1953 All-Star Game

The 1953 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 14, 1953. The National League won the twentieth midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 1. The game was held at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, OH in front of 30,846 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Lou Boudreau and Jim Turner.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Bauer	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Chico Carrasquel	Chicago White Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	OF
Ferris Fain	Chicago White Sox	1B
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B
Mike Garcia	Cleveland Indians	P
Billy Goodman	Boston Red Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Billy Hunter	St. Louis Browns	SS
George Kell	Boston Red Sox	3B
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	SS
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	P		did not play
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	OF
Johnny Mize	New York Yankees	1B
Satchel Paige	St. Louis Browns	P
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	P	Fan's Selection
Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees	P
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	SS
Eddie Robinson	Philadelphia Athletics	1B
Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	3B	Fan's Selection
Johnny Sain	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	1B	Fan's Selection
Sammy White	Boston Red Sox	C		did not play
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF		did not play
Gus Zernial	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	Fan's Selection

National League

The National League team was led by manager Chuck Dressen and coaches Billy Herman, Cookie Lavagetto and Jake Pitler.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
Gus Bell	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fan's Selection
Roy Campanella	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	Fan's Selection
Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C		replaced due to injury
Murry Dickson	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Carl Furillo	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF		did not play
Harvey Haddix	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Granny Hamner	Philadelphia Phillies	SS
Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B
Ralph Kiner	Chicago Cubs	OF
Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Reds	1B	Fan's Selection
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	3B	Fan's Selection
Clyde McCullough	Chicago Cubs	C		replaced Crandall, did not play
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS	Fan's Selection
Del Rice	St. Louis Cardinals	C		replaced due to injury
Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Fan's Selection
Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B
Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	2B	Fan's Selection
Curt Simmons	Philadelphia Phillies	P
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Fan's Selection
Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P
Gerry Staley	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Wes Westrum	New York Giants	C		replaced Rice, did not play
Hoyt Wilhelm	New York Giants	P		did not play
Davey Williams	New York Giants	2B

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Billy Goodman	2B	Boston Red Sox		1		Pee Wee Reese	SS	Brooklyn Dodgers
Mickey Vernon	1B	Washington Senators		2		Red Schoendienst	2B	St. Louis Cardinals
Hank Bauer	OF	New York Yankees		3		Stan Musial	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
Mickey Mantle	OF	New York Yankees		4		Ted Kluszewski	1B	Cincinnati Reds
Al Rosen	3B	Cleveland Indians		5		Roy Campanella	C	Brooklyn Dodgers
Gus Zernial	OF	Philadelphia Athletics		6		Eddie Mathews	3B	Milwaukee Braves
Yogi Berra	C	New York Yankees		7		Gus Bell	OF	Cincinnati Reds
Chico Carrasquel	SS	Chicago White Sox		8		Enos Slaughter	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
Billy Pierce	P	Chicago White Sox		9		Robin Roberts	P	Philadelphia Phillies

Line Score

Bess Truman and Margaret Truman casting their votes for players to appear in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, probably at Griffith Stadium in Washington., 06/24/1953

July 14, 1953 at Crosley Field (30846), unknown start time - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Billy Pierce - Allie Reynolds (L) - Mike Garcia - Satchel Paige

National: Robin Roberts - Warren Spahn (W) - Curt Simmons - Murry Dickson

Home Runs

American: None

National: None

Umpires

HP: Jocko Conlan (NL), 1B: Johnny Stevens (AL), 2B: Augie Donatelli (NL), 3B: Bill McKinley (AL), LF: Larry Napp (AL), RF: Bill Engeln (NL)