1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the seventh 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 11, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, the home of the New York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3–1. The Yankees went on the win the World Series that year, making them the first team to host the All-Star Game and win the World Series in the same year.

Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPPaul DerringerReds3CErnie LombardiReds41BFrank McCormickReds22BLonny FreyReds13BStan HackCubs2SSArky VaughanPirates6LFJoe MedwickCardinals6CFMel OttGiants6RFIval GoodmanReds2

PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPCurt DavisCardinals2PLou FetteBees1PBill LeeCubs2PJohnny Vander MeerReds2PBucky WaltersReds2PLon WarnekeCardinals4PWhit WyattDodgers1

ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCHarry DanningGiants2CBabe PhelpsDodgers21BDolph CamilliDodgers11BJohnny MizeCardinals22BBilly HermanCubs63BCookie LavagettoDodgers2SSBilly JurgesGiants2OFMorrie ArnovichPhillies1OFTerry MooreCardinals1

American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPRed RuffingYankees3CBill DickeyYankees61BHank GreenbergTigers32BJoe GordonYankees13BRed RolfeYankees3SSJoe CroninRed Sox6LFGeorge SelkirkYankees2CFJoe DiMaggioYankees4RFDoc CramerRed Sox4

PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTommy BridgesTigers5PBob FellerIndians2PLefty GomezYankees7PLefty GroveRed Sox6PTed LyonsWhite Sox1PJohnny MurphyYankees3PBobo NewsomTigers2

ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCFrankie HayesAthletics1CRollie HemsleyIndians31BJimmie FoxxRed Sox71BLou GehrigYankees71BGeorge McQuinnBrowns1SSLuke ApplingWhite Sox2SSFrankie CrosettiYankees2OFGeorge CasePlayer declined or was unable to play.Senators1OFMyril HoagBrowns1OFBob JohnsonAthletics3

Game

Umpires PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate Cal Hubbard American First Base Larry Goetz National Second Base Eddie Rommel American Third Base George Magerkurth National The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Hubbard and Magerkurth swapped positions, also Goetz and Rommel swapped positions.

Starting lineups National LeagueAmerican LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Stan HackCubs3B1Doc CramerRed SoxRF2Lonny FreyReds2B2Red RolfeYankees3B3Ival GoodmanRedsRF3Joe DiMaggioYankeesCF4Frank McCormickReds1B4Bill DickeyYankeesC5Ernie LombardiRedsC5Hank GreenbergTigers1B6Joe MedwickCardinalsLF6Joe CroninRed SoxSS7Mel OttGiantsCF7George SelkirkYankeesLF8Arky VaughanPiratesSS8Joe GordonYankees2B9Paul DerringerRedsP9Red RuffingYankeesP

Game summary

References

External links Baseball Almanac Baseball-Reference