1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)

1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)
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National League 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 10 4
DateJuly 30, 1962
VenueWrigley Field
CityChicago, Illinois
Managers
MVPLeon Wagner (LAA)
Attendance38,359
TelevisionNBC
TV announcersVin Scully and Curt Gowdy
RadioNBC
Radio announcersJack Quinlan and George Kell

The second 1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 33rd playing of Major League Baseball's annual midsummer exhibition game. The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, home of the National League's Chicago Cubs. The American League emerged triumphant as they finally broke out of a five-game slump with nine runs. The nine runs equaled their total for the previous five games. The AL also racked up ten hits. Their victory kept the National League from tying the All-Star series at 16–16.[1] The AL also had home runs by Pete Runnels, Leon Wagner and Rocky Colavito.[2] A highlight of the game was the first presentation of the Arch Ward Trophy to the MVPs of each All-Star Game. It was first presented in 1962 as a tribute to Arch Ward, the man who founded the All-Star Game in 1933. That first presentation went to Leon Wagner of the Los Angeles Angels (second game MVP) and to Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers (first game MVP), because two Midsummer Classics were played.[3]

  1. ^ 1962 All-Star Game
  2. ^ All-Star Game Recaps | MLB.com: History
  3. ^ "All-Star MVP awaits your vote | MLB.com: News". Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2008.