1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 1
American League 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 12 0
Date July 11, 1989
Venue Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Managers
MVP Bo Jackson (KC)
Attendance 64,036
First pitch Jimmie Reese
Television NBC
TV announcers Vin Scully, Tom Seaver and Ronald Reagan (first inning only)
Radio CBS
Radio announcers Brent Musburger, Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench

The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th 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 11, 1989 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game is noted for being the first in All-Star Game history to include the designated hitter. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5-3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field. Jackson was named the game's MVP. The game also featured former U.S. President and former baseball announcer Ronald Reagan sharing the NBC broadcast booth with Vin Scully for the first inning.

The pregame ceremonies featured Disney characters joining this year's players in sprinting onto the field for the introduction of the starting lineups. Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies, who had retired on May 29, was still elected by the fans as the starting third baseman for the NL All-Star team. Schmidt decided not to play, but he did participate in the game's opening ceremony in uniform. Doc Severinsen later led The Tonight Show Band in the playing of the Canadian and U.S. national anthems. Severinsen and The Tonight Show Band's performance of the U.S. National Anthem was the last non-vocal performance of the Anthem at the All-Star Game to date. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by longtime Angels coach Jimmie Reese.

This was the second All-Star Game to be played in Anaheim, which last hosted the Midsummer Classic in 1967. It would return to the by-now renovated and renamed Angel Stadium of Anaheim in 2010.

Rosters

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

National League

Starters
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
PRick ReuschelGiants3
CBenito SantiagoPadres3
1BWill ClarkGiants7
2BRyne SandbergCubs6
3BHoward JohnsonMets1
SSOzzie SmithCardinals9
OFEric DavisReds2
OFTony GwynnPadres5
OFKevin MitchellGiants1
DHPedro GuerreroCardinals5
Pitchers
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
PTim BurkeExpos1
PMark DavisPadres2
PJohn FrancoReds3
POrel HershiserDodgers3
PJay HowellDodgers3
PMike Scott[1]Astros3
PJohn SmoltzBraves1
PRick SutcliffeCubs3
PMitch WilliamsCubs1
Reserves
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
CTony PeñaCardinals5
CMike SciosciaDodgers1
1BGlenn DavisAstros2
2BWillie RandolphDodgers6
3BBobby BonillaPirates2
3BMike Schmidt[1]Phillies12
3BTim WallachExpos4
SSBarry LarkinReds2
OFVince ColemanCardinals2
OFAndre DawsonCubs7
OFVon HayesPhillies1
OFDarryl Strawberry[1]Mets6

American League

Starters
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
PDave StewartAthletics1
CTerry SteinbachAthletics2
1BMark McGwireAthletics3
2BJulio FrancoRangers1
3BWade BoggsRed Sox5
SSCal Ripken, Jr.Orioles7
OFBo JacksonRoyals1
OFKirby PuckettTwins4
OFRubén SierraRangers1
DHHarold BainesWhite Sox4
Pitchers
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
PChuck FinleyAngels1
PMark GubiczaRoyals2
PMike HennemanTigers1
PDoug JonesIndians2
PMike MooreAthletics1
PDan PlesacBrewers3
PJeff RussellRangers2
PNolan RyanRangers8
PGreg SwindellIndians1
Reserves
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
CMickey TettletonOrioles1
1BDon MattinglyYankees6
2BSteve SaxYankees4
3BGary GaettiTwins2
3BKelly GruberBlue Jays1
SSTony FernándezBlue Jays3
OFJosé Canseco[1]Athletics3
OFMike GreenwellRed Sox2
OFDevon WhiteAngels1
DHJeffrey LeonardMariners2

Game

Coaching staff

Description NL AL
Managers Tommy Lasorda Tony La Russa
Coaches Jack McKeon Joe Morgan
Coaches Buck Rodgers Doug Rader
Honorary Captains Don Drysdale Carl Yastrzemski

Umpires

Home Plate Jim Evans (AL)
First Base Bob Engel (NL)
Second Base Terry Cooney (AL)
Third Base Jerry Crawford (NL)
Left Field John Hirschbeck(AL)
Right Field Gerry Davis (NL)

Starting lineups

National LeagueAmerican League
OrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition
1Ozzie SmithCardinalsSS1Bo JacksonRoyalsLF
2Tony GwynnPadresRF2Wade BoggsRed Sox3B
3Will ClarkGiants1B3Kirby PuckettTwinsCF
4Kevin MitchellGiantsLF4Harold BainesWhite SoxDH
5Eric DavisRedsCF5Julio FrancoRangers2B
6Howard JohnsonMets3B6Cal Ripken, Jr.OriolesSS
7Pedro GuerreroCardinalsDH7Rubén SierraRangersRF
8Ryne SandbergCubs2B8Mark McGwireAthletics1B
9Benito SantiagoPadresC9Terry SteinbachAthleticsC
Rick ReuschelGiantsP Dave StewartAthleticsP

Game summary

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 1
American League 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 12 0
WP: Nolan Ryan (1-0)   LP: John Smoltz (0-1)   Sv: Doug Jones (1)
Home runs:
NL: None
AL: Wade Boggs (1), Bo Jackson (1)

The NL got off to a fast start off Dave Stewart in the first on RBI singles by Kevin Mitchell and Howard Johnson. The AL would counter in spectacular fashion in their half when game MVP Bo Jackson took the second pitch by Rick Reuschel, a low sinker, and golfed it out in deep center. Wade Boggs followed with a solo homer of his own to tie it.

The AL took the lead the very next inning when Jackson beat out a double play grounder, scoring Rubén Sierra. Jackson then stole second, making him the only player (to date) to have a home run and a stolen base in the same All-Star game. The AL expanded their lead to 5-2 in the third on RBI singles by Harold Baines and Sierra. The NL would get no closer than a run in the eighth when Von Hayes singled home Glenn Davis.

Footnotes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 Player declined or was unable to play.

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