1944 All-Star Game

The 1944 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 11, 1944. The National League won the twelfth midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 1. The game was held at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA in front of 29,589 fans.

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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
Hank Borowy	New York Yankees	P	Fan's Selection
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	SS		did not play
George Case	Washington Senators	OF		replaced due to injury
Roy Cullenbine	Cleveland Indians	OF		did not play
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Rick Ferrell	Washington Senators	C		did not play
Pete Fox	Boston Red Sox	OF		replaced Case, did not play
Orval Grove	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia Athletics	C
Rollie Hemsley	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Pinky Higgins	Detroit Tigers	3B
Oris Hockett	Cleveland Indians	OF		did not play
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	P
Indian Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	3B	Fan's Selection
Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	P		did not play
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	1B	Fan's Selection
Bob Muncrief	St. Louis Browns	P
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	P
Bobo Newsom	Philadelphia Athletics	P
Joe Page	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	OF	Fan's Selection
Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	SS	Fan's Selection
Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Thurman Tucker	Chicago White Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	1B		did not play

National League

The National League team was led by manager Billy Southworth and coaches Freddie Fitzsimmons and Honus Wagner.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Nate Andrews	Boston Braves	P		did not play
Phil Cavarretta	Chicago Cubs	1B	Fan's Selection
Walker Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	C	Fan's Selection
Vince DiMaggio	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
Bob Elliott	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B	Fan's Selection
Augie Galan	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Al Javery	Boston Braves	P		did not play
Don Johnson	Chicago Cubs	2B		did not play
Whitey Kurowski	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
Max Lanier	St. Louis Cardinals	P		replaced due to injury
Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	Fan's Selection
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B		did not play
Joe Medwick	New York Giants	OF
Eddie Miller	Cincinnati Reds	SS		replaced due to injury
Ray Mueller	Cincinnati Reds	C
Red Munger	St. Louis Cardinals	P		replaced due to injury
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	OF
Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF
Mickey Owen	Brooklyn Dodgers	C		did not play
Ken Raffensberger	Philadelphia Blue Jays	P
Connie Ryan	Boston Braves	2B	Fan's Selection
Rip Sewell	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	P		replaced Lanier
Bill Voiselle	New York Giants	P		replaced Munger, did not play
Dixie Walker	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	P	Fan's Selection
Frankie Zak	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS		replaced Miller, did not play

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Thurman Tucker	OF	Chicago White Sox		1		Augie Galan	OF	Brooklyn Dodgers
Stan Spence	OF	Washington Senators		2		Phil Cavarretta	1B	Chicago Cubs
George McQuinn	1B	St. Louis Browns		3		Stan Musial	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
Vern Stephens	SS	St. Louis Browns		4		Walker Cooper	C	St. Louis Cardinals
Indian Bob Johnson	OF	Boston Red Sox		5		Dixie Walker	OF	Brooklyn Dodgers
Ken Keltner	3B	Cleveland Indians		6		Bob Elliott	3B	Pittsburgh Pirates
Bobby Doerr	2B	Boston Red Sox		7		Connie Ryan	2B	Boston Braves
Rollie Hemsley	C	New York Yankees		8		Marty Marion	SS	St. Louis Cardinals
Hank Borowy	P	New York Yankees		9		Bucky Walters	P	Cincinnati Reds

Line Score

July 11, 1944 at Forbes Field (29589), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
National	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	x	7	12	1

Pitchers

American: Hank Borowy - Tex Hughson (L) - Bob Muncrief - Hal Newhouser - Bobo Newsom

National: Bucky Walters - Ken Raffensberger (W) - Rip Sewell - Jim Tobin

Home Runs

American: None

National: None

Umpires

HP: George Barr (NL), 1B: Charlie Berry (AL), 2B: Ziggy Sears (NL), 3B: Cal Hubbard (AL)