1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)
The second 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 27th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues composing Major League Baseball. The game was played on August 3, 1959, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the NL. The game resulted in a 5–3 victory for the American League. This was the second of two All-Star Games played in 1959, the first game having been played on July 7 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Date | August 3, 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attendance | 55,105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ceremonial first pitch | none | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV announcers | Mel Allen and Vin Scully | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Bob Neal and Russ Hodges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first Midsummer Classic to be played on the West Coast, this was also one of only two All-Star Games to be played outside the month of July, the other being in 1981.
Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- -x – Injured and could not play
- -y – Injury replacement
Game
Umpires: Bill Jackowski, Home Plate (NL); Charlie Berry, First Base (AL); Tony Venzon, Second Base (NL); Bill Summers Third Base (AL); Ken Burkhart, Left Field (NL); Hank Soar, Right Field (AL)
Starting Lineups
American League | National League | ||||||
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Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
1 | Pete Runnels | Red Sox | 1B | 1 | Johnny Temple | Reds | 2B |
2 | Nellie Fox | White Sox | 2B | 2 | Ken Boyer | Cardinals | 3B |
3 | Ted Williams | Red Sox | LF | 3 | Hank Aaron | Braves | RF |
4 | Yogi Berra | Yankees | C | 4 | Willie Mays | Giants | CF |
5 | Mickey Mantle | Yankees | CF | 5 | Ernie Banks | Cubs | SS |
6 | Roger Maris | Athletics | RF | 6 | Stan Musial | Cardinals | 1B |
7 | Frank Malzone | Red Sox | 3B | 7 | Wally Moon | Dodgers | LF |
8 | Luis Aparicio | White Sox | SS | 8 | Del Crandall | Braves | C |
9 | Jerry Walker | Orioles | P | 9 | Don Drysdale | Dodgers | P |
Game Summary
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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American League | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
WP: Jerry Walker (1–0) LP: Don Drysdale (0–1) Home runs: AL: Frank Malzone (1), Yogi Berra (1), Rocky Colavito (1) NL: Frank Robinson (1), Jim Gilliam (1) |