1938 All-Star Game

The 1938 All-Star Game was held on Wednesday, July 6, 1938. The National League won the sixth midsummer classic by a score of 4 to 1. The game was held at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, OH in front of 27,607 fans.

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The Teams

American League

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

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	P
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Doc Cramer	Boston Red Sox	OF
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	P		did not play
Rick Ferrell	Washington Senators	C		did not play
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	1B-3B	Fan's Selection
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	2B	Fan's Selection
Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	P	Fan's Selection
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	1B		replaced due to injury
Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	P
Indian Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	OF
Vern Kennedy	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Mike Kreevich	Chicago White Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	3B	Fan's Selection
Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	P		replaced Greenberg, did not play
Bobo Newsom	St. Louis Browns	P		did not play
Red Rolfe	New York Yankees	3B		did not play
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	SS		did not play
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	C

National League

The National League team was led by manager Bill Terry and coaches Frankie Frisch and Bill McKechnie.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Mace Brown	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Tony Cuccinello	Boston Bees	2B		did not play
Harry Danning	New York Giants	C		replaced Phelps, did not play
Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	P		did not play
Leo Durocher	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS	Fan's Selection
Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	3B	Fan's Selection
Gabby Hartnett	Chicago Cubs	C		did not play
Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	2B	Fan's Selection
Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P		did not play
Cookie Lavagetto	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B		did not play
Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	P
Hank Leiber	New York Giants	OF
Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	C	Fan's Selection
Hersh Martin	Philadelphia Phillies	OF		did not play
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B	Fan's Selection
Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Jo-Jo Moore	New York Giants	OF		did not play
Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Babe Phelps	Brooklyn Dodgers	C		replaced due to injury
Jim Turner	Boston Bees	P		did not play
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	P	Fan's Selection
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS		did not play
Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF		did not play

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Mike Kreevich	OF	Chicago White Sox		1		Stan Hack	3B	Chicago Cubs
Charlie Gehringer	2B	Detroit Tigers		2		Billy Herman	2B	Chicago Cubs
Earl Averill	OF	Cleveland Indians		3		Ival Goodman	OF	Cincinnati Reds
Jimmie Foxx	1B-3B	Boston Red Sox		4		Joe Medwick	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
Joe DiMaggio	OF	New York Yankees		5		Mel Ott	OF	New York Giants
Bill Dickey	C	New York Yankees		6		Ernie Lombardi	C	Cincinnati Reds
Joe Cronin	SS	Boston Red Sox		7		Frank McCormick	1B	Cincinnati Reds
Buddy Lewis	3B	Washington Senators		8		Leo Durocher	SS	Brooklyn Dodgers
Lefty Gomez	P	New York Yankees		9		Johnny Vander Meer	P	Cincinnati Reds

Line Score

July 6, 1938 at Crosley Field (27607), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Lefty Gomez (L) - Johnny Allen - Lefty Grove

National: Johnny Vander Meer (W) - Bill Lee - Mace Brown

Home Runs

American: None

National: None

Umpires

HP: Bill Klem (NL), 1B: Harry Geisel (AL), 2B: Lee Ballanfant (NL), 3B: Steve Basil (AL)