1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E American League 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 0 National League 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Date	July 8, 1947
Venue	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Managers	Joe Cronin (BOS) Eddie Dyer (STL)
Attendance	41,123
First pitch	Commissioner Happy Chandler
Radio	Mutual
Radio announcers	Mel Allen and Jim Britt

The 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 14th playing of the "Midsummer Classic" between Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL) and National League (NL) All-Star teams. The All-Star Game was held on July 8, 1947, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the home of the NL's Chicago Cubs.

The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League by a score of 2–1 in 2 hours and 19 minutes.^[1]

All-Star managers and coaches

The National League manager was Eddie Dyer of the St. Louis Cardinals, and the NL coaches were Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman and New York Giants player-manager Mel Ott.^[1]

The American League manager was Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox, and the AL coaches were Red Sox coach Del Baker and Detroit Tigers manager Steve O'Neill.^[1]

All-Star team rosters

The starting pitchers were selected by the respective American and National League managers. The eight position starters were chosen by the fans.^[1] Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

American League Fan-elected starters Position Player Team All-Star Games C Buddy Rosar Athletics 4 1B George McQuinn Yankees 5 2B Joe Gordon Indians 7 3B George Kell Tigers 1 SS Lou Boudreau Indians 6 OF Ted Williams Red Sox 5 OF Joe DiMaggio Yankees 9 OF Buddy Lewis Senators 2 Manager-elected starter P Hal Newhouser Tigers 5 Reserves Pitchers Position Player Team All-Star Games P Spud Chandler Yankees 4 P Bob Feller# Indians 6 P Jack Kramer# Browns 2 P Walt Masterson Senators 1 P Joe Page Yankees 2 P Spec Shea Yankees 1 P Dizzy Trout# Tigers 2 P Early Wynn^[A]# Senators 1 Position players Position Player Team All-Star Games C Jim Hegan# Indians 1 C Aaron Robinson# Yankees 1 1B Rudy York# Cardinals 7 2B Bobby Doerr Red Sox 6 3B Billy Johnson Yankees 1 SS Luke Appling White Sox 7 OF Tommy Henrich^[B] Yankees 2 OF Charlie Keller# Yankees 5 OF Pat Mullin# Tigers 1 OF Stan Spence Senators 4

National League Fan-elected starters Position Player Team All-Star Games C Walker Cooper Giants 5 1B Johnny Mize Giants 7 2B Emil Verban Dodgers 2 3B Bob Elliott* Braves 4 SS Eddie Miller* Reds 7 OF Enos Slaughter Cardinals 4 OF Harry Walker Phillies 2 OF Dixie Walker Dodgers 4 Manager-elected starter P Ewell Blackwell Reds 2 Reserves Pitchers Position Player Team All-Star Games P Ralph Branca# Dodgers 1 P Harry Brecheen Cardinals 1 P Red Munger# Cardinals 2 P Schoolboy Rowe Phillies 3 P Johnny Sain Braves 1 P Warren Spahn Braves 1 Position players Position Player Team All-Star Games C Bruce Edwards Dodgers 1 C Phil Masi Braves 2 1B Stan Musial Cardinals 4 2B Eddie Stanky Dodgers 1 3B Frankie Gustine Pirates 2 3B Whitey Kurowski^[C] Cardinals 4 SS Marty Marion Cardinals 4 SS Pee Wee Reese^[D] Dodgers 3 OF Phil Cavarretta Cubs 3 OF Bert Haas Reds 1 OF Willard Marshall Giants 2 OF Andy Pafko Cubs 1

1. ^{^} Early Wynn replaced Bob Feller on the roster due to injury.
2. ^{^} Tommy Henrich replaced Charlie Keller on the roster due to injury.
3. ^{^} Whitey Kurowski replaced Bob Elliott on the roster due to injury. Frankie Gustine replaced Elliott as starter at third base.
4. ^{^} Pee Wee Reese replaced Eddie Miller on the roster due to injury. Marty Marion replaced Miller as starter at shortstop.

* This player did not start.
# This player did not play.

All-Star Game

Ceremonies

The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball.

Starting lineups

American League[1][2]				National League[1][2]
Order	Player	Team	Position	Order	Player	Team	Position
1	George Kell	Tigers	3B	1	Harry Walker	Phillies	CF
2	Buddy Lewis	Senators	RF	2	Dixie Walker	Dodgers	RF
3	Ted Williams	Red Sox	LF	3	Walker Cooper	Giants	C
4	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	CF	4	Johnny Mize	Giants	1B
5	Lou Boudreau	Indians	SS	5	Enos Slaughter	Cardinals	LF
6	George McQuinn	Yankees	1B	6	Frankie Gustine	Pirates	3B
7	Joe Gordon	Indians	2B	7	Marty Marion	Cardinals	SS
8	Buddy Rosar	Athletics	C	8	Emil Verban	Dodgers	2B
9	Hal Newhouser	Tigers	P	9	Ewell Blackwell	Reds	P

Umpires

Position	Umpire	League
Home Plate	Jocko Conlan	National
First Base	Jim Boyer	American
Second Base	Butch Henline	National
Third Base	Art Passarella	American

The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Conlan and Passarella swapped positions, also Boyer and Henline swapped positions.^[3]

Game summary

The first three and a half innings were scoreless with four hits between both teams. Johnny Mize hit a solo home run off of Spec Shea to deep right field in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the National League ahead 1–0. In the top of the sixth, Luke Appling scored from third base as Joe DiMaggio hit into a 6–4–3 double play to again tie the game.^[2]

Stan Spence, pinch hitting for Shea, singled to right-center field in the top of the seventh inning, scoring Bobby Doerr from third base to give the American League the lead. Doerr had made it to third after pitcher Johnny Sain failed a pickoff attempt to second baseman Eddie Stanky.^[2]

The NL's tying and winning runs in the form of Phil Cavarretta and Phil Masi (pinch running for Johnny Mize) were on third and first bases respectively in the bottom of the eighth inning, with Enos Slaughter at bat. Slaughter grounded out to shortstop Joe Boudreau, and pitcher Joe Page got out of the inning with the AL still on top, 2–1.^[2]

Warren Spahn and the National League squad held off any more offense by the AL in the final inning, again giving them a chance to win it in their half of the ninth. Whitey Kurowski grounded out to Bobby Doerr at second and Pee Wee Reese walked to put the tying run on first. Eddie Stanky grounded out to Doerr also, preventing Reese from advancing. Schoolboy Rowe came to bat, pinch hitting for the pitcher Spahn. Rowe flew out to right fielder Tommy Henrich to give the American League a 2–1 victory.^[2][3]

July 8, 1947
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American League	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	8	0
National League	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Starting pitchers: AL: Hal Newhouser NL: Ewell Blackwell[1] WP: Spec Shea (1–0)   LP: Johnny Sain (0–1)[4]   Sv: Joe Page (1)[2][3] Home runs: AL: None NL: Johnny Mize[2][4]

American League[2] Batter  AB    R     H   RBI  BB    K   AVG Kell, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000      Johnson, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lewis, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Appling, PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000      Henrich, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Williams, LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 DiMaggio, CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Boudreau, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 McQuinn, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Gordon, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500      Doerr, 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Rosar, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Newhouser, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Shea, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Spence, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000      Masterson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Page, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 2 8 1 1 8 .235 Batting: 2B: Gordon (1, Brecheen), Williams (1, Brecheen). TB: Williams 3, Gordon 2, Boudreau, Doerr, Spence, Appling, DiMaggio. GIDP: DiMaggio (1). RBI: Spence (1). 2-out RBI: Spence. Team LOB: 6. With RISP: 2-for-12. Baserunning: SB: Doerr (1, 2nd off Sain/Edwards). Pickoffs: Doerr (2nd by Sain). Pitcher IP   H     R    ER   BB    K    HR  ERA WHIP  BF  Newhouser 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.33 10 Shea (W, 1–0) 3.0 3 1 1 2 2 1 3.00 1.67 14 Masterson (H, 1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 0.60 6 Page (S, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 0.75 6 TOTALS 9.0 5 1 1 4 6 1 0.11 1.00 36

National League[2] Batter  AB    R     H   RBI  BB    K   AVG H. Walker, CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000      Pafko, CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 D. Walker, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Marshall, RF 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Cooper, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000      Edwards, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Cavarretta, PH/1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mize, 1B 3 1 2 1 1 0 .667      Masi, PR/C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slaughter, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Gustine, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Kurowski, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Marion, SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500      Reese, SS 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Verban, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Stanky, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blackwell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Haas, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000      Brecheen, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Sain, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Musial, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Spahn, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000      Rowe, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 1 5 1 4 6 .156 Batting: HR: Mize (1, Shea; 4th inning, 0 on, 2 outs). TB: Mize 5, Pafko, Marion, Haas. RBI: Mize (1). 2-out RBI: Mize. Team LOB: 8. Team RISP: 0-for-2. Fielding: E: Sain (1). DP: 1 (Reese-Stanky-Mize). PB: Cooper (1). Pitcher IP   H     R    ER   BB    K    HR  ERA WHIP  BF  Blackwell 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 10 Brecheen 3.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 3.00 1.67 13 Sain (L, 0–1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 9.00 2.00 5 Spahn 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 0.50 7 TOTALS 9.0 8 2 2 1 8 0 0.22 1.00 35

• WP: Blackwell (1).
• Pickoffs: Sain (0; Doerr, 2nd).
• Umpires: HP – Jocko Conlan, 1B – Jim Boyer, 2B – Butch Henline, 3B – Art Passarella.
• Time : 2:19.
• Attendance: 41,123.

References

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4. "1947 All-Star Game Box Score". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 12, 2009.