# 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 62nd 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 9, 1991, at SkyDome in Toronto, the home of the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League. It was only the second time that the game was played outside the United States, as the National League's Montreal Expos hosted the 1982 Midsummer Classic at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec. This was also the only All-Star Game to be awarded by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, who awarded the game to the Blue Jays on Canada Day 1989.
The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 4-2. Both the winning and losing pitchers represented the Canadian teams; the Blue Jays' Jimmy Key earned the win while the Expos' Dennis Martínez was given the loss.
As of 2024, this is the most recent All-Star Game to be hosted by the Blue Jays in Toronto or held outside the United States.

## Rosters

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
American League
Starters
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
PJack MorrisTwins5
CSandy Alomar Jr.Indians2
1BCecil FielderTigers2
2BRoberto AlomarBlue Jays2
3BWade BoggsRed Sox7
SSCal Ripken Jr.Orioles9
OFKen Griffey Jr.Mariners2
OFDave HendersonAthletics1
OFRickey HendersonAthletics10
DHDanny TartabullRoyals1
Pitchers
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
PRick AguileraTwins1
PRoger ClemensRed Sox4
PDennis EckersleyAthletics5
PScott EricksonTwins1
PBryan HarveyAngels1
PJimmy KeyBlue Jays2
PMark LangstonAngels2
PJack McDowellWhite Sox1
PJeff ReardonRed Sox4
PScott SandersonYankees1
Reserves
PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
CCarlton FiskWhite Sox11
1BMark McGwireAthletics5
1BRafael PalmeiroRangers2
2BJulio FrancoRangers3
SSOzzie GuillénWhite Sox3
OFJoe CarterBlue Jays1
OFKirby PuckettTwins6
OFRubén SierraRangers2
DHHarold BainesAthletics5
DHPaul MolitorBrewers4 :

### National League

Starters :
| Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
| P | Tom Glavine | Braves | 1 |
| C | Benito Santiago | Padres | 3 |
| 1B | Will Clark | Giants | 4 |
| 2B | Ryne Sandberg | Cubs | 8 |
| 3B | Chris Sabo | Reds | 3 |
| SS | Ozzie Smith | Cardinals | 11 |
| OF | Iván Calderón | Expos | 1 |
| OF | Tony Gwynn | Padres | 7 |
| OF | Andre Dawson | Cubs | 8 |
| DH | Bobby Bonilla | Pirates | 4 |
Pitchers :
| Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
| P | Tom Browning | Reds | 1 |
| P | Rob Dibble | Reds | 2 |
| P | Pete Harnisch | Astros | 1 |
| P | Dennis Martínez | Expos | 1 |
| P | Mike Morgan | Dodgers | 1 |
| P | John Smiley | Pirates | 1 |
| P | Lee Smith | Cardinals | 3 |
| P | Frank Viola | Mets | 3 |
Reserves :
| Position | Player | Team | All-Star Games |
| C | Craig Biggio | Astros | 1 |
| 1B | Eddie Murray | Dodgers | 8 |
| 1B | John Kruk | Phillies | 1 |
| 2B | Juan Samuel | Dodgers | 3 |
| 3B | Howard Johnson | Mets | 2 |
| SS | Barry Larkin | Reds | 4 |
| OF | Brett Butler | Dodgers | 1 |
| OF | Félix José | Cardinals | 1 |
| OF | Paul O'Neill | Reds | 1 |
| OF | Darryl Strawberry | Dodgers | 8 |
| OF | George Bell | Cubs | 3 |

## Game
### Umpires

| Home Plate | Joe Brinkman (AL) |
| First Base | John McSherry (NL) |
| Second Base | Ken Kaiser (AL) |
| Third Base | Jim Quick (NL) |
| Left Field | Larry Young (AL) |
| Right Field | Greg Bonin (NL) |

### 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 | Tony Gwynn | Padres | CF | 1 | Rickey Henderson | Athletics | LF |
| 2 | Ryne Sandberg | Cubs | 2B | 2 | Wade Boggs | Red Sox | 3B |
| 3 | Will Clark | Giants | 1B | 3 | Cal Ripken Jr. | Orioles | SS |
| 4 | Bobby Bonilla | Pirates | DH | 4 | Cecil Fielder | Tigers | 1B |
| 5 | Andre Dawson | Cubs | RF | 5 | Danny Tartabull | Royals | DH |
| 6 | Iván Calderón | Expos | LF | 6 | Dave Henderson | Athletics | RF |
| 7 | Chris Sabo | Reds | 3B | 7 | Ken Griffey Jr. | Mariners | CF |
| 8 | Benito Santiago | Padres | C | 8 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Indians | C |
| 9 | Ozzie Smith | Cardinals | SS | 9 | Roberto Alomar | Blue Jays | 2B |
| | Tom Glavine | Braves | P | | Jack Morris | Twins | P |

### Game summary

Tuesday, July 9, 1991 8:35 pm (ET) at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| American League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Jimmy Key (1-0) LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley (1) Home runs: NL: Andre Dawson (1) AL: Cal Ripken Jr. (1) |||||||||||||

## Footnotes and references

* ↑ Player declined or was unable to play.