The 1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 38th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the

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(AL) and the

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(NL), the two leagues comprising

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. The game was played on July 11, 1967, at

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. The game resulted in a 2–1 15 inning victory for the NL. It set the record for the longest All-Star Game by innings, matched in

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National League roster

Fifteen coaches and players, denoted in ''italics'', would be inducted into the

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Pitchers

Position players

Coaching staff

American League roster

Nine players, denoted in ''italics'', would be inducted into the

Pitchers

Position players

Coaching staff

(R) denotes a rookie player

Starting lineups

The batting order was determined by each team's manager.''All-Star Game Box Score-1967'', @ mlb.com; accessed 11 October 2008
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Umpires

Scoring summary

The NL scored first when Dick Allen, the lead off batter in the top of the second inning, hit a

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off of AL pitcher Dean Chance.''1967 All-Star Game Play-by-Play'', @baseball-almanac.com; accessed 11 October 2008
/ref> The AL tied the score in the bottom of the sixth inning. With one out, Brooks Robinson hit a home run off of NL

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Ferguson Jenkins. The score remained unchanged through the ninth inning, forcing the game into

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. In the top of the 15th inning, Tony Pérez hit a one-out home run off of AL pitcher Catfish Hunter, then in his fifth inning of relief, to give the NL a lead it would not relinquish.

Game notes and records

Rod Carew became the first (and as of 2008, only) rookie second baseman to start an All-Star Game. The two teams' pitching staffs combined for 30 strikeouts. Until

, this would be the All-Star Game record for most combined strikeouts in a single game. Each of the 12 pitchers used by both leagues had at least one strikeout with Ferguson Jenkins leading the way with six strikeouts in three innings of work. One year after becoming the first

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in Major League history, Emmett Ashford became the first African-American umpire to work an All-Star Game.Echan, Michael, ''MiLB augments Ashford's achievement'', 16 February 2006, @ mlb.com; accessed 11 October 2008
/ref> The pregame ceremonies featured

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singing the

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. The ceremonial first pitches was thrown by Red Ruffing and

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, who were inducted that year into the

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Notes

External links

1967 All-Star Game summary @ baseball-almanac.com

1967 All-Star Game summary @ baseball-reference.com

1967 All-Star Game box score

1967 All-Star Game play-by-play
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