1954 All-Star Game

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The 1954 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 13, 1954. The American League won the twenty-first midsummer classic by a score of 11 to 9. The game was held at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, OH in front of 68,751 fans.

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The Teams[edit]

American League[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Fred Hutchinson and Marty Marion.

Player Team Position Selection Notes
Bobby Avila Cleveland Indians 2B Fan's Selection
Hank Bauer New York Yankees OF Fan's Selection
Yogi Berra New York Yankees C Fan's Selection
Ray Boone Detroit Tigers 3B Fan's Selection
Chico Carrasquel Chicago White Sox SS Fan's Selection
Sandy Consuegra Chicago White Sox P replaced Garcia
Larry Doby Cleveland Indians OF
Ferris Fain Chicago White Sox 1B replaced due to injury
Jim Finigan Philadelphia Athletics 3B did not play
Whitey Ford New York Yankees P Fan's Selection
Nellie Fox Chicago White Sox 2B
Mike Garcia Cleveland Indians P replaced due to injury
Bob Keegan Chicago White Sox P
George Kell Chicago White Sox 3B replaced due to injury
Harvey Kuenn Detroit Tigers SS did not play
Bob Lemon Cleveland Indians P
Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox C did not play
Mickey Mantle New York Yankees OF Fan's Selection
Minnie Minoso Chicago White Sox OF Fan's Selection
Irv Noren New York Yankees OF replaced Reynolds
Jim Piersall Boston Red Sox OF
Bob Porterfield Washington Senators P
Allie Reynolds New York Yankees P replaced due to injury
Al Rosen Cleveland Indians 1B Fan's Selection
Dean Stone Washington Senators P replaced Fain
Virgil Trucks Chicago White Sox P
Bob Turley Baltimore Orioles P did not play
Mickey Vernon Washington Senators 1B replaced Kell
Ted Williams Boston Red Sox OF

National League[edit]

The National League team was led by manager Walt Alston and coaches Leo Durocher and Charlie Grimm.

Player Team Position Selection Notes
Johnny Antonelli New York Giants P
Gus Bell Cincinnati Redlegs OF
Smoky Burgess Philadelphia Phillies C
Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodgers C Fan's Selection
Gene Conley Milwaukee Braves P
Del Crandall Milwaukee Braves C did not play
Alvin Dark New York Giants SS Fan's Selection
Carl Erskine Brooklyn Dodgers P
Marv Grissom New York Giants P
Harvey Haddix St. Louis Cardinals P replaced due to injury
Granny Hamner Philadelphia Phillies 2B Fan's Selection
Gil Hodges Brooklyn Dodgers 1B
Ray Jablonski St. Louis Cardinals 3B Fan's Selection
Randy Jackson Chicago Cubs 3B
Ted Kluszewski Cincinnati Redlegs 1B Fan's Selection
Willie Mays New York Giants OF
Don Mueller New York Giants OF
Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals OF Fan's Selection
Pee Wee Reese Brooklyn Dodgers SS did not play
Robin Roberts Philadelphia Phillies P Fan's Selection
Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers OF Fan's Selection
Red Schoendienst St. Louis Cardinals 2B
Duke Snider Brooklyn Dodgers OF Fan's Selection
Warren Spahn Milwaukee Braves P
Frank Thomas Pittsburgh Pirates OF
Jim Wilson Milwaukee Braves P replaced Haddix, did not play

The Game[edit]

Starting Lineups[edit]

National League Batting
Order
American League
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Granny Hamner 2B Philadelphia Phillies 1 Minnie Minoso OF Chicago White Sox
Alvin Dark SS New York Giants 2 Bobby Avila 2B Cleveland Indians
Duke Snider OF Brooklyn Dodgers 3 Mickey Mantle OF New York Yankees
Stan Musial OF St. Louis Cardinals 4 Yogi Berra C New York Yankees
Ted Kluszewski 1B Cincinnati Redlegs 5 Al Rosen 1B Cleveland Indians
Ray Jablonski 3B St. Louis Cardinals 6 Ray Boone 3B Detroit Tigers
Jackie Robinson OF Brooklyn Dodgers 7 Hank Bauer OF New York Yankees
Roy Campanella C Brooklyn Dodgers 8 Chico Carrasquel SS Chicago White Sox
Robin Roberts P Philadelphia Phillies 9 Whitey Ford P New York Yankees

Line Score[edit]

July 13, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium (68751), unknown start time - Retrosheet Boxscore

League 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
National 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 9 14 0
American 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 3 x 11 17 1

Pitchers

National: Robin Roberts - Johnny Antonelli - Warren Spahn - Marv Grissom - Gene Conley (L) - Carl Erskine

American: Whitey Ford - Sandy Consuegra - Bob Lemon - Bob Porterfield - Bob Keegan - Dean Stone (W) - Virgil Trucks

Home Runs

National: Ted Kluszewski (5th), Gus Bell (8th)

American: Al Rosen (3rd), Ray Boone (3rd), Al Rosen (5th), Larry Doby (8th)

Umpires

HP: Eddie Rommel (AL), 1B: Lee Ballanfant (NL), 2B: Jim Honochick (AL), 3B: Bill Stewart (NL), LF: Tom Gorman (NL), RF: Joe Paparella (AL)
In the 5th inning, Stewart moved to HP, Honochick to 1B, Ballanfant to 2B and Rommel to 3B.

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