1955 All-Star Game

The 1955 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 12, 1955. The National League won the twenty-second midsummer classic by a score of 6 to 5 in 12 innings. The game was held at County Stadium in Milwaukee, WI in front of 45,314 fans.

A full house for the All-Star Game

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Al Lopez of the Cleveland Indians and coaches Tony Cuccinello and Don Gutteridge.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Bobby Avila	Cleveland Indians	2B
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Chico Carrasquel	Chicago White Sox	SS
Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	OF		did not play
Dick Donovan	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Jim Finigan	Kansas City Athletics	3B	Fan's Selection
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	P
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Billy Hoeft	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	OF
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF	Fan's Selection
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	SS	Fan's Selection
Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	C		did not play
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	P	Fan's Selection
Vic Power	Kansas City Athletics	1B
Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	3B
Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	P		did not play
Al Smith	Cleveland Indians	OF
Frank Sullivan	Boston Red Sox	P
Bob Turley	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	1B	Fan's Selection
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Jim Wilson	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	P

National League

The National League team was led by manager Leo Durocher of the New York Giants and coaches Fred Haney and Mayo Smith.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF
Luis Arroyo	St. Louis Cardinals	P		did not play
Gene Baker	Chicago Cubs	2B
Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	SS	Fan's Selection
Smoky Burgess	Cincinnati Redlegs	C
Roy Campanella	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	Fan's Selection	replaced due to injury
Gene Conley	Milwaukee Braves	P
Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Fan's Selection
Harvey Haddix	St. Louis Cardinals	P
Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B
Randy Jackson	Chicago Cubs	3B
Sam Jones	Chicago Cubs	P
Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Redlegs	1B	Fan's Selection
Johnny Logan	Milwaukee Braves	SS
Stan Lopata	Philadelphia Phillies	C		replaced Campanella
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	3B	Fan's Selection
Willie Mays	New York Giants	OF
Don Mueller	New York Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	P
Joe Nuxhall	Cincinnati Redlegs	P
Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Fan's Selection
Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	2B	Fan's Selection
Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Harvey Kuenn	SS	Detroit Tigers		1		Red Schoendienst	2B	St. Louis Cardinals
Nellie Fox	2B	Chicago White Sox		2		Del Ennis	OF	Philadelphia Phillies
Ted Williams	OF	Boston Red Sox		3		Duke Snider	OF	Brooklyn Dodgers
Mickey Mantle	OF	New York Yankees		4		Ted Kluszewski	1B	Cincinnati Redlegs
Yogi Berra	C	New York Yankees		5		Eddie Mathews	3B	Milwaukee Braves
Al Kaline	OF	Detroit Tigers		6		Don Mueller	OF	New York Giants
Mickey Vernon	1B	Washington Senators		7		Ernie Banks	SS	Chicago Cubs
Jim Finigan	3B	Kansas City Athletics		8		Del Crandall	C	Milwaukee Braves
Billy Pierce	P	Chicago White Sox		9		Robin Roberts	P	Philadelphia Phillies

Line Score

July 12, 1955 at County Stadium (45314), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
American	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	2
National	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	6	13	1

Pitchers

American: Billy Pierce - Early Wynn - Whitey Ford - Frank Sullivan (L)

National: Robin Roberts - Harvey Haddix - Don Newcombe - Sam Jones - Joe Nuxhall - Gene Conley (W)

Home Runs

American: Mickey Mantle (1st)

National: Stan Musial (12th)

Umpires

HP: Al Barlick (NL), 1B: Hank Soar (AL), 2B: Dusty Boggess (NL), 3B: Bill Summers (AL), LF: Frank Secory, (NL)RF: Ed Runge (AL)

Further Reading

• Andrew Mearns: "On this day, 62 years ago, Stan Musial ended an All-Star Game marathon with a walk-off homer", "Cut4", mlb.com, July 12, 2017. [1]

External Links

• see this Universal newsreel for game highlights (near the end of the clip) [2]