1968 MLB All-Star Game

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Major League Baseball All-Star Game baseball game

The 1968 MLB All-Star Game was the midseason exhibition between the American and National Leagues, notable for its low-scoring, pitching-dominated play during baseball’s so-called “Year of the Pitcher.”

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1968 MLB All-Star Game canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball All-Star Game ⓘ
baseball game ⓘ
allStarGameNumber 39 ⓘ
attendance 48000 ⓘ
approximately 48000 ⓘ
ballpark Houston Astrodome ⓘ
surface form: Astrodome
broadcasterType television ⓘ
broadcastNetworkUS NBC ⓘ
city Houston ⓘ
context played during MLB’s so-called Year of the Pitcher ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1968-07-09 ⓘ
eraNickname Year of the Pitcher ⓘ
finalScoreAmericanLeague 0 ⓘ
finalScoreNationalLeague 1 ⓘ
followedBy 1969 MLB All-Star Game ⓘ
gameType midseason exhibition ⓘ
goAheadRBIBy Willie Mays ⓘ
hitsAmericanLeague 3 ⓘ
hitsNationalLeague 5 ⓘ
hostLeague National League ⓘ
hostTeam Houston Astros ⓘ
league1 American League ⓘ
league2 National League ⓘ
leagueFormat American League vs National League ⓘ
leagueOfHomePlateUmpire National League ⓘ
loser American League ⓘ
managerAmericanLeague Dick Williams ⓘ
managerAmericanLeagueTeam Boston Red Sox ⓘ
managerNationalLeague Red Schoendienst ⓘ
managerNationalLeagueTeam St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Willie Mays ⓘ
MVPLeague National League ⓘ
MVPTeam San Francisco Giants ⓘ
notableFeature lowest-scoring All-Star Game in MLB history at the time ⓘ
pitching-dominated game ⓘ
precededBy 1967 MLB All-Star Game ⓘ
radioNetworkUS NBC Radio ⓘ
runsBattedInLeader Willie Mays ⓘ
runsTotal 1 ⓘ
season 1968 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
stadiumType indoor stadium ⓘ
startingPitcherAmericanLeague Luis Tiant ⓘ
startingPitcherNationalLeague Don Drysdale ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
surface AstroTurf ⓘ
umpireHomePlate Augie Donatelli ⓘ
winner National League ⓘ
year 1968 ⓘ

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Houston Astrodome → hostedEvent → 1968 MLB All-Star Game ⓘ
Harris County Domed Stadium → hostedEvent → 1968 MLB All-Star Game ⓘ