# 1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 36th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 13, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins of the American League. The game resulted in a 6–5 victory for the NL.

## Game summary

Traditionally, the managers of the winning pennant baseball teams of the previous year would have managed their respective leagues. However, with the firing of 1964 Yankees manager Yogi Berra, and the resignation of '64 Cardinals manager Johnny Keane (who then managed the Yankees), the second place managers (Al López of the White Sox and Gene Mauch of the Phillies) would manage their respective teams. In the National League, there had been a tie for second place, but Reds manager Fred Hutchinson had died in November 1964, making it unnecessary to break the tie.
After only five batters, the National League owned a 3–0 lead. Willie Mays hit a leadoff home run to left field off Milt Pappas, followed by a Willie Stargell single and a two-run Joe Torre homer.
Stargell's two-run homer in the second inning off Mudcat Grant made it 5–0. The NL was coasting until a four-run fifth inning against Jim Maloney, which included a pair of two-run homers by Dick McAuliffe and Harmon Killebrew, tying the game at 5-all.
The winning run scored in the seventh versus Sam McDowell on a walk to Mays, single by Hank Aaron, ground out by Roberto Clemente and infield hit by Ron Santo. Saving the game for the NL with two innings of relief was Bob Gibson, who, with Tony Oliva in scoring position after a ninth-inning double, struck out Killebrew and Joe Pepitone to end the game.
Attendance was announced as 46,706.
NL Starter Juan Marichal was named the game's MVP.

## National League roster

The National League roster included 14 future Hall of Famers.

### Pitchers

| Throws | Pitcher | Team | Notes |
| P | Don Drysdale | Dodgers | |
| P | Sammy Ellis | Reds | |
| P | Turk Farrell | Astros | |
| P | Bob Gibson | Cardinals | |
| P | Sandy Koufax | Dodgers | |
| P | Jim Maloney | Reds | |
| P | Juan Marichal | Giants | starter, MVP |
| P | Bob Veale | Pirates | |

### Position players

| Position | Player | Team | Notes |
| C | Johnny Edwards | Reds | |
| C | Joe Torre | Braves | starter |
| 1B | Ernie Banks | Cubs | starter |
| 1B | Ed Kranepool | Mets | |
| 2B | Cookie Rojas | Phillies | |
| 2B | Pete Rose | Reds | starter |
| 3B | Richie Allen | Phillies | starter |
| 3B | Ron Santo | Cubs | |
| SS | Leo Cárdenas | Reds | |
| SS | Maury Wills | Dodgers | starter |
| OF | Hank Aaron | Braves | starter |
| OF | Johnny Callison | Phillies | |
| OF | Roberto Clemente | Pirates | |
| OF | Willie Mays | Giants | starter |
| OF | Frank Robinson | Reds | |
| OF | Willie Stargell | Pirates | starter |
| OF | Billy Williams | Cubs | |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Manager | Team |
| Manager | Gene Mauch | Phillies |
| Coach | Bobby Bragan | Braves |
| Coach | Dick Sisler | Reds |

## American League roster

The American League roster included 7 future Hall of Famers.

### Pitchers

| Throws | Pitcher | Team | Notes |
| P | Eddie Fisher | White Sox | |
| P | Mudcat Grant | Twins | |
| P | Bob Lee | Angels | |
| P | Sam McDowell | Indians | |
| P | John O'Donoghue | Athletics | |
| P | Milt Pappas | Orioles | starter |
| P | Pete Richert | Senators | |
| P | Mel Stottlemyre | Yankees | |

### Position players

| Position | Player | Team | Notes |
| C | Earl Battey | Twins | starter |
| C | Bill Freehan | Tigers | |
| C | Elston Howard | Yankees | |
| 1B | Harmon Killebrew | Twins | starter |
| 1B | Joe Pepitone | Yankees | Replaced Skowron |
| 1B | Moose Skowron | White Sox | injured |
| 2B | Félix Mantilla | Red Sox | starter |
| 2B | Bobby Richardson | Yankees | |
| 3B | Max Alvis | Indians | |
| 3B | Brooks Robinson | Orioles | starter |
| SS | Dick McAuliffe | Tigers | starter |
| SS | Zoilo Versalles | Twins | |
| OF | Rocky Colavito | Indians | starter |
| OF | Vic Davalillo | Indians | starter |
| OF | Jimmie Hall | Twins | |
| OF | Willie Horton | Tigers | starter |
| OF | Al Kaline | Tigers | |
| OF | Mickey Mantle | Yankees | injured |
| OF | Tony Oliva | Twins | Replaced Mantle |
| OF | Carl Yastrzemski | Red Sox | |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Manager | Team |
| Manager | Al López | White Sox |
| Coach | Don Gutteridge | White Sox |
| Coach | Sam Mele | Twins |

## Game
### Starting lineups

| National League | National League | National League | National League | American League | American League | American League | American League |
| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Willie Mays | Giants | CF | 1 | Dick McAuliffe | Tigers | SS |
| 2 | Hank Aaron | Braves | RF | 2 | Brooks Robinson | Orioles | 3B |
| 3 | Willie Stargell | Pirates | LF | 3 | Harmon Killebrew | Twins | 1B |
| 4 | Richie Allen | Phillies | 3B | 4 | Rocky Colavito | Indians | RF |
| 5 | Joe Torre | Braves | C | 5 | Willie Horton | Tigers | LF |
| 6 | Ernie Banks | Cubs | 1B | 6 | Felix Mantilla | Red Sox | 2B |
| 7 | Pete Rose | Reds | 2B | 7 | Vic Davalillo | Indians | CF |
| 8 | Maury Wills | Dodgers | SS | 8 | Earl Battey | Twins | C |
| 9 | Juan Marichal | Giants | P | 9 | Milt Pappas | Orioles | P |

### Umpires

| Position | Umpire |
| Home Plate | John Stevens (AL) |
| First Base | Lee Weyer (NL) |
| Second Base | Lou DiMuro (AL) |
| Third Base | Billy Williams (NL) |
| Left Field | Bill Valentine (AL) |
| Right Field | John Kibler (NL) |

### Line score

Tuesday, July 13, 1965 1:00 pm (CT) at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| National League | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Sandy Koufax (1-0) LP: Sam McDowell (0-1) Sv: Bob Gibson (1) Home runs: NL: Willie Mays (1), Joe Torre (1), Willie Stargell (1) AL: Dick McAuliffe (1), Harmon Killebrew (1) |||||||||||||