1936 All-Star Game

The 1936 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 7, 1936. The National League won the fourth midsummer classic by a score of 4 to 3, its first-ever win. The game was held at Braves Field in Boston, MA in front of 25,556 fans. After the previous year's record attendance, this year's classic was the least attended in the game's history.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Joe McCarthy and coaches Joe Cronin and Art Fletcher.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	P		replaced due to injury
Ben Chapman	Washington Senators	OF
Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	SS
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees	C
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Rick Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	C	Fan's Selection
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	3B
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B	Fan's Selection
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	2B	Fan's Selection
Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Goose Goslin	Detroit Tigers	OF
Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	P	Fan's Selection
Mel Harder	Cleveland Indians	P
Rollie Hemsley	St. Louis Browns	C		did not play
Pinky Higgins	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	Fan's Selection
Vern Kennedy	Chicago White Sox	P		replaced Bridges, did not play
Monte Pearson	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Rip Radcliff	Chicago White Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Schoolboy Rowe	Detroit Tigers	P
George Selkirk	New York Yankees	OF

National League

The National League team was led by manager Charlie Grimm and coaches Bill McKechnie and Pie Traynor.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Wally Berger	Boston Bees	OF		did not play
Ripper Collins	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Fan's Selection
Curt Davis	Chicago Cubs	P
Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Fan's Selection
Frank Demaree	Chicago Cubs	OF	Fan's Selection
Leo Durocher	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	Fan's Selection
Augie Galan	Chicago Cubs	OF	Fan's Selection
Gabby Hartnett	Chicago Cubs	C	Fan's Selection
Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	2B	Fan's Selection
Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P
Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	C		did not play
Stu Martin	St. Louis Cardinals	2B		did not play
Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Jo-Jo Moore	New York Giants	OF		did not play
Van Mungo	Brooklyn Dodgers	P		did not play
Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF
Lew Riggs	Cincinnati Reds	3B
Gus Suhr	Pittsburgh Pirates	1B		did not play
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS		did not play
Lon Warneke	Chicago Cubs	P
Pinky Whitney	Philadelphia Phillies	3B	Fan's Selection

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Luke Appling	SS	Chicago White Sox		1		Augie Galan	OF	Chicago Cubs
Charlie Gehringer	2B	Detroit Tigers		2		Billy Herman	2B	Chicago Cubs
Joe DiMaggio	OF	New York Yankees		3		Ripper Collins	1B	St. Louis Cardinals
Lou Gehrig	1B	New York Yankees		4		Joe Medwick	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
Earl Averill	OF	Cleveland Indians		5		Frank Demaree	OF	Chicago Cubs
Rick Ferrell	C	Boston Red Sox		6		Gabby Hartnett	C	Chicago Cubs
Rip Radcliff	OF	Chicago White Sox		7		Pinky Whitney	3B	Philadelphia Phillies
Pinky Higgins	3B	Philadelphia Athletics		8		Leo Durocher	SS	St. Louis Cardinals
Lefty Grove	P	Boston Red Sox		9		Dizzy Dean	P	St. Louis Cardinals

Line Score

July 7, 1936 at Braves Field (25556), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Lefty Grove (L) - Schoolboy Rowe - Mel Harder

National: Dizzy Dean (W) - Carl Hubbell - Curt Davis - Lon Warneke

Home Runs

American: Lou Gehrig (7th)

National: Augie Galan (5th)

Umpires

HP: Beans Reardon (NL), 1B: Bill Summers (AL), 2B: Bill Stewart (NL), 3B: Lou Kolls (AL)