The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Reardon and Basil swapped positions, also Pipgras and Stewart swapped positions.[2]
1940, major, league, baseball, star, game, eighth, playing, summer, classic, between, stars, american, league, national, league, leagues, comprising, major, league, baseball, game, held, july, 1940, sportsman, park, louis, missouri, home, louis, cardinals, lou. 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 the St Louis Cardinals and St Louis Browns The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4 0 1940 Major League Baseball All Star Game1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H EAmerican League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1National League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 7 0DateJuly 9 1940VenueSportsman s ParkCitySt Louis MissouriManagersJoe McCarthy NYY Bill McKechnie CIN Attendance32 373Ceremonial first pitchNoneRadioCBSNBCMutualKWK STL Radio announcersMel 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 1939 Major League Baseball All Star Game 1941 Contents 1 Rosters 1 1 American League 1 2 National League 2 Game 2 1 Umpires 2 2 Starting lineups 2 3 Game summary 3 References 4 External linksRosters EditPlayers in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame American League Edit StartersPosition Player Team All Star GamesP Red Ruffing Yankees 4C Bill Dickey Yankees 71B Jimmie Foxx Red Sox 82B Joe Gordon Yankees 23B Cecil Travis Senators 2SS Luke Appling White Sox 3LF Ted Williams Red Sox 1CF Joe DiMaggio Yankees 5RF Charlie Keller Yankees 1PitchersPosition Player Team All Star GamesP Tommy Bridges Tigers 6P Bob Feller Indians 3P Dutch Leonard Senators 1P Al Milnar Indians 1P Bobo Newsom Tigers 3P Monte Pearson Yankees 2ReservesPosition Player Team All Star GamesC Frankie Hayes Athletics 2C Rollie Hemsley Indians 41B George McQuinn Browns 22B Ray Mack Indians 13B Ken Keltner Indians 13B Red Rolfe 1 Yankees 4SS Lou Boudreau Indians 1OF Doc Cramer Red Sox 5OF Lou Finney Red Sox 1OF Hank Greenberg Tigers 4OF Bob Johnson Athletics 4 National League Edit StartersPosition Player Team All Star GamesP Paul Derringer Reds 4C Ernie Lombardi Reds 51B Johnny Mize Cardinals 32B Billy Herman Cubs 73B Cookie Lavagetto Dodgers 3SS Arky Vaughan Pirates 7LF Joe Medwick Dodgers 7CF Terry Moore Cardinals 2RF Max West Braves 1PitchersPosition Player Team All Star GamesP Larry French Cubs 1P Kirby Higbe Phillies 1P Carl Hubbell Giants 7P Hugh Mulcahy Phillies 1P Bucky Walters Reds 3P Whit Wyatt Dodgers 2ReservesPosition Player Team All Star GamesC Harry Danning Giants 3C Babe Phelps Dodgers 31B Frank McCormick Reds 32B Pete Coscarart Dodgers 13B Pinky May Phillies 1SS Leo Durocher Dodgers 3SS Billy Jurges 1 Giants 3SS Eddie Miller Braves 1OF Jo Jo Moore Giants 6OF Hank Leiber 1 Cubs 2OF Bill Nicholson Cubs 1OF Mel Ott Giants 7Game EditUmpires Edit Position Umpire LeagueHome Plate Beans Reardon NationalFirst Base George Pipgras AmericanSecond Base Bill Stewart NationalThird Base Steve Basil AmericanThe umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning Reardon and Basil swapped positions also Pipgras and Stewart swapped positions 2 Starting lineups Edit American League National LeagueOrder Player Team Position Order Player Team Position1 Cecil Travis Senators 3B 1 Arky Vaughan Pirates SS2 Ted Williams Red Sox LF 2 Billy Herman Cubs 2B3 Charlie Keller Yankees RF 3 Max West Braves RF4 Joe DiMaggio Yankees CF 4 Johnny Mize Cardinals 1B5 Jimmie Foxx Red Sox 1B 5 Ernie Lombardi Reds C6 Luke Appling White Sox SS 6 Joe Medwick Dodgers LF7 Bill Dickey Yankees C 7 Cookie Lavagetto Dodgers 3B8 Joe Gordon Yankees 2B 8 Terry Moore Cardinals CF9 Red Ruffing Yankees P 9 Paul Derringer Reds PGame summary Edit Tuesday July 9 1940 1 30 pm CT at Sportsman s Park in St Louis Missouri Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H EAmerican League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1National League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 7 1WP Paul Derringer 1 0 LP Red Ruffing 0 1 Sv Carl Hubbell 1 Home runs AL NoneNL Max West 1 References Edit a b c Player declined or was unable to play National League 4 American League 0 Retrosheet July 9 1940 Retrieved October 23 2016 External links Edit1940 All Star Game Box Score July 9 at Baseball Reference com 1940 All Star Game at Baseball Almanac July 9 1940 Five NL pitchers combine for first All Star shutout at Sportsman s Park Society for American Baseball Research SABR Games Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 Major League Baseball All Star Game amp oldid 1168116027, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
