1951 All-Star Game

The 1951 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 10, 1951. The National League won the eighteenth midsummer classic by a score of 8 to 3. The game was held at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, MI in front of 52,075 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Bill Dickey and Tommy Henrich.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Jim Busby	Chicago White Sox	OF
Chico Carrasquel	Chicago White Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF		did not play
Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	OF
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B
Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	Fan's Selection
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Ned Garver	St. Louis Browns	P	Fan's Selection
Randy Gumpert	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Jim Hegan	Cleveland Indians	C
Fred Hutchinson	Detroit Tigers	P
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	3B	Fan's Selection
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	P
Ed Lopat	New York Yankees	P
Connie Marrero	Washington Senators	P		did not play
Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	OF
Mel Parnell	Boston Red Sox	P
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	SS
Eddie Robinson	Chicago White Sox	1B
Bobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	P		did not play
Vern Stephens	Boston Red Sox	3B
Vic Wertz	Detroit Tigers	OF	Fan's Selection
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection

National League

The National League team was led by manager Eddie Sawyer and coaches Benny Bengough, Dusty Cooke and Ralph Perkins.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Fan's Selection
Ewell Blackwell	Cincinnati Reds	P
Roy Campanella	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	Fan's Selection
Alvin Dark	New York Giants	SS	Fan's Selection
Bruce Edwards	Chicago Cubs	C		did not play
Bob Elliott	Boston Braves	3B	Fan's Selection
Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Fan's Selection
Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B	Fan's Selection
Larry Jansen	New York Giants	P		did not play
Willie Jones	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
Dutch Leonard	Chicago Cubs	P		did not play
Sal Maglie	New York Giants	P
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	P
Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS
Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Fan's Selection
Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B	Fan's Selection
Preacher Roe	Brooklyn Dodgers	P		did not play
Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF
Warren Spahn	Boston Braves	P		did not play
Wally Westlake	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Johnny Wyrostek	Cincinnati Reds	OF

The Game

Starting Lineups

National League				Batting Order		American League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Richie Ashburn	OF	Philadelphia Phillies		1		Dom DiMaggio	OF	Boston Red Sox
Alvin Dark	SS	New York Giants		2		Nellie Fox	2B	Chicago White Sox
Stan Musial	OF	St. Louis Cardinals		3		George Kell	3B	Detroit Tigers
Jackie Robinson	2B	Brooklyn Dodgers		4		Ted Williams	OF	Boston Red Sox
Gil Hodges	1B	Brooklyn Dodgers		5		Yogi Berra	C	New York Yankees
Bob Elliott	3B	Boston Braves		6		Vic Wertz	OF	Detroit Tigers
Del Ennis	OF	Philadelphia Phillies		7		Ferris Fain	1B	Philadelphia Athletics
Roy Campanella	C	Brooklyn Dodgers		8		Chico Carrasquel	SS	Chicago White Sox
Robin Roberts	P	Philadelphia Phillies		9		Ned Garver	P	St. Louis Browns

Line Score

July 10, 1951 at Briggs Stadium (52075), unknown start time - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	8	12	1
American	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	2

Pitchers

National: Robin Roberts - Sal Maglie (W) - Don Newcombe - Ewell Blackwell

American: Ned Garver - Ed Lopat (L) - Fred Hutchinson - Mel Parnell - Bob Lemon

Home Runs

National: Stan Musial (4th), Bob Elliott (4th), Gil Hodges (6th), Ralph Kiner (8th)

American: Vic Wertz (4th), George Kell (5th)

Umpires

HP: Art Passarella (AL), 1B: Scotty Robb (NL), 2B: Eddie Hurley (AL), 3B: Lou Jorda (NL), LF: Frank Dascoli (NL), RF: Jim Honochick (AL)