1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

{{Short description|1969 American baseball competition}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox MLB All-Star Game

| image = 1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game logo.gif

| year = 1969

| visitor = National League

| top1 = 1

| top2 = 2

| top3 = 5

| top4 = 1

| top5 = 0

| top6 = 0

| top7 = 0

| top8 = 0

| top9 = 0

| visitor_r = 9

| visitor_h = 11

| visitor_e = 0

| home = American League

| bot1 = 0

| bot2 = 1

| bot3 = 1

| bot4 = 1

| bot5 = 0

| bot6 = 0

| bot7 = 0

| bot8 = 0

| bot9 = 0

| home_r = 3

| home_h = 6

| home_e = 2

| date = July 23, 1969{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1969as.shtml|title=1969 All-Star Game |website=Baseball Almanac}}

| venue = Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

| city = Washington, D.C.

| VisitorManager = Red Schoendienst

| VisitorManagerTeam = STL

| HomeManager = Mayo Smith

| HomeManagerTeam = DET

| MVP = Willie McCovey

| MVPTeam = SF

| television = NBC

| tv_announcers = Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek,
and Mickey Mantle{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103141/|title=1969 MLB All-Star Game|date=July 23, 1969|via=www.imdb.com}}

| radio = NBC

| radio_announcers = Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax

| attendance = 45,259

| firstpitch = Vice President Spiro Agnew

|}}

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The 1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 40th 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 in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 23, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., and resulted in a 9–3 victory for the National League.{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/07/24/page/113 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Langford |first=George |title=National League wins 7th in a row, 9–3 |date=July 24, 1969 |page=1, section 3}} Steve Carlton was the winning pitcher while Mel Stottlemyre was the losing pitcher.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2QwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7QEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6267%2C1038767 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |last=Loomis |first=Tom |title=Victory only mirage for AL stars |date=July 24, 1969 |page=40 }}

The game was originally scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, July 22, but heavy rains forced its postponement to the following afternoon.{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/07/23/page/65/article/all-star-game-rined-out|newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Langford |first=George |title=All-Star Game rained out |date=July 23, 1969 |page=1, section 3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7N8RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7234%2C2725766 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=All-Star Game rained out; rescheduled this morning |date=July 23, 1969 |page=16 }} The 1969 contest remains the last All-Star Game to date to be played earlier than prime time in the Eastern United States.

President Richard Nixon originally planned to attend the Tuesday night game and throw out the first ball, and then depart for the splashdown of Apollo 11 in the Pacific Ocean. But with the game's postponement until Wednesday afternoon, Nixon missed the game altogether and Vice President Spiro Agnew attended instead.