1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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| Date | July 6, 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Polo Grounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 33,694 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Elson, Mel Allen and Jim Britt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[1]
One night later,[2] 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
[edit]Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Game
[edit]Umpires
[edit]| Position | Umpire | League |
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| 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.[4]
Game summary
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Spud Chandler (1–0) LP: Mort Cooper (0–1) Home runs: AL: Lou Boudreau (1), Rudy York (1) NL: Mickey Owen (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Corio, Ray (August 3, 1987). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ "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".
- ^ a b c Player declined or was unable to play.
- ^ "American League 3, National League 1". Retrosheet. July 6, 1942. Retrieved October 23, 2016.