1962 All-Star Game

1962 All-Star Game

Once again, America's All-Stars traveled to the nation's capital to celebrate the best-of-the-best from America's favorite pastime. President Kennedy was the second president to attend the event and threw out the first pitch.

However, the spotlight on this game belonged to Maury Wills. Entering the lineup in the sixth to pinch-run for Stan Musial, he ran the game into the era of the stolen base by breaking Ty Cobb's forty-seve year-old record of ninety-six. Wills stole second then scored the first run of the game off a Dick Groat single. In the eighth inning, Wills reached base by a single. He rounded second on a short single hit by Jim Davenport to left field, and when the throw came to the cutoff man, Wills took third with blazing speed and scored on a foul to right field moments later. This performance earned him the first All-Star Most Valuable Player Award.

Both teams moved on to Wrigley Field for Game 2. The day belonged to the American League as they finally broke out of a five game slump with nine runs (equaling their total for the previous five games) and ten hits. Even better, their victory kept the National League from tying the All-Star series at 16-16. Little did they know, however, that nearly a decade would pass before they would win again.

"A couple years ago they told me I was too young to be president and you (Stan Musial) were too old to be playing baseball. But we fooled them." - President John F. Kennedy

1962 All-Star Game 1 The 1962 Midsummer Classic At-A-Glance
1962 All-Star Game #1 Fast Facts
Game Number	32
Date / Box Score	07-10-1962
Location	D.C. Stadium
Attendance (Rank)	45,480
1^st Pitch	President John F. Kennedy
M.V.P. Award	Maury Wills
League Items	A.L.	N.L.
Starting Pitchers	Jim Bunning	Don Drysdale
Managers	Ralph Houk	Fred Hutchinson
Coaches	Billy Hitchcock	Casey Stengel
	Jim Vernon	John Keane
1962 All-Star Game #1 Fast Facts

1962 All Star Game #1 Line Score
1962 All-Star Game #1 Capsule
League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	8	0
American	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0
N.L. Pitcher(s)						A.L. Pitcher(s)
Don Drysdale Juan Marichal (W, 4th) Bob Purkey (6th) Bob Shaw (8th)						Jim Bunning Camilo Pascual (L, 4th) Dick Donovan (7th) Milt Pappas (9th)
N.L. Home Runs						A.L. Home Runs
None						None

1962 All-Star Game #1 National League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF	Replaced - Injury
	Felipe Alou	San Francisco Giants	OF
	Richie Ashburn	New York Mets	OF	Did Not Play
	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	1B
	Frank Bolling	Milwaukee Braves	2B
6.	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
	Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
4.	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	1B
2.	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
7.	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
	Jim Davenport	San Francisco Giants	3B
5.	Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
9.	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Starting Pitcher
	Turk Farrell	Houston Colt .45s	P	Did Not Play
	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Did Not Pitch
1.	Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Did Not Pitch
	Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	P
3.	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	OF
8.	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
	Bob Purkey	Cincinnati Reds	P
	Johnny Roseboro	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Did Not Play
	Bob Shaw	Milwaukee Braves	P
	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P	Replaced Aaron
	Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	M.V.P.
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.

1962 All-Star Game #1 American League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Hank Aguirre	Detroit Tigers	P	Did Not Pitch
8.	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS
7.	Earl Battey	Minnesota Twins	C
9.	Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	P	Starting Pitcher
	Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	OF
	Dick Donovan	Cleveland Indians	P
5.	Jim Gentile	Baltimore Orioles	1B
	Elston Howard	New York Yankees	C	Did Not Play
	Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox	OF
4.	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF
3.	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	OF
	Bill Monbouquette	Boston Red Sox	P	Did Not Pitch
2.	Billy Moran	Los Angeles Angels	2B
	Milt Pappas	Baltimore Orioles	P	Replaced Wilhelm
	Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	P
	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	2B
	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B
1.	Rich Rollins	Minnesota Twins	3B
	Johnny Romano	Cleveland Indians	C
	Norm Siebern	Kansas City Athletics	1B
	Dave Stenhouse	Washington Senators	P	Did Not Play
	Ralph Terry	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
	Lee Thomas	Los Angeles Angels	OF
	Tom Tresh	New York Yankees	SS	Did Not Play
6.	Leon Wagner	Los Angeles Angels	OF
	Hoyt Wilhelm	Baltimore Orioles	P	Replaced - Injury
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.

1962 All-Star Game #2 1962 All-Star Game Official Program
1962 All-Star Game #2 Fast Facts
Game Number	33
Date / Box Score	07-30-1962
Location	Wigley Field
Attendance	38,359
M.V.P. Award	Leon Wagner
League Items	A.L.	N.L.
Starting Pitchers	Dave Stenhouse	Johnny Podres
Managers	Ralph Houk	Fred Hutchinson
Coaches	Hank Bauer	Harry Craft
	Bill Rigney	Birdie Tebbetts
1962 All-Star Game #2 Fast Facts

1962 All Star Game #2 Line Score
1962 All-Star Game #2 Capsule
League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	2	9	10	0
National	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	10	4
A.L. Pitcher(s)						N.L. Pitcher(s)
Dave Stenhouse Ray Herbert (W, 3rd) Hank Aguirre (6th) Milt Pappas (9th) -						Johnny Podres Art Mahaffey (L, 3rd) Bob Gibson (5th) Turk Farrell (7th) Juan Marichal (8th)
A.L. Home Runs						N.L. Home Runs
Pete Runnels (3rd) Leon Wagner (4th) Rocky Colavito (7th)						Johnny Roseboro (9th) - -

1962 All-Star Game #2 American League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Hank Aguirre	Detroit Tigers	P
8.	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS
6.	Earl Battey	Minnesota Twins	C
	Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C
	Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	P	Did Not Pitch
4.	Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	OF
	Dick Donovan	Cleveland Indians	P	Did Not Pitch
5.	Jim Gentile	Baltimore Orioles	1B
	Ray Herbert	Chicago White Sox	P	Replaced McBride
	Elston Howard	New York Yankees	C
	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	P	Did Not Pitch
	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF
	Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox	OF	Did Not Play
	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF	Did Not Play
3.	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	OF
	Ken McBride	Los Angeles Angels	P	Replaced - Injury
2.	Billy Moran	Los Angeles Angels	2B
	Milt Pappas	Baltimore Orioles	P
	Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	P	Did Not Pitch
	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	2B
	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	3B
1.	Rich Rollins	Minnesota Twins	3B
	Johnny Romano	Cleveland Indians	C	Did Not Play
	Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	1B
	Norm Siebern	Kansas City Athletics	1B	Did Not Play
9.	Dave Stenhouse	Washington Senators	P	Starting Pitcher
	Ralph Terry	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
	Lee Thomas	Los Angeles Angels	OF
	Tom Tresh	New York Yankees	SS
7.	Leon Wagner	Los Angeles Angels	OF	M.V.P.
	Hoyt Wilhelm	Baltimore Orioles	P	Replaced - Injury
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.

1962 All-Star Game #2 National League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF
	George Altman	Chicago Cubs	OF
	Richie Ashburn	New York Mets	OF
	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	1B
	Frank Bolling	Milwaukee Braves	2B
6.	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
	Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
4.	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	1B
2.	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
7.	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
	Jim Davenport	San Francisco Giants	3B	Did Not Play
5.	Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
	Turk Farrell	Houston Colt .45s	P
	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	P
1.	Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
	Art Mahaffey	Philadelphia Phillies	P
	Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	P
	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	3B
3.	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	OF
8.	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
	Stan Musial	St.Louis Cardinals	OF
9.	Johnny Podres	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Starting Pitcher
	Bob Purkey	Cincinnati Reds	P	Did Not Pitch
	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	OF
	Johnny Roseboro	Los Angeles Dodgers	C
	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P	Did Not Pitch
	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	OF
	Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.

The spectacular performance by Maury Wills during Game #1, who only entered the game during the sixth inning, earned him the first ever All-Star Most Valuable Player Award.

Famous Lasts? The American League victory in Game #2 would be their last for nearly a decade and this would be the last time two All-Star games would be played during the same season.

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