1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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National League 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 0
American League 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 X 6 7 0
DateJuly 13, 1971[1]
VenueTiger Stadium[1]
CityDetroit
Managers
MVPFrank Robinson[3] (BAL)
Attendance53,559[1]
Ceremonial first pitchCharlie Gehringer
TelevisionNBC
TV announcersCurt Gowdy and Tony Kubek
RadioNBC
Radio announcersJim Simpson and Sandy Koufax

The 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the 42nd edition, was played on Tuesday, July 13.[1][4] The all-stars from the American League and the National League faced each other at Tiger Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, and the home team AL won 6–4.[1][5]

This was the third time that the Tigers had hosted the All-Star Game (1941, 1951); the same venue was previously known as Briggs Stadium. It was the second All-Star Game played at night, the first in prime-time in an American League park, and the last in Tiger Stadium. When it returned 34 years later in 2005, it was at Comerica Park, the Tigers' home since 2000.

It was the American League's first win since the second game of 1962, and was their last until 1983. Over the twenty game stretch from 1963–1982, the AL was 1–19 (.050), the worst run for either league in the history of the exhibition.

  1. ^ a b c d e Total Baseball, 5th ed., 1997, Viking Press, Thorn, John et al. ed, p. 253
  2. ^ a b All-Time All-Star Managers, mlb.com; accessed 20 September 2008
  3. ^ 1971 All-Star Game, baseball-almanac.com; accessed 21 September 2008
  4. ^ "Blue won't get short changed on All-Star luck due to dimes". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. July 13, 1971. p. 19.
  5. ^ Loomis, Tom (July 14, 1971). "Tiger stadium just home run haven". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 19.