1948 All-Star Game

The 1948 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 13, 1948. The American League won the fifteenth midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 2. The game was held at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, MO in front of 34,009 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Bucky Harris and coaches Red Corriden and Chuck Dressen.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C		did not play
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	SS	Fan's Selection
Joe Coleman	Philadelphia Athletics	P
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Joe Dobson	Boston Red Sox	P		replaced Feller, did not play
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B
Hoot Evers	Detroit Tigers	OF
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	P		replaced due to injury
Joe Gordon	Cleveland Indians	2B	Fan's Selection
Joe Haynes	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	OF
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	3B	Fan's Selection	did not play
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	3B
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	P		did not play
Walt Masterson	Washington Senators	P	Fan's Selection
George McQuinn	New York Yankees	1B	Fan's Selection
Pat Mullin	Detroit Tigers	OF	Fan's Selection
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	P
Joe Page	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Vic Raschi	New York Yankees	P
Buddy Rosar	Philadelphia Athletics	C	Fan's Selection
Vern Stephens	Boston Red Sox	SS
Birdie Tebbetts	Boston Red Sox	C
Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	1B
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Al Zarilla	St. Louis Browns	OF

National League

The National League team was led by manager Leo Durocher and coaches Eddie Dyer and Mel Ott.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Fan's Selection
Ewell Blackwell	Cincinnati Reds	P
Ralph Branca	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	Fan's Selection
Harry Brecheen	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Walker Cooper	New York Giants	C	Fan's Selection
Bob Elliott	Boston Braves	3B
Sid Gordon	New York Giants	3B		did not play
Frankie Gustine	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B
Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	OF
Buddy Kerr	New York Giants	SS
Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	SS		replaced due to injury
Phil Masi	Boston Braves	C
Clyde McCullough	Chicago Cubs	C		did not play
Johnny Mize	New York Giants	1B	Fan's Selection
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Andy Pafko	Chicago Cubs	3B	Fan's Selection
Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS	Fan's Selection
Elmer Riddle	Pittsburgh Pirates	P		did not play
Bill Rigney	New York Giants	2B		replaced Stanky
Johnny Sain	Boston Braves	P
Johnny Schmitz	Chicago Cubs	P
Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Eddie Stanky	Boston Braves	2B	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Bobby Thomson	New York Giants	OF
Eddie Waitkus	Chicago Cubs	1B

The Game

Starting Lineups

National League				Batting Order		American League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Richie Ashburn	OF	Philadelphia Phillies		1		Pat Mullin	OF	Detroit Tigers
Red Schoendienst	2B	St. Louis Cardinals		2		Tommy Henrich	OF	New York Yankees
Stan Musial	OF	St. Louis Cardinals		3		Lou Boudreau	SS	Cleveland Indians
Johnny Mize	1B	New York Giants		4		Joe Gordon	2B	Cleveland Indians
Enos Slaughter	OF	St. Louis Cardinals		5		Hoot Evers	OF	Detroit Tigers
Andy Pafko	3B	Chicago Cubs		6		Ken Keltner	3B	Cleveland Indians
Walker Cooper	C	New York Giants		7		George McQuinn	1B	New York Yankees
Pee Wee Reese	SS	Brooklyn Dodgers		8		Buddy Rosar	C	Philadelphia Athletics
Ralph Branca	P	Brooklyn Dodgers		9		Walt Masterson	P	Washington Senators

Line Score

July 13, 1948 at Sportsman's Park (34009), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

National: Ralph Branca - Johnny Schmitz (L) - Johnny Sain - Ewell Blackwell

American: Walt Masterson - Vic Raschi (W) - Joe Coleman

Home Runs

National: Stan Musial (1st)

American: Hoot Evers (2nd)

Umpires

HP: Charlie Berry (AL), 1B: Bill Stewart (NL), 2B: Joe Paparella (AL), 3B: Beans Reardon (NL)