1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
National League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
American League 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 3 6 1
Date July 11, 1939
Venue Yankee Stadium
City Bronx, New York
Managers
Attendance 62,892
First pitch None
Radio Mutual, CBS, NBC
Radio announcers Red Barber, Bob Elson, Al Helfer (Mutual)
France Laux, Arch McDonald, Mel Allen (CBS)
Tom Manning, Paul Douglas, Warren Brown (NBC)

The 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 7th playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, the home of the New York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3–1.

Rosters

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

Game

Umpires

PositionUmpireLeague
Home Plate Cal Hubbard American
First Base Larry Goetz National
Second Base Eddie Rommel American
Third Base George Magerkurth National

The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Hubbard and Magerkurth swapped positions, also Goetz and Rommel swapped positions.[2]

Starting Lineups

National LeagueAmerican League
OrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition
1Stan HackCubs3B1Doc CramerRed SoxRF
2Lonny FreyReds2B2Red RolfeYankees3B
3Ival GoodmanRedsRF3Joe DiMaggioYankeesCF
4Frank McCormickReds1B4Bill DickeyYankeesC
5Ernie LombardiRedsC5Hank GreenbergTigers1B
6Joe MedwickCardinalsLF6Joe CroninRed SoxSS
7Mel OttGiantsCF7George SelkirkYankeesLF
8Arky VaughanPiratesSS8Joe GordonYankees2B
9Paul DerringerRedsP9Red RuffingYankeesP

Game Summary

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
National League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
American League 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 3 6 1
WP: Tommy Bridges (1–0)   LP: Bill Lee (0–1)   Sv: Bob Feller (1)
Home runs:
NL: None
AL: Joe DiMaggio (1)

References

  1. Player declined or was unable to play.
  2. "American League 3, National League 1". Retrosheet. 11 Jul 1939. Retrieved 23 Oct 2016.

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