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.095 -- Batting average of opponents against Randy Johnson in the All-Star Game, the lowest of any pitcher with at least seven innnings of work. |
Hitters are only 2-for-21 against Randy Johnson in the All-Star Game. Allsport
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1 -- Ties in All-Star Game history. The 1961 game, which was the last held in Boston's Fenway Park, was called after nine innings because of rain.
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3 -- Wins by Lefty Gomez, the most by any pitcher. Gomez also drove in the first run with a single in 1933. |
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4 -- Players with a last name starting with Z who have played -- Al Zarilla, Gus Zernial, Don Zimmer and Richie Zisk. Jeff Zimmerman could become the fifth Tuesday. Richie Zak (1944) and Pat Zachary (1978) were selected but did not play. |
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5 -- Times the National League has shut out the American League, the last in 1996. There have been seven shutouts in the game's history.
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6 -- At-bats Babe Ruth had in his two All-Star appearances. Ruth hit the first home run in the game's history in 1933 off Wild Bill Hallahan -- one of his two All-Star hits. He retired after the 1934 season. |
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7 -- At-bats Puddin' Head Jones had in the 1950 game. Jones, a third baseman with the Phillies, played the entire 14-inning game and had one single. It was his only All-Star hit.
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9 -- Players who have at least three career home runs in the game -- Stan Musial (six), Fred Lynn and Ted Williams (four), Gary Carter, Johnny Bench, Rocky Colavito, Harmon Killebrew, Willie Mays and Ralph Kiner (three).
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11 -- Strikeouts by Carl Hubbell in his All-Star career, including his amazing 1934 stretch when he whiffed Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in succession. |
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15 -- Innings played in the longest game in history. In 1967, Tony Perez hit a game-winning homer in the 15th to give the NL a 2-1 win.
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18 -- Combined appearances by this year's Hall of Fame class -- George Brett (10), Nolan Ryan (5) and Robin Yount (3). |
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21 -- Most combined runs, set last year at -- not surprisingly -- Colorado's Coors Field.
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36 -- Players who have had a save in the game. Dennis Eckersley is the career leader with three. |
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40 -- Victories by the NL. The AL has 28. |
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69 -- Batters Don Drysdale faced, the most of any pitcher. Drysdale allowed only 10 hits in his 19 1/3 innings of All-Star work.
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75 -- All-Star at-bats by Willie Mays, the most in history. Mays had 23 hits for an average of .307. |
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218 -- Minutes it took to play last year's 13-8 slugfest at Coors Field, the longest nine-inning in the game's history.
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577 -- Runs that have been scored in All-Star Game history. The NL has outscored the AL 298-279. |
