1941 All-Star Game

The 1941 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1941. The American League won the ninth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 5. The game was held at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, MI in front of 54,674 fans

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Del Baker and coaches Art Fletcher and Merv Shea.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	SS		did not play
Al Benton	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	SS
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Roy Cullenbine	St. Louis Browns	OF
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	OF
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	P	Fan's Selection
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	1B
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	2B
Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia Athletics	C
Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	P
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees	OF
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	3B
Thornton Lee	Chicago White Sox	P
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Marius Russo	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Eddie Smith	Chicago White Sox	P
Birdie Tebbetts	Detroit Tigers	C		did not play
Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	3B	Fan's Selection
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	1B	Fan's Selection

National League

The National League team was led by manager Bill McKechnie and coaches Leo Durocher and Jim Wilson.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Cy Blanton	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B		replaced due to injury
Harry Danning	New York Giants	C
Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	P
Bob Elliott	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
Lonny Frey	Cincinnati Reds	2B	Fan's Selection
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	3B	Fan's Selection
Billy Herman	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B
Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P		did not play
Cookie Lavagetto	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B
Hank Leiber	Chicago Cubs	OF		replaced due to injury
Al Lopez	Pittsburgh Pirates	C
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B		replaced Camilli
Joe Medwick	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF		replaced Leiber
Eddie Miller	Boston Braves	SS
Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Fan's Selection
Terry Moore	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	OF	Fan's Selection
Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF
Mickey Owen	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	Fan's Selection
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	P
Pete Reiser	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	Fan's Selection
Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	P
Lon Warneke	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	Fan's Selection

The Game

Starting Lineups

National League				Batting Order		American League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Stan Hack	3B	Chicago Cubs		1		Bobby Doerr	2B	Boston Red Sox
Terry Moore	OF	St. Louis Cardinals		2		Cecil Travis	3B	Washington Senators
Pete Reiser	OF	Brooklyn Dodgers		3		Joe DiMaggio	OF	New York Yankees
Johnny Mize	1B	St. Louis Cardinals		4		Ted Williams	OF	Boston Red Sox
Bill Nicholson	OF	Chicago Cubs		5		Jeff Heath	OF	Cleveland Indians
Arky Vaughan	SS	Pittsburgh Pirates		6		Joe Cronin	SS	Boston Red Sox
Lonny Frey	2B	Cincinnati Reds		7		Rudy York	1B	Detroit Tigers
Mickey Owen	C	Brooklyn Dodgers		8		Bill Dickey	C	New York Yankees
Whit Wyatt	P	Brooklyn Dodgers		9		Bob Feller	P	Cleveland Indians

Line Score

July 8, 1941 at Briggs Stadium (54674), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	5	10	2
American	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	7	11	3

Pitchers

National: Whit Wyatt - Paul Derringer - Bucky Walters - Claude Passeau (L)

American: Bob Feller - Thornton Lee - Sid Hudson - Eddie Smith (W)

Home Runs

National: Arky Vaughan (7th), Arky Vaughan (8th)

American: Ted Williams (9th)

Umpires

HP: Bill Summers (AL), 1B: Lou Jorda (NL), 2B: Bill Grieve (AL), 3B: Babe Pinelli (NL)