1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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National League 001000000171
American League 00021000X361
DateJuly 11, 1939
Venue Yankee Stadium
City Bronx, New York
Managers
Attendance62,892
Ceremonial first pitch None
Radio CBS
NBC
Mutual
Radio announcers France Laux, Arch McDonald and Mel Allen (CBS)
Tom Manning, Paul Douglas and Warren Brown (NBC)
Red Barber, Bob Elson and Al Helfer (Mutual)

The 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the seventh 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. The Yankees went on the win the World Series that year, making them the first team to host the All-Star Game and win the World Series in the same year.

Contents

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
1 Stan Hack Cubs 3B1 Doc Cramer Red Sox RF
2 Lonny Frey Reds 2B2 Red Rolfe Yankees 3B
3 Ival Goodman Reds RF3 Joe DiMaggio Yankees CF
4 Frank McCormick Reds 1B4 Bill Dickey Yankees C
5 Ernie Lombardi Reds C5 Hank Greenberg Tigers 1B
6 Joe Medwick Cardinals LF6 Joe Cronin Red Sox SS
7 Mel Ott Giants CF7 George Selkirk Yankees LF
8 Arky Vaughan Pirates SS8 Joe Gordon Yankees 2B
9 Paul Derringer Reds P9 Red Ruffing Yankees P

Game summary

Tuesday, July 11, 1939 2:00 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
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National League 001000000171
American League 00021000X361
WP: Tommy Bridges (1–0)   LP: Bill Lee (0–1)   Sv: Bob Feller (1)
Home runs:
NL: None
AL: Joe DiMaggio (1)
Boxscore

References

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