1959 All-Star Game - Second Game

The Second 1959 All-Star Game was held on Monday, August 3, 1959. The American League won the twenty-seventh midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 3. The game was held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA in front of 55,105 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Frankie Crosetti and Cookie Lavagetto.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Bob Allison	Washington Senators	OF		did not play
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS	Fan's Selection
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C	Fan's Selection
Rocky Colavito	Cleveland Indians	OF
Bud Daley	Kansas City Athletics	P		did not play
Ryne Duren	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Elston Howard	New York Yankees	C-OF		did not play
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF
Harmon Killebrew	Washington Senators	3B		did not play
Tony Kubek	New York Yankees	SS
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	OF		replaced due to injury
Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	C
Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox	3B	Fan's Selection
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Roger Maris	Kansas City Athletics	OF	Fan's Selection
Gil McDougald	New York Yankees	SS		replaced due to injury
Cal McLish	Cleveland Indians	P
Minnie Minoso	Cleveland Indians	OF		did not play
Billy O'Dell	Baltimore Orioles	P
Camilo Pascual	Washington Senators	P		replaced due to injury
Vic Power	Cleveland Indians	1B
Pedro Ramos	Washington Senators	P		replaced Pascual, did not play
Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	2B		did not play
Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	2B	Fan's Selection
Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	1B		did not play
Bill Skowron	New York Yankees	1B		replaced due to injury
Gus Triandos	Baltimore Orioles	C		replaced due to injury
Jerry Walker	Baltimore Orioles	P	Fan's Selection
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baltimore Orioles	P
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Gene Woodling	Baltimore Orioles	OF
Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	P

National League

The National League team was led by manager Fred Haney and coaches John Fitzpatrick and Billy Herman.

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

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Pete Runnels	2B	Boston Red Sox		1		Johnny Temple	2B	Cincinnati Redlegs
Nellie Fox	2B	Chicago White Sox		2		Ken Boyer	3B	St. Louis Cardinals
Ted Williams	OF	Boston Red Sox		3		Hank Aaron	OF	Milwaukee Braves
Yogi Berra	C	New York Yankees		4		Willie Mays	OF	San Francisco Giants
Mickey Mantle	OF	New York Yankees		5		Ernie Banks	SS	Chicago Cubs
Roger Maris	OF	Kansas City Athletics		6		Stan Musial	1B	St. Louis Cardinals
Frank Malzone	3B	Boston Red Sox		7		Wally Moon	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers
Luis Aparicio	SS	Chicago White Sox		8		Del Crandall	C	Milwaukee Braves
Jerry Walker	P	Baltimore Orioles		9		Don Drysdale	P	Los Angeles Dodgers

Line Score

August 3, 1959 at Memorial Coliseum (55105), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore

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

Pitchers

American: Jerry Walker (W) - Early Wynn - Hoyt Wilhelm - Billy O'Dell - Cal McLish (S)

National: Don Drysdale (L) - Gene Conley - Sam Jones - Roy Face

Home Runs

American: Frank Malzone (2nd), Yogi Berra (3rd), Rocky Colavito (8th)

National: Frank Robinson (5th), Jim Gilliam (7th)

Umpires

HP: Bill Jackowski (NL), 1B: Charlie Berry (AL), 2B: Tony Venzon (NL), 3B: Bill Summers (AL), LF: Ken Burkhart (NL), RF: Hank Soar (AL)