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 (NL) 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.
This was Cincinnati's fourth time hosting, tying the Reds with the Cleveland Guardians for the most All-Star Games hosted by a franchise. It was also the second and final time the game was held at Riverfront Stadium. The Midsummer Classic would return to the city in 2015, when the Reds had moved into Great American Ballpark.
All-Star rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPFrank ViolaTwins1CTerry SteinbachAthletics11BMark McGwireAthletics22BPaul MolitorBrewers33BWade BoggsRed Sox4SSCal Ripken Jr.Orioles6OFJosé CansecoAthletics2OFDave WinfieldYankees12OFRickey HendersonYankees8
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDoyle AlexanderTigers1PRoger ClemensRed Sox2PDennis EckersleyAthletics3PMark GubiczaRoyals1PDoug JonesIndians1PDan PlesacBrewers2PJeff ReardonTwins3PJeff RussellRangers1PDave StiebBlue Jays6
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCTim LaudnerTwins11BGeorge BrettRoyals131BDon MattinglyYankees52BJohnny RayAngels12BHarold ReynoldsMariners23BGary GaettiTwins13BCarney LansfordAthletics1SSOzzie GuillénPlayer declined or was unable to play.White Sox1SSKurt StillwellRoyals1SSAlan TrammellTigers6OFMike GreenwellRed Sox1OFKirby PuckettTwins3
National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDwight GoodenMets4CGary CarterMets111BWill ClarkGiants12BRyne SandbergCubs53BBobby BonillaPirates1SSOzzie SmithCardinals8OFDarryl StrawberryMets5OFVince ColemanCardinals1OFAndre DawsonCubs5
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDavid ConeMets1PMark DavisPadres1PKevin GrossPhillies1POrel HershiserDodgers2PDanny JacksonReds1PBob KnepperAstros2PGreg MadduxCubs1PBob WalkPirates1PTodd WorrellCardinals1 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCLance ParrishPhillies71BAndrés GalarragaExpos11BGerald PerryBraves12BRobby ThompsonGiants13BVance LawCubs13BChris SaboReds1SSShawon DunstonCubs1SSBarry LarkinReds1OFWillie McGeeCardinals4OFRafael PalmeiroCubs1OFAndy Van SlykePirates1
All-Star Game
Coaching staff 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 Home Plate Frank Pulli (NL) First Base Larry Barnett (AL) Second Base Terry Tata (NL) Third Base Dale Ford (AL) Left field Randy Marsh (NL) Right field Dan Morrison (AL)
Starting lineups American LeagueNational LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Rickey HendersonYankeesCF1Vince ColemanCardinalsLF2Paul MolitorBrewers2B2Ryne SandbergCubs2B3Wade BoggsRed Sox3B3Andre DawsonCubsCF4José CansecoAthleticsLF4Darryl StrawberryMetsRF5Dave WinfieldYankeesRF5Bobby BonillaPirates3B6Cal Ripken Jr.OriolesSS6Will ClarkGiants1B7Mark McGwireAthletics1B7Gary CarterMetsC8Terry SteinbachAthleticsC8Ozzie SmithCardinalsSS9Frank ViolaTwinsP9Dwight GoodenMetsP
Game summary
Footnotes and references
External links Baseball-Reference.com Lineups, boxscore, and more