1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
{{Short description|1939 American baseball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox MLB All-Star Game
| image =
| year = 1939
| visitor = National League
| top1 = 0
| top2 = 0
| top3 = 1
| top4 = 0
| top5 = 0
| top6 = 0
| top7 = 0
| top8 = 0
| top9 = 0
| visitor_r = 1
| visitor_h = 7
| visitor_e = 1
| home = American League
| bot1 = 0
| bot2 = 0
| bot3 = 0
| bot4 = 2
| bot5 = 1
| bot6 = 0
| bot7 = 0
| bot8 = 0
| bot9 = X
| home_r = 3
| home_h = 6
| home_e = 1
| date = July 11, 1939
| venue = Yankee Stadium
| VisitorManager = Gabby Hartnett
| VisitorManagerTeam = CHC
| HomeManager = Joe McCarthy
| HomeManagerTeam = NYY
| 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)
| firstpitch = None
| attendance = 62,892
}}
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.
Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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=National League=
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colspan="4"|Starters | |||
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Position | width="150"|Player | width="100"|Team | All-Star Games |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Paul Derringer | align="center"|Reds | align="center"|3 |
align="center"|C | align="center"|Ernie Lombardi | align="center"|Reds | align="center"|4 |
align="center"|1B | align="center"|Frank McCormick | align="center"|Reds | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|2B | align="center"|Lonny Frey | align="center"|Reds | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|3B | align="center"|Stan Hack | align="center"|Cubs | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|SS | align="center"|Arky Vaughan | align="center"|Pirates | align="center"|6 |
align="center"|LF | align="center"|Joe Medwick | align="center"|Cardinals | align="center"|6 |
align="center"|CF | align="center"|Mel Ott | align="center"|Giants | align="center"|6 |
align="center"|RF | align="center"|Ival Goodman | align="center"|Reds | align="center"|2 |
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colspan="4"|Pitchers | |||
---|---|---|---|
Position | width="150"|Player | width="100"|Team | All-Star Games |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Curt Davis | align="center"|Cardinals | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Lou Fette | align="center"|Bees | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Bill Lee | align="center"|Cubs | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Johnny Vander Meer | align="center"|Reds | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Bucky Walters | align="center"|Reds | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Lon Warneke | align="center"|Cardinals | align="center"|4 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Whit Wyatt | align="center"|Dodgers | align="center"|1 |
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colspan="4"|Reserves | |||
---|---|---|---|
Position | width="150"|Player | width="100"|Team | All-Star Games |
align="center"|C | align="center"|Harry Danning | align="center"|Giants | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|C | align="center"|Babe Phelps | align="center"|Dodgers | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|1B | align="center"|Dolph Camilli | align="center"|Dodgers | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|1B | align="center"|Johnny Mize | align="center"|Cardinals | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|2B | align="center"|Billy Herman | align="center"|Cubs | align="center"|6 |
align="center"|3B | align="center"|Cookie Lavagetto | align="center"|Dodgers | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|SS | align="center"|Billy Jurges | align="center"|Giants | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|OF | align="center"|Morrie Arnovich | align="center"|Phillies | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|OF | align="center"|Terry Moore | align="center"|Cardinals | align="center"|1 |
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=American League=
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:right;" | |||
colspan="4"|Starters | |||
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Position | width="150"|Player | width="100"|Team | All-Star Games |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Red Ruffing | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|3 |
align="center"|C | align="center"|Bill Dickey | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|6 |
align="center"|1B | align="center"|Hank Greenberg | align="center"|Tigers | align="center"|3 |
align="center"|2B | align="center"|Joe Gordon | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|3B | align="center"|Red Rolfe | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|3 |
align="center"|SS | align="center"|Joe Cronin | align="center"|Red Sox | align="center"|6 |
align="center"|LF | align="center"|George Selkirk | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|CF | align="center"|Joe DiMaggio | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|4 |
align="center"|RF | align="center"|Doc Cramer | align="center"|Red Sox | align="center"|4 |
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colspan="4"|Pitchers | |||
---|---|---|---|
Position | width="150"|Player | width="100"|Team | All-Star Games |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Tommy Bridges | align="center"|Tigers | align="center"|5 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Bob Feller | align="center"|Indians | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Lefty Gomez | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|7 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Lefty Grove | align="center"|Red Sox | align="center"|6 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Ted Lyons | align="center"|White Sox | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Johnny Murphy | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|3 |
align="center"|P | align="center"|Bobo Newsom | align="center"|Tigers | align="center"|2 |
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colspan="4"|Reserves | |||
---|---|---|---|
Position | width="150"|Player | width="100"|Team | All-Star Games |
align="center"|C | align="center"|Frankie Hayes | align="center"|Athletics | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|C | align="center"|Rollie Hemsley | align="center"|Indians | align="center"|3 |
align="center"|1B | align="center"|Jimmie Foxx | align="center"|Red Sox | align="center"|7 |
align="center"|1B | align="center"|Lou Gehrig | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|7 |
align="center"|1B | align="center"|George McQuinn | align="center"|Browns | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|SS | align="center"|Luke Appling | align="center"|White Sox | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|SS | align="center"|Frankie Crosetti | align="center"|Yankees | align="center"|2 |
align="center"|OF | align="center"|George CasePlayer declined or was unable to play. | align="center"|Senators | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|OF | align="center"|Myril Hoag | align="center"|Browns | align="center"|1 |
align="center"|OF | align="center"|Bob Johnson | align="center"|Athletics | align="center"|3 |
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Game
=Umpires=
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Position | width="150"|Umpire | League |
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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.{{cite web | title=American League 3, National League 1 | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1939/B07110ALS1939.htm | website=Retrosheet | date=11 Jul 1939 | access-date=23 Oct 2016}}
=Starting lineups=
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colspan="4"|National League | colspan="4"|American League | ||||||
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Order | Player | width="80"|Team | Position | Order | Player | width="80"|Team | Position |
1 | Stan Hack | Cubs | 3B | 1 | Doc Cramer | Red Sox | RF |
2 | Lonny Frey | Reds | 2B | 2 | Red Rolfe | Yankees | 3B |
3 | Ival Goodman | Reds | RF | 3 | Joe DiMaggio | Yankees | CF |
4 | Frank McCormick | Reds | 1B | 4 | Bill Dickey | Yankees | C |
5 | Ernie Lombardi | Reds | C | 5 | Hank Greenberg | Tigers | 1B |
6 | Joe Medwick | Cardinals | LF | 6 | Joe Cronin | Red Sox | SS |
7 | Mel Ott | Giants | CF | 7 | George Selkirk | Yankees | LF |
8 | Arky Vaughan | Pirates | SS | 8 | Joe Gordon | Yankees | 2B |
9 | Paul Derringer | Reds | P | 9 | Red Ruffing | Yankees | P |
=Game summary=
{{Linescore
| Date = Tuesday, July 11, 1939
| Time = 2:00{{nbsp}}pm (ET)
| Location = Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Road = National League|RoadAbr=NL
| R1 = 0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0
| RR = 1|RH=7|RE=1
| Home = American League|HomeAbr=AL
| H1 = 0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X
| HR = 3|HH=6|HE=1
| RSP = |HSP=
| WP = Tommy Bridges (1–0) |LP=Bill Lee (0–1) |SV=Bob Feller (1)
| HomeHR = Joe DiMaggio (1) | HRH=yes
| BoxURL = https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1939/B07110ALS1939.htm
}}
References
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External links
- [http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1939as.shtml Baseball Almanac]
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS193907110.shtml Baseball-Reference]
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