napp, 3B: Bill Kinnamon, LF: Jim Odom.
Umpires N.L.: HP: Shag Crawford, 2B: Mel Steiner, RF: Harry Wendelstedt.

Willie Mays, who played because of an injury to starter Pete Rose, scored the only run by either team, and became the first two-time recipient of an All-Star Most Valuable Player Award.

Did you know that this was the first 1-0 shutout game in the history of the Midsummer Classic?

Other All-Star firsts during this game included: The first All-Star game played indoors, the first played in the state of Texas, the first played at the Astrodome, and the first to have more than $380,000 in gate receipts.

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