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1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1939 American baseball competition

Field	Value
year	1939
visitor	National League
top1	0
top2	0
top3	1
top4	0
top5	0
top6	0
top7	0
top8	0
top9	0
visitor_r	1
visitor_h	7
visitor_e	1
home	American League
bot1	0
bot2	0
bot3	0
bot4	2
bot5	1
bot6	0
bot7	0
bot8	0
bot9	X
home_r	3
home_h	6
home_e	1
date	July 11, 1939
venue	Yankee Stadium
city	Bronx, New York
VisitorManager	Gabby Hartnett
VisitorManagerTeam	CHC
HomeManager	Joe McCarthy
HomeManagerTeam	NYY
radio	CBS
NBC
Mutual
radio_announcers	France Laux, Arch McDonald and Mel Allen (CBS)
Tom Manning, Paul Douglas and Warren Brown (NBC)
Red Barber, Bob Elson and Al Helfer (Mutual)
firstpitch	None
attendance	62,892

NBC Mutual Tom Manning, Paul Douglas and Warren Brown (NBC) Red Barber, Bob Elson and Al Helfer (Mutual) The 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the seventh playing of the mid-summer 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 11, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, the home of the New York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3–1. The Yankees went on the win the World Series that year, making them the first team to host the All-Star Game and win the World Series in the same year.

Rosters

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

National League

Starters	Position	Player	Team
P	Paul Derringer	Reds	3
C	Ernie Lombardi	Reds	4
1B	Frank McCormick	Reds	2
2B	Lonny Frey	Reds	1
3B	Stan Hack	Cubs	2
SS	Arky Vaughan	Pirates	6
LF	Joe Medwick	Cardinals	6
CF	Mel Ott	Giants	6
RF	Ival Goodman	Reds	2

Pitchers	Position	Player	Team
P	Curt Davis	Cardinals	2
P	Lou Fette	Bees	1
P	Bill Lee	Cubs	2
P	Johnny Vander Meer	Reds	2
P	Bucky Walters	Reds	2
P	Lon Warneke	Cardinals	4
P	Whit Wyatt	Dodgers	1

Reserves	Position	Player	Team
C	Harry Danning	Giants	2
C	Babe Phelps	Dodgers	2
1B	Dolph Camilli	Dodgers	1
1B	Johnny Mize	Cardinals	2
2B	Billy Herman	Cubs	6
3B	Cookie Lavagetto	Dodgers	2
SS	Billy Jurges	Giants	2
OF	Morrie Arnovich	Phillies	1
OF	Terry Moore	Cardinals	1

American League

Starters	Position	Player	Team
P	Red Ruffing	Yankees	3
C	Bill Dickey	Yankees	6
1B	Hank Greenberg	Tigers	3
2B	Joe Gordon	Yankees	1
3B	Red Rolfe	Yankees	3
SS	Joe Cronin	Red Sox	6
LF	George Selkirk	Yankees	2
CF	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	4
RF	Doc Cramer	Red Sox	4

Pitchers	Position	Player	Team
P	Tommy Bridges	Tigers	5
P	Bob Feller	Indians	2
P	Lefty Gomez	Yankees	7
P	Lefty Grove	Red Sox	6
P	Ted Lyons	White Sox	1
P	Johnny Murphy	Yankees	3
P	Bobo Newsom	Tigers	2

Reserves	Position	Player	Team
C	Frankie Hayes	Athletics	1
C	Rollie Hemsley	Indians	3
1B	Jimmie Foxx	Red Sox	7
1B	Lou Gehrig	Yankees	7
1B	George McQuinn	Browns	1
SS	Luke Appling	White Sox	2
SS	Frankie Crosetti	Yankees	2
OF	George Case	Senators	1
OF	Myril Hoag	Browns	1
OF	Bob Johnson	Athletics	3

Game

Umpires

Position	Umpire	League
Home Plate	Cal Hubbard	American
First Base	Larry Goetz	National
Second Base	Eddie Rommel	American
Third Base	George Magerkurth	National

The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Hubbard and Magerkurth swapped positions, also Goetz and Rommel swapped positions.

Starting lineups

National League	American League	Order	Player	Team	Position	Order	Player
1	Stan Hack	Cubs	3B	1	Doc Cramer	Red Sox	RF
2	Lonny Frey	Reds	2B	2	Red Rolfe	Yankees	3B
3	Ival Goodman	Reds	RF	3	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	CF
4	Frank McCormick	Reds	1B	4	Bill Dickey	Yankees	C
5	Ernie Lombardi	Reds	C	5	Hank Greenberg	Tigers	1B
6	Joe Medwick	Cardinals	LF	6	Joe Cronin	Red Sox	SS
7	Mel Ott	Giants	CF	7	George Selkirk	Yankees	LF
8	Arky Vaughan	Pirates	SS	8	Joe Gordon	Yankees	2B
9	Paul Derringer	Reds	P	9	Red Ruffing	Yankees	P

Game summary

References

Player declined or was unable to play.
(11 Jul 1939). "American League 3, National League 1".

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