1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

External video

Jimmie DeShong Motion Picture Film (1937) featuring Franklin Delano Roosevelt walking taken at the 1937 All-Star Game, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission[1] (5:37) FDR at 0:38–0:54 and 5:25–5:37

The 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fifth 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, 1937, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the home of the Washington Senators of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 8–3.

The game, watched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is remembered because of a play in which Earl Averill of the Indians hit a ball that struck pitcher Dizzy Dean on the toe, breaking it. Complications of this injury shortened the career of the future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher.

Rosters

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

National League Starters Position Player Team All-Star Games P Dizzy Dean Cardinals 4 C Gabby Hartnett Cubs 5 1B Johnny Mize Cardinals 1 2B Billy Herman Cubs 4 3B Arky Vaughan Pirates 4 SS Dick Bartell Giants 2 LF Joe Medwick Cardinals 4 CF Frank Demaree Cubs 2 RF Paul Waner Pirates 4 Pitchers Position Player Team All-Star Games P Cy Blanton Pirates 1 P Lee Grissom Reds 1 P Carl Hubbell Giants 5 P Van Mungo Dodgers 3 P Bucky Walters Phillies 1 Reserves Position Player Team All-Star Games C Ernie Lombardi Reds 2 C Gus Mancuso Giants 2 1B Ripper Collins Cubs 3 2B Burgess Whitehead Giants 2 SS Billy Jurges Cubs 1 OF Pepper Martin Cardinals 4 OF Gene Moore Braves 1 OF Jo-Jo Moore Giants 4 OF Mel Ott Giants 4

American League Seven of the American League All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. All seven would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame. Starters Position Player Team All-Star Games P Lefty Gomez Yankees 5 C Bill Dickey Yankees 4 1B Lou Gehrig Yankees 5 2B Charlie Gehringer Tigers 4 3B Red Rolfe Yankees 1 SS Joe Cronin Red Sox 5 LF Sam West Browns 4 CF Earl Averill Indians 5 RF Joe DiMaggio Yankees 2 Pitchers Position Player Team All-Star Games P Tommy Bridges Tigers 4 P Wes Ferrell Senators 2 P Lefty Grove Red Sox 4 P Mel Harder Indians 4 P Johnny Murphy Yankees 1 P Monty Stratton[2] White Sox 1 Reserves Position Player Team All-Star Games C Rick Ferrell Senators 5 C Luke Sewell White Sox 1 1B Jimmie Foxx Red Sox 5 1B Hank Greenberg Tigers 1 2B Buddy Myer Senators 2 3B Harlond Clift Browns 1 OF Beau Bell Browns 1 OF Doc Cramer Red Sox 2 OF Wally Moses Athletics 1 OF Gee Walker[2] Tigers 1

Game

Umpires

Starting Lineups

Game Summary

Players scramble to catch the first pitch, thrown by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, prior to the 1937 All-Star game.

References

External links

• Baseball Almanac
• Baseball-Reference