1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Date | July 9, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | SkyDome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MVP | Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 52,383 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ceremonial first pitch | Ferguson Jenkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television | CBS, CTV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV announcers | Jack Buck and Tim McCarver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | John Rooney, Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 62nd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9, 1991, at SkyDome in Toronto, the home of the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League. It was only the second time that the game was played outside the United States, as the National League's Montreal Expos hosted the 1982 Midsummer Classic at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec. This was also the only All-Star Game to be awarded by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, who awarded the game to the Blue Jays on Canada Day 1989.
The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 4-2. Both the winning and losing pitchers represented the Canadian teams; the Blue Jays' Jimmy Key earned the win while the Expos' Dennis Martínez was given the loss.
As of 2024, this is the most recent All-Star Game to be hosted by the Blue Jays in Toronto or held outside the United States.
Rosters
[edit]Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
American League[edit]
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National League
[edit]Starters | |||
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Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
P | Tom Glavine | Braves | 1 |
C | Benito Santiago | Padres | 3 |
1B | Will Clark | Giants | 4 |
2B | Ryne Sandberg | Cubs | 8 |
3B | Chris Sabo | Reds | 3 |
SS | Ozzie Smith | Cardinals | 11 |
OF | Iván Calderón | Expos | 1 |
OF | Tony Gwynn | Padres | 7 |
OF | Andre Dawson | Cubs | 8 |
DH | Bobby Bonilla | Pirates | 4 |
Pitchers | |||
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Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
P | Tom Browning | Reds | 1 |
P | Rob Dibble | Reds | 2 |
P | Pete Harnisch | Astros | 1 |
P | Dennis Martínez | Expos | 1 |
P | Mike Morgan | Dodgers | 1 |
P | John Smiley | Pirates | 1 |
P | Lee Smith | Cardinals | 3 |
P | Frank Viola | Mets | 3 |
Reserves | |||
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Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
C | Craig Biggio | Astros | 1 |
1B | Eddie Murray | Dodgers | 8 |
1B | John Kruk | Phillies | 1 |
2B | Juan Samuel | Dodgers | 3 |
3B | Howard Johnson | Mets | 2 |
SS | Barry Larkin | Reds | 4 |
OF | Brett Butler | Dodgers | 1 |
OF | Félix José | Cardinals | 1 |
OF | Paul O'Neill | Reds | 1 |
OF | Darryl Strawberry | Dodgers | 8 |
OF | George Bell | Cubs | 3 |
Game
[edit]Umpires
[edit]Home Plate | Joe Brinkman (AL) |
First Base | John McSherry (NL) |
Second Base | Ken Kaiser (AL) |
Third Base | Jim Quick (NL) |
Left Field | Larry Young (AL) |
Right Field | Greg Bonin (NL) |
Starting lineups
[edit]National League | American League | ||||||
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Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
1 | Tony Gwynn | Padres | CF | 1 | Rickey Henderson | Athletics | LF |
2 | Ryne Sandberg | Cubs | 2B | 2 | Wade Boggs | Red Sox | 3B |
3 | Will Clark | Giants | 1B | 3 | Cal Ripken Jr. | Orioles | SS |
4 | Bobby Bonilla | Pirates | DH | 4 | Cecil Fielder | Tigers | 1B |
5 | Andre Dawson | Cubs | RF | 5 | Danny Tartabull | Royals | DH |
6 | Iván Calderón | Expos | LF | 6 | Dave Henderson | Athletics | RF |
7 | Chris Sabo | Reds | 3B | 7 | Ken Griffey Jr. | Mariners | CF |
8 | Benito Santiago | Padres | C | 8 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Indians | C |
9 | Ozzie Smith | Cardinals | SS | 9 | Roberto Alomar | Blue Jays | 2B |
Tom Glavine | Braves | P | Jack Morris | Twins | P |
Game summary
[edit]Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
American League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jimmy Key (1-0) LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley (1) Home runs: NL: Andre Dawson (1) AL: Cal Ripken Jr. (1) |
Footnotes and references
[edit]- ^ Player declined or was unable to play.