In 1981 a baseball strike stopped the season. The Cubs played on June 11th and then not again until August 10th. The season was divided in halves to determine playoff teams. Ask Montreal Expos fans what they thought about that.
Vida Blue was the winning pitcher for the National League. He also won an All-Star game for the Amreican League. He's the only pitcher to win a game for each league.
Blue is one of only six pitchers to even record two wins in All-Star competition. Lefty Gomez won three times and Bruce Sutter, Bob Friend, Juan Marichal and Don Drysdale joined Blue with two wins.
Sutter also added two saves, trailing only Mariano Rivera (4) and Dennis Eckersley (3). Mel Harder matched Sutter's two saves.
More All-Star game stats will appear in future posts.
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