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1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1942 American baseball competition

Field	Value
year	1942
visitor	American League
top1	3
top2	0
top3	0
top4	0
top5	0
top6	0
top7	0
top8	0
top9	0
visitor_r	3
visitor_h	7
visitor_e	0
home	National League
bot1	0
bot2	0
bot3	0
bot4	0
bot5	0
bot6	0
bot7	0
bot8	1
bot9	0
home_r	1
home_h	6
home_e	1
date	July 6, 1942
venue	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
VisitorManager	Joe McCarthy
VisitorManagerTeam	New York Yankees
HomeManager	Leo Durocher
HomeManagerTeam	Brooklyn Dodgers
radio	Mutual
radio_announcers	Bob Elson, Mel Allen and Jim Britt
attendance	33,694

The 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the tenth 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.

One night 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
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	12

Pitchers	Position	Player	Team
P	Paul Derringer	Reds	6
P	Carl Hubbell	Giants	9
P	Cliff Melton	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
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
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
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
C	Bill Dickey	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 League
First Base	Ernie Stewart (umpire)	American League
Second Base	Al Barlick	National League
Third Base	Bill McGowan	American League

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

Game summary

References

Corio, Ray. (August 3, 1987). "Question Box". The New York Times.
"July 7, 1942: Bob Feller is the headliner as military all-stars take on American League's best in Cleveland – Society for American Baseball Research".
Player declined or was unable to play.
(6 Jul 1942). "American League 3, National League 1".

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