All Star Game Trivia

[Willie Bee]

Sorry boys, no prizes, just an exercise for that muscle between your ears.

1) There have been three walk-off homers in All-Star history. Who hit them? Who were the pitchers that gave them up?

2) Two more batters have blasted game-winning home runs in the top of the final inning of an All-Star Game. Who hit them and who served them up?

3) How many ties have there been in ASG history?

4) Who are the only five hitters to swat two home runs in a single All-Star Game?

5) Who was the last catcher to be charged with catcher's interference at an All-Star Game?

*Bonus: Which two players got the biggest ovation in the 1968 All-Star Game?

[Stacocakes]

I don't know the other ones but I believe that there were 2 games that ended in a tie

[pico]

All-Star Game
Year Batter Date and Site Pitcher Final score Notes


1941 Ted Williams, AL (Boston) July 8, Briggs Stadium Claude Passeau, NL (Chicago) 7-5 With two men on and the AL one out away from defeat, Williams hits a 1-1 pitch off the right field press box for the junior circuit's sixth win in nine contests. He later says, "I just shut my eyes and swung." It is the first All-Star game to be decided in the final inning.


1955 Stan Musial, NL (St. Louis) July 12, Milwaukee County Stadium Frank Sullivan, AL (Boston) 6-5 After being down 5-0 in the 7th inning, Musial's home run to right field on the first pitch of the 12th inning completes the NL's comeback; it is their fifth win in six years.


1964 Johnny Callison, NL (Philadelphia) July 7, Shea Stadium Dick Radatz, AL (Boston) 7-4 With 2 on and 2 out in the 9th, Callison wins the game with a homer to right field. Willie Mays had tied the score earlier in the inning with a walk, stolen base, and run on Orlando Cepeda's single. It is the NL's sixth win in the last seven decided games.

[pico]

that answers question one. i'll leave the other questions for other to answer

[smitch124]

Who hit the only Grand Slam in All-Star game history? What Year? Off whom?

[Willie Bee]

I don't know the other ones but I believe that there were 2 games that ended in a tie

Correct, in addition to the 2002 contest, the second ASG played in 1961 ended in a 1-1 deadlock.

1941 Ted Williams, AL (Boston) July 8, Briggs Stadium Claude Passeau
1955 Stan Musial, NL (St. Louis) July 12, Milwaukee County Stadium Frank Sullivan
1964 Johnny Callison, NL (Philadelphia) July 7, Shea Stadium Dick Radatz

Correct.

Who hit the only Grand Slam in All-Star game history? What Year? Off whom?

Fred Lynn, 1983, off Atlee Hammaker.

[Bread]

Q: Who will be the first ever All Star player to rush the mound?

A: Milton Bradley.

[smitch124]

Correct, in addition to the 2002 contest, the second ASG played in 1961 ended in a 1-1 deadlock.


Correct.


Fred Lynn, 1983, off Atlee Hammaker.

lol too easy...well done

[Willie Bee]

Questions unanswered...

2) Two more batters have blasted game-winning home runs in the top of the final inning of an All-Star Game. Who hit them and who served them up?

4) Who are the only five hitters to swat two home runs in a single All-Star Game?

5) Who was the last catcher to be charged with catcher's interference at an All-Star Game?

*Bonus: Which two players got the biggest ovation in the 1968 All-Star Game?

Red Schoendienst (1950, off Ted Gray) and Tony Perez (1967, off Catfish Hunter) were the other two batters to hit game-winning homers in the tops of the final innings played at an All-Star Game.

The five hitters to go deep twice in an All-Star Game are Arky Vaughan (1941), Ted Williams (1946), Al Rosen (1954), Willie McCovey (1969) and Gary Carter (1981).

The last backstop to be charged with catcher's interference at an All-Star Game was Craig Biggio in 1991.

The two players to receive the loudest ovations at the 1968 All-Star Game, with me among the 48,321 in attendance, were Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle and the Astros' lone rep in the game, Rusty Staub.