1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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National League 30000001X470
DateJuly 9, 1940
Venue Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Managers
Attendance32,373
Ceremonial first pitch None
Radio CBS
NBC
Mutual
KWK (STL)
Radio announcers Mel Allen and France Laux (CBS)
Tom Manning, Alex Buchan and Ray Schmidt (NBC)
Red Barber and Bob Elson (Mutual)
Johnny O'Hara and Johnny Neblett (KWK)

The 1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the eighth 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 9, 1940, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri, the home of both the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League (who were the designated host team) and the St. Louis Browns of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–0.

Contents

Rosters

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

Game

Umpires

PositionUmpireLeague
Home Plate Beans Reardon National
First Base George Pipgras American
Second Base Bill Stewart National
Third Base Steve Basil American

The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Reardon and Basil swapped positions, also Pipgras and Stewart swapped positions. [2]

Starting lineups

American LeagueNational League
OrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition
1 Cecil Travis Senators 3B1 Arky Vaughan Pirates SS
2 Ted Williams Red Sox LF2 Billy Herman Cubs 2B
3 Charlie Keller Yankees RF3 Max West Braves RF
4 Joe DiMaggio Yankees CF4 Johnny Mize Cardinals 1B
5 Jimmie Foxx Red Sox 1B5 Ernie Lombardi Reds C
6 Luke Appling White Sox SS6 Joe Medwick Dodgers LF
7 Bill Dickey Yankees C7 Cookie Lavagetto Dodgers 3B
8 Joe Gordon Yankees 2B8 Terry Moore Cardinals CF
9 Red Ruffing Yankees P9 Paul Derringer Reds P

Game summary

Tuesday, July 9, 1940 1:30 pm (CT) at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri
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National League 30000001X471
WP: Paul Derringer (1–0)   LP: Red Ruffing (0–1)   Sv: Carl Hubbell (1)
Home runs:
AL: None
NL: Max West (1)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Player declined or was unable to play.
  2. "National League 4, American League 0". Retrosheet. July 9, 1940. Retrieved October 23, 2016.