1939 All-Star Game

The 1939 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 11, 1939. The American League won the seventh midsummer classic by a score of 3 to 1. The game was held at Yankee Stadium in New York, NY in front of 62,892 fans.

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The Teams

American League

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

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	SS		did not play
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	P
George Case	Washington Senators	OF		replaced due to injury
Doc Cramer	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	SS		did not play
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	P
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	1B		did not play
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B		replaced Case, did not play
Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	2B	Fan's Selection
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	1B	Fan's Selection
Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	P		did not play
Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia Athletics	C		did not play
Rollie Hemsley	Cleveland Indians	C		did not play
Myril Hoag	St. Louis Browns	OF
Indian Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	OF		did not play
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	1B		did not play
Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Red Rolfe	New York Yankees	3B	Fan's Selection
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	P	Fan's Selection
George Selkirk	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection

National League

The National League team was led by manager Gabby Hartnett and coaches Red Corriden and Bill Terry.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Morrie Arnovich	Philadelphia Phillies	OF		did not play
Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B
Harry Danning	New York Giants	C		did not play
Curt Davis	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	P	Fan's Selection
Lou Fette	Boston Bees	P
Lonny Frey	Cincinnati Reds	2B	Fan's Selection
Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	3B	Fan's Selection
Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	2B
Billy Jurges	New York Giants	SS		did not play
Cookie Lavagetto	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B		did not play
Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	P
Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	C	Fan's Selection
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B	Fan's Selection
Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
Terry Moore	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Babe Phelps	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	P		did not play
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	Fan's Selection
Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	P		did not play
Lon Warneke	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	P		did not play

The Game

Starting Lineups

National League				Batting Order		American League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Stan Hack	3B	Chicago Cubs		1		Doc Cramer	OF	Boston Red Sox
Lonny Frey	2B	Cincinnati Reds		2		Red Rolfe	3B	New York Yankees
Ival Goodman	OF	Cincinnati Reds		3		Joe DiMaggio	OF	New York Yankees
Frank McCormick	1B	Cincinnati Reds		4		Bill Dickey	C	New York Yankees
Ernie Lombardi	C	Cincinnati Reds		5		Hank Greenberg	1B	Detroit Tigers
Joe Medwick	OF	St. Louis Cardinals		6		Joe Cronin	SS	Boston Red Sox
Mel Ott	OF	New York Giants		7		George Selkirk	OF	New York Yankees
Arky Vaughan	SS	Pittsburgh Pirates		8		Joe Gordon	2B	New York Yankees
Paul Derringer	P	Cincinnati Reds		9		Red Ruffing	P	New York Yankees

Line Score

July 11, 1939 at Yankee Stadium (62892), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

National: Paul Derringer - Bill Lee (L) - Lou Fette

American: Red Ruffing - Tommy Bridges (W) - Bob Feller

Home Runs

National: None

American: Joe DiMaggio (5th)

Umpires

HP: Cal Hubbard (AL), 1B: Larry Goetz (NL), 2B: Eddie Rommel (AL), 3B: George Magerkurth (NL)