1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the sixth 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 6, 1938, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, the home of the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–1.
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| Date | July 6, 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Crosley Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 27,067 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | Mutual, CBS, NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Elson, Dick Bray (Mutual) Bill Dyer, France Laux (CBS) Tom Manning, Red Barber (NBC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Game
Umpires
| Position | Umpire[2] | League |
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| Home Plate | Bill Klem | National |
| First Base | Harry Geisel | American |
| Second Base | Lee Ballanfant | National |
| Third Base | Steve Basil | American |
Starting lineups
| American League | National League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Mike Kreevich | White Sox | LF | 1 | Stan Hack | Cubs | 3B |
| 2 | Charlie Gehringer | Tigers | 2B | 2 | Billy Herman | Cubs | 2B |
| 3 | Earl Averill | Indians | CF | 3 | Ival Goodman | Reds | RF |
| 4 | Jimmie Foxx | Red Sox | 1B | 4 | Joe Medwick | Cardinals | LF |
| 5 | Joe DiMaggio | Yankees | RF | 5 | Mel Ott | Giants | CF |
| 6 | Bill Dickey | Yankees | C | 6 | Ernie Lombardi | Reds | C |
| 7 | Joe Cronin | Red Sox | SS | 7 | Frank McCormick | Reds | 1B |
| 8 | Buddy Lewis | Senators | 3B | 8 | Leo Durocher | Dodgers | SS |
| 9 | Lefty Gomez | Yankees | P | 9 | Johnny Vander Meer | Reds | P |
Game summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||
| National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Johnny Vander Meer (1–0) LP: Lefty Gomez (0–1) Sv: Mace Brown (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- Player declined or was unable to play.
- "National League 4, American League 1". Retrosheet. July 6, 1938. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
External links
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