1959 All-Star Game - First Game

The First 1959 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 7, 1959. The National League won the twenty-sixth midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 4. The game was held at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA in front of 35,277 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Harry Craft and Tony Cuccinello.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C		did not play
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	P
Rocky Colavito	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Bud Daley	Kansas City Athletics	P
Ryne Duren	New York Yankees	P
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	P
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF	Fan's Selection
Harmon Killebrew	Washington Senators	3B	Fan's Selection
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	OF
Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	C
Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox	3B
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF
Gil McDougald	New York Yankees	SS
Minnie Minoso	Cleveland Indians	OF	Fan's Selection
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Vic Power	Cleveland Indians	1B
Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	2B
Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	1B
Bill Skowron	New York Yankees	1B	Fan's Selection
Gus Triandos	Baltimore Orioles	C	Fan's Selection
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baltimore Orioles	P		did not play
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF
Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	P	Fan's Selection

National League

The National League team was led by manager Fred Haney and coaches Danny Murtaugh and Eddie Sawyer.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF	Fan's Selection
Johnny Antonelli	San Francisco Giants	P
Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	SS	Fan's Selection
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves	P
Smoky Burgess	Pittsburgh Pirates	C		did not play
Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	1B	Fan's Selection
Gene Conley	Philadelphia Phillies	P		did not play
Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
Joe Cunningham	St. Louis Cardinals	OF		did not play
Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Fan's Selection
Don Elston	Chicago Cubs	P		replaced Mizell
Roy Face	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	3B
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
Vinegar Bend Mizell	St. Louis Cardinals	P		replaced due to injury
Wally Moon	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Redlegs	OF		did not play
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Redlegs	1B		did not play
Hal Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	C		did not play
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P		did not play
Johnny Temple	Cincinnati Redlegs	2B	Fan's Selection
Bill White	St. Louis Cardinals	OF		did not play

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Minnie Minoso	OF	Cleveland Indians		1		Johnny Temple	2B	Cincinnati Redlegs
Nellie Fox	2B	Chicago White Sox		2		Eddie Mathews	3B	Milwaukee Braves
Al Kaline	OF	Detroit Tigers		3		Hank Aaron	OF	Milwaukee Braves
Bill Skowron	1B	New York Yankees		4		Willie Mays	OF	San Francisco Giants
Rocky Colavito	OF	Cleveland Indians		5		Ernie Banks	SS	Chicago Cubs
Gus Triandos	C	Baltimore Orioles		6		Orlando Cepeda	1B	San Francisco Giants
Harmon Killebrew	3B	Washington Senators		7		Wally Moon	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers
Luis Aparicio	SS	Chicago White Sox		8		Del Crandall	C	Milwaukee Braves
Early Wynn	P	Chicago White Sox		9		Don Drysdale	P	Los Angeles Dodgers

Line Score

July 7, 1959 at Forbes Field (35277), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Early Wynn - Ryne Duren - Jim Bunning - Whitey Ford (L) - Bud Daley

National: Don Drysdale - Lew Burdette - Roy Face - Johnny Antonelli (W) - Don Elston (S)

Home Runs

American: Al Kaline (4th)

National: Eddie Mathews (1st)

Umpires

HP: Al Barlick (NL), 1B: Ed Runge (AL), 2B: Augie Donatelli (NL), 3B: Joe Paparella (AL), LF: Shag Crawford (NL), RF: John Rice (AL)