1947 All-Star Game

The 1947 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1947. The American League won the fourteenth midsummer classic by a score of 2 to 1. The game was held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL in front of 41,123 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Joe Cronin and coaches Del Baker and Steve O'Neill.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	SS
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	SS	Fan's Selection
Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	P		replaced due to injury
Joe Gordon	Cleveland Indians	2B	Fan's Selection
Jim Hegan	Cleveland Indians	C		did not play
Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	OF		replaced Keller
Billy Johnson	New York Yankees	3B
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	3B	Fan's Selection
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees	OF		replaced due to injury
Jack Kramer	St. Louis Browns	P		did not play
Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	OF	Fan's Selection
Walt Masterson	Washington Senators	P
George McQuinn	New York Yankees	1B	Fan's Selection
Pat Mullin	Detroit Tigers	OF		did not play
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	P	Fan's Selection
Joe Page	New York Yankees	P
Aaron Robinson	New York Yankees	C		did not play
Buddy Rosar	Philadelphia Athletics	C	Fan's Selection
Spec Shea	New York Yankees	P
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	OF
Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Early Wynn	Washington Senators	P		replaced Feller, did not play
Rudy York	Chicago White Sox	1B		did not play

National League

The National League team was led by manager Eddie Dyer and coaches Ben Chapman and Mel Ott.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Ewell Blackwell	Cincinnati Reds	P	Fan's Selection
Ralph Branca	Brooklyn Dodgers	P		did not play
Harry Brecheen	St. Louis Cardinals	P
Phil Cavarretta	Chicago Cubs	OF
Walker Cooper	New York Giants	C	Fan's Selection
Bruce Edwards	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
Bob Elliott	Boston Braves	3B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Frankie Gustine	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B
Bert Haas	Cincinnati Reds	OF
Whitey Kurowski	St. Louis Cardinals	3B		replaced Elliott
Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	SS
Willard Marshall	New York Giants	OF
Phil Masi	Boston Braves	C
Eddie Miller	Cincinnati Reds	SS	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Johnny Mize	New York Giants	1B	Fan's Selection
Red Munger	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
Andy Pafko	Chicago Cubs	OF
Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS		replaced Miller
Schoolboy Rowe	Philadelphia Phillies	P
Johnny Sain	Boston Braves	P
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Warren Spahn	Boston Braves	P
Eddie Stanky	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B
Emil Verban	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	Fan's Selection
Dixie Walker	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Harry Walker	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Fan's Selection

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
George Kell	3B	Detroit Tigers		1		Harry Walker	OF	Philadelphia Phillies
Buddy Lewis	OF	Washington Senators		2		Dixie Walker	OF	Brooklyn Dodgers
Ted Williams	OF	Boston Red Sox		3		Walker Cooper	C	New York Giants
Joe DiMaggio	OF	New York Yankees		4		Johnny Mize	1B	New York Giants
Lou Boudreau	SS	Cleveland Indians		5		Enos Slaughter	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
George McQuinn	1B	New York Yankees		6		Frankie Gustine	3B	Pittsburgh Pirates
Joe Gordon	2B	Cleveland Indians		7		Marty Marion	SS	St. Louis Cardinals
Buddy Rosar	C	Philadelphia Athletics		8		Emil Verban	2B	Philadelphia Phillies
Hal Newhouser	P	Detroit Tigers		9		Ewell Blackwell	P	Cincinnati Reds

Line Score

July 8, 1947 at Wrigley Field (41123), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Hal Newhouser - Spec Shea (W) - Walt Masterson - Joe Page

National: Ewell Blackwell - Harry Brecheen - Johnny Sain (L) - Warren Spahn

Home Runs

American: None

National: Johnny Mize (4th)

Umpires

HP: Jocko Conlan (NL), 1B: Jim Boyer (AL), 2B: Butch Henline (NL), 3B: Art Passarella (AL)