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The 1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 59th playing of the "Midsummer Classic" between Major League Baseball's American League (AL) and National League All-Star teams. The All-Star Game was held on July 12, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, the home of the NL's Cincinnati Reds.

The game resulted in the AL defeating the NL 2-1. Terry Steinbach, a catcher for the AL's Oakland Athletics, won the All-Star game's most valuable player award. Steinbach was credited with both of the AL's two runs in the game. Frank Viola of the Minnesota Twins was the winning pitcher.

1 All-Star rosters
- 1.1 American League
- 1.2 National League
2 All-Star Game
3 Footnotes and references
4 External links

All-Star rosters[edit]

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

American League[edit]

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Frank Viola	Twins	1
C	Terry Steinbach	Athletics	1
1B	Mark McGwire	Athletics	2
2B	Paul Molitor	Brewers	3
3B	Wade Boggs	Red Sox	4
SS	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Orioles	6
OF	José Canseco	Athletics	2
OF	Dave Winfield	Yankees	12
OF	Rickey Henderson	Yankees	8

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Doyle Alexander	Tigers	1
P	Roger Clemens	Red Sox	2
P	Dennis Eckersley	Athletics	3
P	Mark Gubicza	Royals	2
P	Doug Jones	Indians	1
P	Dan Plesac	Brewers	2
P	Jeff Reardon	Twins	3
P	Jeff Russell	Rangers	1
P	Dave Stieb	Blue Jays	6

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Tim Laudner	Twins	1
1B	George Brett	Royals	13
1B	Don Mattingly	Yankees	6
2B	Johnny Ray	Angels	1
2B	Harold Reynolds	Mariners	2
3B	Gary Gaetti	Twins	1
3B	Carney Lansford	Athletics	1
SS	Ozzie Guillén^[1]	White Sox	1
SS	Kurt Stillwell	Royals	1
SS	Alan Trammell^[1]	Tigers	5
OF	Mike Greenwell	Red Sox	1
OF	Kirby Puckett	Twins	3

National League[edit]

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Dwight Gooden	Mets	4
C	Gary Carter	Mets	11
1B	Will Clark	Giants	1
2B	Ryne Sandberg	Cubs	5
3B	Bobby Bonilla	Pirates	1
SS	Ozzie Smith	Cardinals	8
OF	Darryl Strawberry	Mets	5
OF	Vince Coleman	Cardinals	1
OF	Andre Dawson	Cubs	5

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	David Cone	Mets	1
P	Mark Davis	Padres	1
P	Kevin Gross	Phillies	1
P	Orel Hershiser	Dodgers	2
P	Danny Jackson	Reds	1
P	Bob Knepper	Astros	2
P	Greg Maddux	Cubs	1
P	Bob Walk	Pirates	1
P	Todd Worrell	Cardinals	1

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Lance Parrish	Phillies	7
1B	Andrés Galarraga	Expos	1
1B	Gerald Perry	Braves	1
2B	Robby Thompson^[1]	Giants	1
3B	Vance Law	Cubs	1
3B	Chris Sabo	Reds	1
SS	Shawon Dunston	Cubs	1
SS	Barry Larkin	Reds	1
OF	Willie McGee	Cardinals	4
OF	Rafael Palmeiro	Cubs	1
OF	Andy Van Slyke	Pirates	1

All-Star Game[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Description	AL	NL
Managers	Tom Kelly	Whitey Herzog
Coaches	Tom Trebelhorn	Roger Craig
Coaches	Bobby Valentine	Buck Rodgers
Honorary Captains	Bobby Doerr	Willie Stargell

Umpires[edit]

Home Plate	Frank Pulli
First Base	Larry Barnett
Second Base	Terry Tata
Third Base	Dale Ford
Left field	Randy Marsh
Right field	Dan Morrison

Starting lineups[edit]

American League				National League
Order	Player	Team	Position	Order	Player	Team	Position
1	Rickey Henderson	Yankees	CF	1	Vince Coleman	Cardinals	LF
2	Paul Molitor	Brewers	2B	2	Ryne Sandberg	Cubs	2B
3	Wade Boggs	Red Sox	3B	3	Andre Dawson	Cubs	CF
4	José Canseco	Athletics	LF	4	Darryl Strawberry	Mets	RF
5	Dave Winfield	Yankees	RF	5	Bobby Bonilla	Pirates	3B
6	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Orioles	SS	6	Will Clark	Giants	1B
7	Mark McGwire	Athletics	1B	7	Gary Carter	Mets	C
8	Terry Steinbach	Athletics	C	8	Ozzie Smith	Cardinals	SS
9	Frank Viola	Twins	P	9	Dwight Gooden	Mets	P

Game summary[edit]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American League	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
National League	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Frank Viola (1-0) LP: Dwight Gooden (0-1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley (1) Home runs: AL: Terry Steinbach (1) NL: None

Footnotes and references[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Player declined or was unable to play.

External links[edit]

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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