2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be the 83rd midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The game will be played on July 10, 2012, at Kauffman Stadium, the home of the American League Kansas City Royals.

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"In All-Star Games the players are chosen by balloting. Millions of fans vote. It is Democracy at its most transcendent. All the voters get out of it is the loss of a three-cent stamp or a two-cent postal card. Dishonesty in counting the votes has never been charged." - Fred Schwed in How to Watch a Baseball Game (Fred Schwed, Harper Publishing, 1957, Page 33)

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Game Number 83
Date / Box Score 07-10-2012
Location Kauffman Stadium
Attendance (Rank) 40,933
M.V.P. Award Melky Cabrera
Official Spokesperson Alex Gordon
The Star Spangled Banner Luke Bryan (CMT Award Winner)
God Bless America Kellie Pickler (CMT Award Winner)
1st Pitch From To
George Brett Billy Butler
Starting Pitchers Justin Verlander Matt Cain
Managers Ron Washington Tony La Russa
Coaches Bob Melvin Terry Collins
Ned Yost Ron Roenicke

2012 Major League Baseball All Star Game

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League 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
National 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 0
American 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Matt Cain (W)
Gio Gonzalez (3rd)
Stephen Strasburg (4th)
Clayton Kershaw (5th)
R.A. Dickey (6th)
Cole Hamels (7th)
Craig Kimbrel (8th)
Aroldis Chapman (8th)
Wade Miley (9th)
Joel Hanrahan (9th)
Jonathan Papelbon (9th)
Justin Verlander (L)
Joe Nathan (2nd)
David Price (3rd)
Matt Harrison (4th)
Jered Weaver (5th)
Chris Sale (6th)
Ryan Cook (7th)
Jim Johnson (8th)
Fernando Rodney (9th)
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Melky Cabrera (4th) None

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2012 National League All-Stars

Jose Altuve (1) Houston Astros 1B
5. Carlos Beltran (7) St. Louis Cardinals OF
Michael Bourn (2) Atlanta Braves OF Replaced Desmond
3. Ryan Braun (5) Milwaukee Brewers OF
Jay Bruce (2) Cincinnati Reds OF
2. Melky Cabrera (1) San Francisco Giants OF
Matt Cain (3) San Francisco Giants P Starting Pitcher
Starlin Castro (2) Chicago Cubs SS
Aroldis Chapman (1) Cincinnati Reds P
Ian Desmond (1) Washington Nationals SS Injured / Did Not Play
R.A. Dickey (1) New York Mets P
David Freese (1) St. Louis Cardinals 3B All-Star Final Vote
9. Rafael Furcal (3) St. Louis Cardinals SS
1. Carlos Gonzalez (1) Colorado Rockies OF
Gio Gonzalez (2) Washington Nationals P
Cole Hamels (3) Philadelphia Phillies P
Joel Hanrahan (2) Pittsburgh Pirates P
Bryce Harper (1) Washington Nationals OF Replaced Stanton
Matt Holliday (6) St. Louis Cardinals OF Replaced Molina
Chipper Jones (8) Atlanta Braves 3B Replaced Kemp
Matt Kemp (2) Los Angeles Dodgers OF Injured / Did Not Play
Clayton Kershaw (2) Los Angeles Dodgers P
Craig Kimbrel (2) Atlanta Braves P
Bryan LaHair (1) Chicago Cubs 1B
Lance Lynn (1) St. Louis Cardinals P
Andrew McCutchen (2) Pittsburgh Pirates OF
Wade Miley (1) Arizona Diamondbacks P
Yadier Molina (4) St. Louis Cardinals C Bereavement List / Did Not Play
Jonathan Papelbon (5) Philadelphia Phillies P
6. Buster Posey (1) San Francisco Giants C
Carlos Ruiz (1) Philadelphia Phillies C
7. Pablo Sandoval (2) San Francisco Giants 3B
Giancarlo Stanton (1) Miami Marlins OF Injured / Did Not Play
Stephen Strasburg (1) Washington Nationals P
Huston Street (1) San Diego Padres P
8. Dan Uggla (3) Atlanta Braves 2B
4. Joey Votto (3) Cincinnati Reds 1B
David Wright (6) New York Mets 3B
2012 National League All-Star Official Roster | Bold = Fan-Elected Starter

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2012 American League All-Stars

Elvis Andrus (2) Texas Rangers SS
4. Jose Bautista (3) Toronto Blue Jays OF
6. Adrian Beltre (3) Texas Rangers 3B
Billy Butler (1) Kansas City Royals DH
Asdrubal Cabrera (2) Cleveland Indians SS
Miguel Cabrera (7) Detroit Tigers 3B
2. Robinson Cano (4) New York Yankees 2B
Ryan Cook (1) Oakland Athletics P
Yu Darvish (1) Texas Rangers P All-Star Final Vote
Adam Dunn (2) Chicago White Sox DH
5. Prince Fielder (4) Detroit Tigers 1B
9. Curtis Granderson (3) New York Yankees OF
3. Josh Hamilton (5) Texas Rangers OF
Matt Harrison (1) Texas Rangers P
Felix Hernandez (3) Seattle Mariners P
1. Derek Jeter (13) New York Yankees SS
Jim Johnson (1) Baltimore Orioles P
Adam Jones (2) Baltimore Orioles OF
Ian Kinsler (3) Texas Rangers 2B
Paul Konerko (6) Chicago White Sox 1B
Joe Mauer (5) Minnesota Twins C
8. Mike Napoli (1) Texas Rangers C
Joe Nathan (5) Texas Rangers P
7. David Ortiz (8) Boston Red Sox DH
Jake Peavy (3) Chicago White Sox P Replaced Wilson
Chris Perez (2) Cleveland Indians P
David Price (3) Tampa Bay Rays P
Fernando Rodney (1) Tampa Bay Rays P
CC Sabathia (6) New York Yankees P Injured / Did Not Pitch
Chris Sale (1) Chicago White Sox P
Mike Trout (1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF
Mark Trumbo (1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF
Justin Verlander (5) Detroit Tigers P Starting Pitcher
Jered Weaver (3) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim P
Matt Wieters (2) Baltimore Orioles C
C. J. Wilson (2) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim P Injured / Replaced Sabathia
2012 American League All-Star Official Roster | Bold = Fan-Elected Starter
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Did you know that the designated hitter became a permanent position during the 2010 Midsummer Classic and all future All-Star Games - regardless of the site where its played?

This will be the third All-Star Game ever played at the Kansas City Royals home field, the first two were the 1960 All-Star Game in Municipal Stadium and the 1973 All-Star Game in Royals Stadium.

When Tony La Russa came out of retirement to manage the N.L. All-Star Team he moved into a fourth place tie with Joe Torre for most All-Star Games managed: #1. Casey Stengel (10) #2. Walter Alston (9) #3. Joe McCarthy (7).