1942 All-Star Game
The 1942 All-Star Game was held on Monday, July 6, 1942. The American League won the tenth midsummer classic by a score of 3 to 1. The game was held at the Polo Grounds in New York, NY in front of 33,694 fans.
The Teams[edit]
American League[edit]
The American League team was led by manager Joe McCarthy and coaches Art Fletcher and Bill McKechnie.
National League[edit]
The National League team was led by manager Leo Durocher and coaches Frankie Frisch and Bucky Harris.
The Game[edit]
Starting Lineups[edit]
American League | Batting Order |
National League | ||||||
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Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
Lou Boudreau | SS | Cleveland Indians | 1 | Jimmy Brown | 2B | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
Tommy Henrich | OF | New York Yankees | 2 | Arky Vaughan | 3B | Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
Ted Williams | OF | Boston Red Sox | 3 | Pete Reiser | OF | Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
Joe DiMaggio | OF | New York Yankees | 4 | Johnny Mize | 1B | New York Giants | ||
Rudy York | 1B | Detroit Tigers | 5 | Mel Ott | OF | New York Giants | ||
Joe Gordon | 2B | New York Yankees | 6 | Joe Medwick | OF | Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
Ken Keltner | 3B | Cleveland Indians | 7 | Walker Cooper | C | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
Birdie Tebbetts | C | Detroit Tigers | 8 | Eddie Miller | SS | Boston Braves | ||
Spud Chandler | P | New York Yankees | 9 | Mort Cooper | P | St. Louis Cardinals |
Line Score[edit]
July 6, 1942 at Polo Grounds (33694), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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American | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Pitchers
American: Spud Chandler (W) - Al Benton
National: Mort Cooper (L) - Johnny Vander Meer - Claude Passeau - Bucky Walters
Home Runs
American: Lou Boudreau (1st), Rudy York (1st)
National: Mickey Owen (8th)
Umpires
HP: Lee Ballanfant (NL), 1B: Bob Stewart (AL), 2B: Al Barlick (NL), 3B: Bill McGowan (AL)
Related Sites[edit]
Major League Baseball's All-Star Game
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