All-Star Game: 1951-1970

1951 - The National League wins 8-3 in the All-Star Game held in Detroit.

1952 - The NL wins 3-2 in the game held in Philadelphia.

1953 - The National League wins 5-1 in the game held in Cincinnati..

1954 - The American League wins the highest-scoring game in All-Star history, 11-9, in Cleveland. The Indians' Al Rosen hits 2 home runs and drives in 5 runs.

1955 - Stan Musial hits a solo HR in the bottom of the 12th to give the NL a 6-5 win in Milwaukee. The National League was down 5-0 at one point in the game, but rallied to tie the game and get the win..

1956 - The National League wins 7-3 in the game held in Washington..

1957 - Reds fans stuffed the ballot boxes and seven of the eight starters voted in were Cincinnati players. Commissioner Ford Frick stepped in and allowed the Reds to have only five starters -- 2B Johnny Temple, LF Frank Robinson, C Ed Bailey, SS Roy McMillan and 3B Don Hoak. The American League wins the game, played in St. Louis, 6-5.

1958 - The American League wins 4-3 in the game held in Baltimore. Fans were treated to an All-Star game in which no player collected an extra-base hit.

1959 - For the first time in the history of the All-Star Game, the leagues play two games. In the game held in Pittsburgh, the National League wins 5-4. In the second game, held in LA, the American League wins 5-3.

1960 - The National League wins the first game, played at Kansas City, 5-3. The National League wins the second game, played at Yankee Stadium, 6-0. Lindy McDaniel of the Cardinals records a save in both games. Jerry Holtzman of the Chicago Sun-Times helped to initiate the recording for saves for relief pitchers at the start of the season.

1961 - After the NL won the first game at San Francisco, 5-4 in 10 innings,  the AL and NL faced off in the second game at Fenway Park in Boston. Rain forced the game to be called at the end of 9 innings with the score tied 1-1. It is the only tie in All-Star history.

1962 - The NL wins the first game in Washington, 3-1. Nearly three weeks later, the leagues played the second All-Star game at Wrigley Field and the AL won 9-4.

1963 - Baseball returns to a single All-Star Game. Three Cardinals were elected to start in the All-Star game -- Bill White at first, Ken Boyer at third and Dick Groat at shortstop. Pittsburgh's Bill Mazeroski was voted into the starting lineup at second. However, an injury  forced him to miss the game. The replacement second baseman  was the Cardinal's Julian Javier. This is the only time in baseball history that one team provided an entire starting infield. In the game, held in Cleveland, the NL wins 5-3.

1964 - NL, 7-4, at Shea Stadium.

1965 - NL, 6-5, in Minnesota.  The NL takes the lead in All-Star Game victories for the first time.

1966 - NL, 2-1, in St. Louis.

1967 - The National League wins the longest game in All-Star history in the 15-inning contest held at Anaheim. Tony Perez hits a home run to give the NL a 2-1 win.

1968 - The game moves to Houston for the first indoor All-Star game. The National League continues its winning streak, 1-0, with the winning run scored on a double-play grounder. Willie Mays becomes the first player to win two All-Star MVP honors.

1969 - The National League wins again, this time 9-3, in the game played at Washington..

1970 - Pete Rose earned the nickname "Charlie Hustle" when he scored the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning after a collision with AL catcher Ray Fosse.  Fosse was left with a separated shoulder. The NL wins the game, played in Cincinnati, 5-4, to push its winning streak to eight games.