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.
One night later, 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 Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPMort CooperCardinals1CWalker CooperCardinals11BJohnny MizeGiants52BJimmy BrownCardinals13BArky VaughanDodgers9SSEddie MillerBraves3LFJoe MedwickDodgers9CFPete ReiserDodgers2RFMel OttGiants12
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPPaul DerringerPlayer declined or was unable to play.Reds6PCarl HubbellGiants9PCliff MeltonGiants1PClaude PasseauCubs2PRay StarrReds1PJohnny Vander MeerReds3PBucky WaltersReds5PWhit WyattDodgers4
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCErnie LombardiBraves6CMickey OwenDodgers21BFrank McCormickReds52BBilly HermanDodgers93BBob ElliottPirates2SSPee Wee ReeseDodgers1OFTerry MooreCardinals4OFDanny LitwhilerPhillies1OFWillard MarshallGiants1OFEnos SlaughterCardinals2
American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPSpud ChandlerYankees1CBirdie TebbettsTigers21BRudy YorkTigers32BJoe GordonYankees43BKen KeltnerIndians3SSLou BoudreauIndians3LFTed WilliamsRed Sox3CFJoe DiMaggioYankees7RFTommy HenrichYankees1
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJim Bagby, Jr.Indians1PAl BentonTigers2PTiny BonhamYankees1PSid HudsonSenators2PTex HughsonRed Sox1PHal NewhouserTigers1PRed RuffingYankees6PEddie SmithWhite Sox2
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCBill DickeyYankees9CBuddy RosarYankees1CHal WagnerAthletics11BGeorge McQuinnBrowns32BBobby DoerrRed Sox2SSPhil RizzutoYankees1OFDom DiMaggioRed Sox2OFBob JohnsonAthletics5OFStan SpenceSenators1
Game Umpires PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate Lee Ballanfant National League First Base 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.
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External links Baseball Almanac