2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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| Date | July 9, 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Miller Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 41,871 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Warren Spahn, Hank Aaron, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox) Gary Thorne and Ken Singleton (MLB International) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 73rd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues that make up Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9, 2002 at Miller Park, now named American Family Field, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers of the NL. The game controversially ended with a 7–7 tie due to both teams running out of available pitchers after 11 innings.
In an attempt to prevent future ties, a rule change was made in 2003 to award home field advantage in the World Series to the league that won the All Star game. In 2017 that rule was eliminated and home field advantage was instead awarded to the team with the higher winning percentage.
Since 2022, games can end in a tie after nine innings, with a Home Run Derby-like swing-off consisting of three rounds, three players per league, and three swings per player for their league's home run total to determine the winner of the All-Star Game. The 2025 game was the second All-Star Game to officially end in a tie of 6–6 after nine innings, with the National League won the Home Run Derby-like swing-off tiebreaker at 4–3.
No player was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award due to the game ending in a tie. The roster selection for the 2002 game marked the inaugural All-Star Final Vote competition (then known as "The All-Star 30th Man" competition). Johnny Damon and Andruw Jones represented the American and National Leagues as a result of this contest.