MONDAY — 05-Jan-2026
Q. Which
All-Star Game did the National League win on a home run by Stan Musial in the
bottom of the 12th inning?
Hint: #1 A future
NBA player struck out the side in the 12th and got the win.
Hint: #2 Arch Ward,
impresario and originator of the All-Star Game concept, had died and was buried
on the day of the game.
-
Ans. Held at Milwaukee County
Stadium
- #1 Gene Conley got the win after pitching just
one inning..
- #2 Ward invented the concept of
the “all star” game the way we understand it today.
FCR - Dennis
Walls
Incorrect guesses: 1938, Gene Conley, Stan Musial, 1950, 1957,
1963, 1958, 1952
TUESDAY — 06-Jan-2025
Q. Which
All-Star Game was the first played in California?
Hint: #1
A twenty-year-old rookie Oklahoman from the Orioles was the starting
pitcher for the American League, making the only All-Star appearance of
his eight-season career.
Hint: #2
In his three innings of work, he only walked one batter, Stan Musial.
- An. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
-
#1 BAL’s Jerry Walker was the starting and winning pitcher.
-
#2 Box score. Musial at bat.
FCR - Mark
Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: 1960, 1958
WEDNESDAY — 07-Jan-2026
Q. In
which All-Star Game was the starting National League infield made up entirely
of St Louis Cardinals?
Hint: #1
It was the first year in five where only one All-Star Game was played.
Hint: #2
Tom Haller’s brother made his first All-Star appearance.
-
Ans. The starting NL infield was Bill
White @ 1st; Julian Javier @ 2nd; Ken Boyer at 3rd
& Dick Groat @ SS.
-
#1 In 1959, 1960, 1961 & 1962
MLB held 2 ASGs each year. Asking why
leads to an interesting discussion.
-
#2 Bill Haller, the left field umpire that day, was in this 2nd
season as an AL ump. He umpired through
1982, including 3 more Al-Star games.
His brother Tom Haller, was the 1st string catcher for SFG in 1963,
but not yet an All-Star. On 14-Jul-1972 in Detroit, Bill was the home plate umpire and Tom was the visiting team’s catcher, an MLB first. No favoritism was observed as Tom’s team lost
1-0.
FCR - Andy
Knobel, Columbia, Maryland
Incorrect guesses: 1933, 1964, 1957, Bill White, Julian Navier, Dick
Groat, Ken Boyer, 1961, Bob Turley, 1973, 1959a, 1959
MIDWEEK BONUS — 08-Jan-2026
Q. For
which All-Star Game was Hank Aaron the first player unanimously chosen?
Hint: #1
Whitey Ford had a blown save.
Hint: #2
It was played at a stadium celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.
-
Ans. Aaron was hitting .370 at
game time. Listen to the game here.
-
#1 It was Willie Mays who sent
Ford to the showers, with a triple. Ford
had just entered the game. Mays was the
4th & final batter he faced.
-
#2 Forbes Field, the Pirates’ home
field, opened in 1909. It was also the
bicentennial of the City of Pittsburgh & the centennial of the discovery of
petroleum nearby.
FCR - Terry
Walters, Wabasha, Minnesota
Incorrect guesses: Yankee Stadium, 1962, 1956, 1962b, 1959, 1963
THURSDAY — 08-Jan-2026
Q. When
did an American League player first win an All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
Award?
Hint: #1
It would be twenty-one more years before the American League again
scored as many runs in an All‑Star game.
Hint: #2 It was the final second All-Star game
in the same year.
-
Ans. At Wrigley Field in Chicago Leon Wagner of the Los Angeles Angels received
the Arch Ward Trophy.
-
#1 Thanks to home runs by Wagner,
Pete Runnels & Rocky Colavito, the AL won its first All-Star game after
five consecutive NL wins, 9-4. The AL
scored 9+ again in 1983, when, thanks much to Fred Lynn’s grand slam, they won 13-3
in Chicago.
-
#2 After 4 years of 2 games per
year—1959, 1960,1961 &1962—all midsummer classics since would, and will
continue to, stand alone each season.
FCR - Brett
Moore, Studio City, California
Incorrect guesses: 1961, 1969, Leon Wagner
FRIDAY — 09-Jan-2026
Q. Which
All-Star Game was impacted by (also the cause of) the “Cincinnati Scandal”?
Hint: #1
MLB Commissioner Ford Frick named three All-Star regulars to replace
George Crowe, Wally Post and Gus Bell respectively.
Hint: #2
Minnie Minoso saved the game with a running catch in the outfield.
- Ans. With
fans voting on who should be the All-Stars in 1957 and without a limit on
the numbers of times a person could vote, the fans of Cincinnati poured votes
for their Reds (ahem!... Redlegs) into the ballot boxes.
Full story here.
-
#1 Stan Musial was in either way.
-
#2 Minoso had the respect of his
peers at bat and in the field. Justice
was finally served when he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2022, 7 years after his death.
FCR - Terry
Gans, San Carlos, California
Incorrect guesses: 1956, 1954, 1962, 1958
WEEK-ENDING BONUS — 09-Jan-2026
Q. In
which game did the Splendid Splinter make his final All-Star at-bat?
Hint: #1
Williams pinch-hit for Minnie Minoso, stroked a single and was replaced
by speedster Brooks Robinson.
Hint: #2
Stan Musial hit his record sixth All-Star home run in the game.
-
Ans. It was the final of his 19
(not a typo) All-Star games.
-
#1 Robinson was not just the
ultimate glove man, he had some serious speed 😏.
-
#2 6 career ASG HR = Still the
record. Highest career total for an
active player is Mike Trout’s 2.
FCR - Brett
Moore, Studio City, California
Incorrect guesses: 1961, 1959
FRIDAY
NIGHT SPECIAL — 09-Jan-2026
Q. Which All-Star Game was the first played
without an extra-base hit on either side?
Hint:
#1 Billy O’Dell, pitching in his home
team’s stadium, threw three perfect innings.
Hint:
#2 It was the final game before mitosis.
- Ans. The
AL’s lead-off second baseman, Nellie Fox was the only batter with more than one
hit.
- #1 O’Dell
retired 9 consecutive NL All-Star batters, including 5 future Hall of Famers.
-
#2 Following 1958, the All-Star
Game split into two equal but distinct encounters. A satisfying return
to the original format was restored in 1963.
FCR
- Steve Krevisky, Middletown,
Connecticut
Incorrect
guesses: 1960, 1860, 1956, 1957
SATURDAY
— 10-Jan-2026
Q. In which All-Star Game did a alleged gust of
wind become a lasting part of All-Star lore?
Hint:
#1 Whitey Ford struck out Willie Mays in
the first inning.
Hint:
#2 Roberto Clemente delivers the winning
hit in extra innings.
- Ans. Read
here
about Stu Miller’s battle with Candlestick Park’s infamous weather.
- #1 It
was the only time Ford ever stuck Mays out in 16 career AB.
- #2 Mays
& Frank Robinson scored on Clemente’s hut in he 10th inning.
FCR - Terry Gans, San Carlos, California
Incorrect
guesses: 1962, 1961b, 1961, 1962b, 2001,
2002
SATURDAY
NIGHT BONUS — 10-Jan-2026
Q. Which was the first All-Star Game to end in a
tie?
Hint:
#1 After a first inning home run, no
other American League runner reached second base until the ninth inning.
Hint:
#2 Only one American League pitcher gave
up any hits in the game.
- Ans. The
game was ended after 9 innings due to rain.
- #1 AL
scoring was the HR by the Tiger’s Rocky Colavito in the 1st inning. The next AL player to reach base was Colavito’s
teammate Al Kaline who singled, but was left stranded in the 9th.
- #2 Jim
Bunning, the AL starting pitcher, opened with three perfect innings. Twins’ Camilo Pascual pitched the final 3
innings hitless. Only Don Schwall, from
the hometown Red Sox, surrendered any scoring, namely the single NL run in the 6th
when Bill White knocked in Eddie Mathews.
FCR - Richard Tourangeau, Boston
Incorrect
guesses:
SUNDAY — 11-Jan-2026
Q. In which All-Star Game did Mays, Mantle, Musial
and Williams all homer?
Hint:
#1 It was the first year where 60% of
radio and television All-Star Game revenues went to the players’ pension fund.
Hint:
#2 Of the American League, six starters and
two reserves are now in the Hall of Fame.
The team from the Senior Circuit had Stan Musial and Frank Robinson
staring, but they and eight reserves are now in the Hall. Both All-Star managers are also now Hall of
Famers.
A. 1956 [SABR
Article]
- Ans. Mays,
pinch-hitting for Gus Bell, hit a 2-run HR off Whitey Ford in the 4th.
Williams hi a 2-run HR in the 6th
off Warren Spahn. Mantle, the next batter
up, hit a solo HR, also off Spahn.
Musial hit a solo HR off Boston’s Tom Brewer in the 7th.
- #1 BPP
Plan in better detail here.
- #2 Full
ASG rosters here.
FCR - John Michael Pierobon, Fort Lauderdale
Incorrect
guesses: 1959, 1962, 1958
WEEK’S
FINALE — 11-Jan-2026
Q. Which was the first All-Star Game played
entirely on the west side of the state of Missouri?
Hint:
#1 Willie Mays hits for the cycle (sort
of).
Hint:
#2 Mays's performance was so well-executed
that he asked NL Manager Walt Alston to bring in another player to allow someone
else some action.
A. 1960a [SABR Article]
- Ans. The
game’s venue was Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, MO.
- #1 The
2 All-Star games in 1960 were held only 48 hours apart. In this, the 1st game, Mays had a
double and triple, both off Bill Monbouquette.
In the ASG in Yankee Stadium 2 days later (see “Week Ending Bonus” above.),
Mays singled and homered off Whitey Ford to complete a “stretch” cycle. Ted Williams said, “They invented the
All-Star Game for Willie Mays.”
- #2 Alston
complied & brought in CIN’s Vada Pinson in the bottom of the 6th.
FCR - ¯Jim Casey, Savannah
Incorrect
guesses: 1967, 1959, 1969
WEEKLY
THEME – Stan Musial, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron each played in a
record 24 All-Star Games. These are the
twelve they played in together. Aaron was a reserve on 1962a, but didn’t get in.
....................... 1962b
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Warren Ken, Whitehall, Michigan (after
Tuesday)
Incorrect
theme guesses:
Mon - 1st
World Series win by a franchise
Tues - All-Star
games worked by umpire Bill Summers
Wed - Years
when the Dodgers won the World Series
-
All-Star
Games played in stadia that no longer exist
Fri - The
ASGs in which Stan Musial homered
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