1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game


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American League	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
National League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1

Date

July 6, 1942

Venue

Polo Grounds

City

New York City

Managers

Attendance

33,694

Radio

Mutual

Radio announcers

Bob Elson, Mel Allen and Jim Britt

The 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 10th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 6, 1942, at Polo Grounds in New York City the home of the New York Giants of the National League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3–1. While the game had been scheduled for a twilight start at 6:30 p.m. EWT, rain delayed the first pitch for an hour, leading to the first All-Star contest played entirely under the lights; the two-hour, seven-minute game ended just ahead of a 9:30 p.m. blackout curfew in New York.^[1]

Two nights later, the American League All-Stars traveled to Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, to play a special benefit game against a team of players from the U.S. Army and Navy. The contest, which the American Leaguers won 5–0, attracted a crowd of 62,094 and netted $70,000 for the Army Emergency Relief Fund and the Navy Relief Society. Mutual Radio broadcast the second game, with Bob Elson, Waite Hoyt, and Jack Graney announcing.

Rosters

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

National League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Mort Cooper	Cardinals	1
C	Walker Cooper	Cardinals	1
1B	Johnny Mize	Giants	5
2B	Jimmy Brown	Cardinals	1
3B	Arky Vaughan	Dodgers	9
SS	Eddie Miller	Braves	3
LF	Joe Medwick	Dodgers	9
CF	Pete Reiser	Dodgers	2
RF	Mel Ott	Giants	9

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Paul Derringer^[2]	Reds	6
P	Carl Hubbell	Giants	9
P	Cliff Melton^[2]	Giants	1
P	Claude Passeau	Cubs	2
P	Ray Starr	Reds	1
P	Johnny Vander Meer	Reds	3
P	Bucky Walters	Reds	5
P	Whit Wyatt	Dodgers	4

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Ernie Lombardi	Braves	6
C	Mickey Owen	Dodgers	2
1B	Frank McCormick	Reds	5
2B	Billy Herman	Dodgers	9
3B	Bob Elliott	Pirates	2
SS	Pee Wee Reese	Dodgers	1
OF	Terry Moore	Cardinals	4
OF	Danny Litwhiler	Phillies	1
OF	Willard Marshall	Giants	1
OF	Enos Slaughter	Cardinals	2

American League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Spud Chandler	Yankees	1
C	Birdie Tebbetts	Tigers	2
1B	Rudy York	Tigers	3
2B	Joe Gordon	Yankees	4
3B	Ken Keltner	Indians	3
SS	Lou Boudreau	Indians	3
LF	Ted Williams	Red Sox	3
CF	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	7
RF	Tommy Henrich	Yankees	1

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Jim Bagby, Jr.	Indians	1
P	Al Benton	Tigers	2
P	Tiny Bonham	Yankees	1
P	Sid Hudson	Senators	2
P	Tex Hughson	Red Sox	1
P	Hal Newhouser	Tigers	1
P	Red Ruffing	Yankees	6
P	Eddie Smith	White Sox	2

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Bill Dickey^[2]	Yankees	9
C	Buddy Rosar	Yankees	1
C	Hal Wagner	Athletics	1
1B	George McQuinn	Browns	3
2B	Bobby Doerr	Red Sox	2
SS	Phil Rizzuto	Yankees	1
OF	Dom DiMaggio	Red Sox	2
OF	Bob Johnson	Athletics	5
OF	Stan Spence	Senators	1

Game

Umpires

Position	Umpire	League
Home Plate	Lee Ballanfant	National
First Base	Ernie Stewart	American
Second Base	Al Barlick	National
Third Base	Bill McGowan	American

The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Ballanfant and McGowan swapped positions, also Stewart and Barlick swapped positions.^[3]

References

↑ Corio, Ray (August 3, 1987). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
1 2 3 Player declined or was unable to play.
↑ "American League 3, National League 1". Retrosheet. 6 Jul 1942. Retrieved 23 Oct 2016.

External links

Baseball Almanac

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Players

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Events

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See also

² — Two All-Star Games were played these seasons. Italics indicate future games.

1942 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1942 All-Star Game 1942 World Series

Major League Baseball on Mutual

Related programs	Major League Baseball Game of the Day

Related articles	Major League Baseball on the radio

Commentators	All-Star Game World Series

Key figures	Mel Allen Red Barber Buddy Blattner Jack Brickhouse Jim Britt Dizzy Dean Jimmy Dudley Don Dunphy Bob Elson Gene Elston Earl Gillespie Art Gleeson Gabriel Heatter Al Helfer Fred Hoey Waite Hoyt Gene Kirby France Laux Arch McDonald Bob Neal Van Patrick Bill Slater Bob Wolff

Lore	"Slaughter's Mad Dash" (1946) "The Catch" (1954)

All-Star Game	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956

World Series	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956

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