1934 All-Star Game

The 1934 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 10, 1934. The American League won the second midsummer classic by a score of 9 to 7. The game was held at Polo Grounds in New York, NY in front of 48,363 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Joe Cronin and coaches Walter Johnson and Al Schacht.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	OF
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	OF
Mickey Cochrane	Detroit Tigers	C
Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	SS	Fan's Selection
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Jimmy Dykes	Chicago White Sox	3B		did not play
Rick Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	C		did not play
Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	Fan's Selection
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B	Fan's Selection
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	2B	Fan's Selection
Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	P	Fan's Selection
Mel Harder	Cleveland Indians	P
Pinky Higgins	Philadelphia Athletics	3B		did not play
Heinie Manush	Washington Senators	OF	Fan's Selection
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	P
Jack Russell	Washington Senators	P		did not play
Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Al Simmons	Chicago White Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Sam West	St. Louis Browns	OF

National League

The National League team was led by manager Bill Terry and coaches Bill McKechnie and Casey Stengel.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Wally Berger	Boston Braves	OF	Fan's Selection
Kiki Cuyler	Chicago Cubs	OF		replaced Moore
Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	P
Fred Frankhouse	Boston Braves	P
Frankie Frisch	St. Louis Cardinals	2B	Fan's Selection
Gabby Hartnett	Chicago Cubs	C	Fan's Selection
Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	2B
Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P	Fan's Selection
Travis Jackson	New York Giants	SS	Fan's Selection
Chuck Klein	Chicago Cubs	OF
Al Lopez	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
Pepper Martin	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Jo-Jo Moore	New York Giants	OF	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	P
Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF
Bill Terry	New York Giants	1B	Fan's Selection
Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B	Fan's Selection
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
Lon Warneke	Chicago Cubs	P

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Charlie Gehringer	2B	Detroit Tigers		1		Frankie Frisch	2B	St. Louis Cardinals
Heinie Manush	OF	Washington Senators		2		Pie Traynor	3B	Pittsburgh Pirates
Babe Ruth	OF	New York Yankees		3		Joe Medwick	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
Lou Gehrig	1B	New York Yankees		4		Kiki Cuyler	OF	Chicago Cubs
Jimmie Foxx	3B	Philadelphia Athletics		5		Wally Berger	OF	Boston Braves
Al Simmons	OF	Chicago White Sox		6		Bill Terry	1B	New York Giants
Joe Cronin	SS	Washington Senators		7		Travis Jackson	SS	New York Giants
Bill Dickey	C	New York Yankees		8		Gabby Hartnett	C	Chicago Cubs
Lefty Gomez	P	New York Yankees		9		Carl Hubbell	P	New York Giants

Line Score

July 10, 1934 at Polo Grounds (48363), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	9	14	1
National	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	8	1

Pitchers

American: Lefty Gomez - Red Ruffing - Mel Harder (W)

National: Carl Hubbell - Lon Warneke - Van Mungo (L) - Dizzy Dean - Fred Frankhouse

Home Runs

American: None

National: Frankie Frisch (1st), Joe Medwick (3rd)

Umpires

HP: Cy Pfirman (NL), 1B: Brick Owens (AL), 2B: Dolly Stark (NL), 3B: George Moriarty (AL)

National League starting pitcher Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants struck out five consecutive batters, all future Hall of Famers (Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin). However, aided by a six-run 5th inning, the American League won the All-Star Game, 9-7.