Oakland Athletics All-star Quiz

Ray Fosse was a promising Cleveland Indians catcher when he was injured in a home-plate collision with Pete Rose, who scored the winning run in the 12th inning.

Reggie Jackson’s monstrous blast off Pittsburgh’s Dock Ellis hit a power transformer, traveling by some estimates as far as 530 feet.

Vida Blue got the win for the A’s in 1971 and started again for Oakland in 1975 before moving across the bay and starting for the Giants in 1978.

Terry Steinbach drove in the American League’s only runs in a 2-1 victory, blasting a home run off Dwight Gooden and adding a sacrifice fly to score Dave Winfield.

Catcher Ramon Hernandez joined pitchers Keith Foulke, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito in 2003. Hernandez grounded out against Billy Wagner in the seventh inning in his only at-bat.

Eric Chavez never made an All-Star team despite winning six Gold Gloves and a Silver Slugger award and averaging 29.5 home runs over six consecutive seasons.

Mark McGwire won the Home Run Derby at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium in 1992 with 12 total home runs to seven by Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr.

Jim Hunter pitched the final five innings and gave up only four hits and one run with no walks and four strikeouts. But Cincinnati’s Tony Perez’s home run gave the National League a 2-1 victory.

Eight A’s players were selected, but rookie Phil Garner was unable to join first baseman Joe Rudi, shortstop Bert Campaneris and third baseman Sal Bando for the festivites at Milwaukee’s County Stadium.

Mark McGwire was a nine-time All-Star for the A’s, while Rickey Henderson and Reggie Jackson were six-timers for Oakland.