1972 All-Star Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac (original) (raw)
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1972 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 25, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
"It was the most dramatic home run of my career (to date). I hit a spitter, but not one of his (Gaylord Perry) best spitters." - Hank Aaron (July 25, 1972)
| 1972 All-Star Game American League 3 vs National League 4July 25, 1972 Atlanta Stadium | |||
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| Hitting & Fielding Notes | |||
 Name Pos AB R H RBI Rod Carew 2b 2 0 1 1 Cookie Rojas ph-2b 1 1 1 2 Bobby Murcer cf 3 0 0 0 Richie Scheinblum rf 1 0 0 0 Reggie Jackson rf-cf 4 0 2 0 Dick Allen 1b 3 0 0 0 Norm Cash 1b 1 0 0 0 Carl Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0 Joe Rudi lf 1 0 1 0 Bobby Grich ss 4 0 0 0 Brooks Robinson 3b 2 0 0 0 Sal Bando 3b 2 0 0 0 Bill Freehan c 1 1 0 0 Carlton Fisk c 2 1 1 0 Jim Palmer p 0 0 0 0 Mickey Lolich p 1 0 0 0 Gaylord Perry p 0 0 0 0 Reggie Smith ph 1 0 0 0 Wilbur Wood p 0 0 0 0 Lou Piniella ph 1 0 0 0 Dave McNally p 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 6 3  Name Pos AB R H RBI Joe Morgan 2b 4 0 1 1 Willie Mays cf 2 0 0 0 Cesar Cedeno cf 2 1 1 0 Hank Aaron rf 3 1 1 2 Al Oliver rf 1 0 0 0 Willie Stargell lf 1 0 0 0 Billy Williams lf 2 1 1 0 Johnny Bench c 2 0 1 0 Manny Sanguillen c 2 0 1 0 Lee May 1b 4 0 1 1 Joe Torre 3b 3 0 1 0 Ron Santo 3b 1 0 0 0 Don Kessinger ss 2 0 0 0 Steve Carlton p 0 0 0 0 Bill Stoneman p 1 0 0 0 Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 Nate Colbert ph 0 1 0 0 Bob Gibson p 0 0 0 0 Steve Blass p 0 0 0 0 Glenn Beckert ph 1 0 0 0 Don Sutton p 0 0 0 0 Chris Speier ss 2 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 8 4 Doubles: Jackson, Rudi.Double Plays: Carew-Allen, Bando-Rojas-Cash, May, May-Speier-May.Ground into Double Play: Murcer, Bench, Santo.Home Runs: Rojas, Aaron.Left on Base: A.L. 3, N.L. 5.Sacrifice: Speier.Stolen Base: Morgan. |
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| Line Score | |||
| All-Star Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E American League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 National League 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 8 0 | |||
| Pitching Notes | |||
| Name IP H R ER BB SO Jim Palmer 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 Mickey Lolich 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Gaylord Perry 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 Wilbur Wood 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 Dave McNally 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 Name IP H R ER BB SO Bob Gibson 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Steve Blass 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 Don Sutton 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 Steve Carlton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Stoneman 2.0 2 2 2 0 2 Tug McGraw 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 Losing Pitcher: McNally.Winning Pitcher: McGraw. |
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| Game Notes | |||
| Attendance: 53,107. Length of Game: 2:26. Umpires: HP: Stan Landres, 1B: Lou DiMuro, 2B: Lee Weyer3B: Jerry Neudecker, LF: Jerry Dale, RF: Bill Kunkel. | |||
| 1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game | |||
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The National League skipper was Danny Murtaugh, manager of the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates (reigning World Champions), who had retired after the 1971 World Series due to health concerns, but came out of retirement to manager the National League All-Star team.
Did you know that this extra-inning victory gave the National League a 7-0 (undefeated) record for Midsummer Classics that went beyond nine innings?
The quote at the top of the page by Hank Aaron is refuted by Gaylord Perry who still claims that the pitch thrown to Hammerin' Hank was not a spitball.