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1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1940 American baseball competition

Field	Value
year	1940
visitor	American League
top1	0
top2	0
top3	0
top4	0
top5	0
top6	0
top7	0
top8	0
top9	0
visitor_r	0
visitor_h	3
visitor_e	1
home	National League
bot1	3
bot2	0
bot3	0
bot4	0
bot5	0
bot6	0
bot7	0
bot8	1
bot9	X
home_r	4
home_h	7
home_e	0
date	July 9, 1940
venue	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
VisitorManager	Joe Cronin
VisitorManagerTeam	BRS
HomeManager	Bill McKechnie
HomeManagerTeam	CIN
radio	CBS
NBC
Mutual
KWK (STL)
radio_announcers	Mel Allen and France Laux (CBS)
Tom Manning, Alex Buchan and Ray Schmidt (NBC)
Red Barber and Bob Elson (Mutual)
Johnny O'Hara and Johnny Neblett (KWK)
firstpitch	None
attendance	32,373

NBC Mutual KWK (STL) Tom Manning, Alex Buchan and Ray Schmidt (NBC) Red Barber and Bob Elson (Mutual) Johnny O'Hara and Johnny Neblett (KWK) The 1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the eighth 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 9, 1940, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri, the home of both the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League (who were the designated host team) and the St. Louis Browns of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–0.

Rosters

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

American League

Starters	Position	Player	Team
P	Red Ruffing	Yankees	4
C	Bill Dickey	Yankees	7
1B	Jimmie Foxx	Red Sox	8
2B	Joe Gordon	Yankees	2
3B	Cecil Travis	Senators	2
SS	Luke Appling	White Sox	3
LF	Ted Williams	Red Sox	1
CF	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	5
RF	Charlie Keller	Yankees	1

Pitchers	Position	Player	Team
P	Tommy Bridges	Tigers	6
P	Bob Feller	Indians	3
P	Dutch Leonard	Senators	1
P	Al Milnar	Indians	1
P	Bobo Newsom	Tigers	3
P	Monte Pearson	Yankees	2

Reserves	Position	Player	Team
C	Frankie Hayes	Athletics	2
C	Rollie Hemsley	Indians	4
1B	George McQuinn	Browns	2
2B	Ray Mack	Indians	1
3B	Ken Keltner	Indians	1
3B	Red Rolfe	Yankees	4
SS	Lou Boudreau	Indians	1
OF	Doc Cramer	Red Sox	5
OF	Lou Finney	Red Sox	1
OF	Hank Greenberg	Tigers	4
OF	Bob Johnson	Athletics	4

National League

Starters	Position	Player	Team
P	Paul Derringer	Reds	4
C	Ernie Lombardi	Reds	5
1B	Johnny Mize	Cardinals	3
2B	Billy Herman	Cubs	7
3B	Cookie Lavagetto	Dodgers	3
SS	Arky Vaughan	Pirates	7
LF	Joe Medwick	Dodgers	7
CF	Terry Moore	Cardinals	2
RF	Max West	Braves	1

Pitchers	Position	Player	Team
P	Larry French	Cubs	1
P	Kirby Higbe	Phillies	1
P	Carl Hubbell	Giants	7
P	Hugh Mulcahy	Phillies	1
P	Bucky Walters	Reds	3
P	Whit Wyatt	Dodgers	2

Reserves	Position	Player	Team
C	Harry Danning	Giants	3
C	Babe Phelps	Dodgers	3
1B	Frank McCormick	Reds	3
2B	Pete Coscarart	Dodgers	1
3B	Pinky May	Phillies	1
SS	Leo Durocher	Dodgers	3
SS	Billy Jurges	Giants	3
SS	Eddie Miller	Braves	1
OF	Jo-Jo Moore	Giants	6
OF	Hank Leiber	Cubs	2
OF	Bill Nicholson	Cubs	1
OF	Mel Ott	Giants	7

Game

Umpires

Position	Umpire	League
Home Plate	Beans Reardon	National
First Base	George Pipgras	American
Second Base	Bill Stewart	National
Third Base	Steve Basil	American

The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Reardon and Basil swapped positions, also Pipgras and Stewart swapped positions.

Starting lineups

American League	National League	Order	Player	Team	Position	Order	Player
1	Cecil Travis	Senators	3B	1	Arky Vaughan	Pirates	SS
2	Ted Williams	Red Sox	LF	2	Billy Herman	Cubs	2B
3	Charlie Keller	Yankees	RF	3	Max West	Braves	RF
4	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	CF	4	Johnny Mize	Cardinals	1B
5	Jimmie Foxx	Red Sox	1B	5	Ernie Lombardi	Reds	C
6	Luke Appling	White Sox	SS	6	Joe Medwick	Dodgers	LF
7	Bill Dickey	Yankees	C	7	Cookie Lavagetto	Dodgers	3B
8	Joe Gordon	Yankees	2B	8	Terry Moore	Cardinals	CF
9	Red Ruffing	Yankees	P	9	Paul Derringer	Reds	P

Game summary

References

Player declined or was unable to play.
(9 Jul 1940). "National League 4, American League 0".

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