2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Date | July 12, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox) Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 76th playing of the midseason exhibition
Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the
Notes
- a Player declined or was unable to play.
- b Player replaced vacant spot on roster.
- FV Player was voted onto roster via the All-Star Final Vote.
Managers
American League: Terry Francona
Game
Umpires
Home Plate | Joe West |
First Base | Tim Welke |
Second Base | Eric Cooper |
Third Base | Mike DiMuro |
Left Field | C. B. Bucknor |
Right Field | Andy Fletcher |
Starting lineups
National League | American League | ||||||
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Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
1 | Bobby Abreu | Phillies | RF | 1 | Johnny Damon | Red Sox | CF |
2 | Carlos Beltrán | Mets | LF | 2 | Alex Rodriguez | Yankees | 3B |
3 | Albert Pujols | Cardinals | DH | 3 | David Ortiz | Red Sox | DH |
4 | Derrek Lee | Cubs | 1B | 4 | Manny Ramírez |
Red Sox | LF |
5 | Jim Edmonds | Cardinals | CF | 5 | Miguel Tejada | Orioles | SS |
6 | Aramis Ramírez | Cubs | 3B | 6 | Vladimir Guerrero | Angels |
RF |
7 | Mike Piazza | Mets | C | 7 | Mark Teixeira | Rangers | 1B |
8 | Jeff Kent | Dodgers | 2B | 8 | Jason Varitek | Red Sox | C |
9 | David Eckstein | Cardinals | SS | 9 | Brian Roberts | Orioles | 2B |
Chris Carpenter | Cardinals | P | Mark Buehrle | White Sox | P |
Game summary
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
American League | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Mark Buehrle (1–0) LP: John Smoltz (0–1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: NL: Andruw Jones (1) AL: Miguel Tejada (1), Mark Teixeira (1) |
A superchoir consisting of three choirs from
In the first inning, starters
The NL wasted a scoring opportunity in the top of the fourth, when with two runners on, Aramis Ramírez grounded into a double play to end that threat. In the bottom of that inning, Ichiro Suzuki hit a broken-bat, bloop single to score two, but was then picked off first base by Liván Hernández. Then, in the bottom of the sixth, Mark Teixeira, a switch-hitter, hit an opposite field, two-run homer off Dontrelle Willis, his first home run off a left-hander that season, opening the AL's lead to 7–0.
During the seventh-inning stretch, Brian McKnight sang God Bless America.
The NL finally got on the board in the next inning, when Andruw Jones launched a two-run shot just inside the foul pole off Kenny Rogers to close the NL to within five. They scored another run in the eighth, when Moisés Alou scored on an RBI forceout by Miguel Cabrera.
In the top of the ninth,
Hall-of-Famer and former Tigers outfielder Al Kaline joined the ceremonial first pitch ceremonies.
Prior to the game,
Home Run Derby
In this event, the eight competitors each came from a different nation. This format dovetailed with the announcement of the launch of the World Baseball Classic the week before, as of the following year.
Comerica Park, Detroit—N.L. 66, A.L. 42 | |||||
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Player | Team | Round 1 | Semis | Finals | Totals |
Bobby Abreu | Philadelphia | 24 | 6 | 11 | 41 |
Iván Rodríguez | Detroit | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
Carlos Lee | Milwaukee | 11 | 4 | – | 15 |
David Ortiz | Boston | 17 | 3 | – | 20 |
Hee-Seop Choi |
Los Angeles | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Andruw Jones | Atlanta | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Mark Teixeira | Texas | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Jason Bay | Pittsburgh | 0 | – | – | 0 |
Footnotes and references
- ^ 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed February 3, 2024.
- ^ Lukas, Paul. "Uni Watch's Friday Flashback: The midsummer uni classic", ESPN, May 13, 2016. Accessed February 3, 2024 "2005: MLB and its official batting helmet supplier, Rawlings, decide to use the All-Star Game to showcase a new helmet model, called the Coolflo. With its side vents and reptilian-looking crown, the new lid is a major departure from previous baseball helmets."