The 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fourth 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 7, 1936, at National League Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the home of the Boston Bees of the National League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–3. It was the National League's first win in All-Star Game history. Joe DiMaggio became the first rookie player in MLB history to start in an All-Star Game.
Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPLefty GroveRed Sox3CRick FerrellRed Sox41BLou GehrigYankees42BCharlie GehringerTigers43BPinky HigginsAthletics2SSLuke ApplingWhite Sox1LFRip RadcliffWhite Sox1CFEarl AverillIndians4RFJoe DiMaggioYankees1
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTommy BridgesPlayer declined or was unable to play.Tigers3PLefty GomezYankees4PMel HarderIndians3PVern KennedyWhite Sox1PMonte PearsonYankees1PSchoolboy RoweTigers2
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCRollie HemsleyBrowns2CBill DickeyYankees31BJimmie FoxxRed Sox4SSFrankie CrosettiYankees1SSJoe CroninRed Sox4OFBen ChapmanSenators4OFGoose GoslinTigers1OFGeorge SelkirkYankees1
National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDizzy DeanCardinals3CGabby HartnettCubs41BRipper CollinsCardinals22BBilly HermanCubs33BPinky WhitneyPhillies1SSLeo DurocherCardinals1LFJoe MedwickCardinals3CFAugie GalanCubs1RFFrank DemareeCubs1
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPCurt DavisCubs1PCarl HubbellGiants4PVan MungoDodgers2PLon WarnekeCubs3
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCErnie LombardiReds11BGus SuhrPirates12BStu MartinCardinals13BLew RiggsReds1SSArky VaughanPirates3OFWally BergerBees4OFJo-Jo MooreGiants3OFMel OttGiants3
Game
Umpires PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate Beans Reardon National First Base Bill Summers American Second Base Bill Stewart National Third Base Lou Kolls American The umpires rotated positions clockwise in the middle of the fifth inning, with Summers moving behind the plate.
Starting lineups American LeagueNational LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Luke ApplingWhite SoxSS1Augie GalanCubsCF2Charlie GehringerTigers2B2Billy HermanCubs2B3Joe DiMaggioYankeesRF3Ripper CollinsCardinals1B4Lou GehrigYankees1B4Joe MedwickCardinalsLF5Earl AverillIndiansCF5Frank DemareeCubsRF6Rick FerrellRed SoxC6Gabby HartnettCubsC7Rip RadcliffWhite SoxLF7Pinky WhitneyPhillies3B8Pinky HigginsAthletics3B8Leo DurocherCardinalsSS9Lefty GroveRed SoxP9Dizzy DeanCardinalsP
Game summary
Joe DiMaggio became the first rookie to play in an All-Star Game; he was hitless in five-at-bats and made an error in right field.
References
External links Baseball Almanac Baseball-Reference Photo of 1936 American League stars via Cool Old Photos blog 1936 All Star Game Complete Radio Broadcast (Linus Travers and Fred Hoey) via YouTube