1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 7th 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.

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	Paul Derringer	Reds	3
C	Ernie Lombardi	Reds	4
1B	Frank McCormick	Reds	2
2B	Lonny Frey	Reds	1
3B	Stan Hack	Cubs	2
SS	Arky Vaughan	Pirates	6
LF	Joe Medwick	Cardinals	6
CF	Mel Ott	Giants	6
RF	Ival Goodman	Reds	2

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Curt Davis	Cardinals	2
P	Lou Fette	Braves	1
P	Bill Lee	Cubs	2
P	Johnny Vander Meer	Reds	2
P	Bucky Walters	Reds	2
P	Lon Warneke	Cardinals	4
P	Whit Wyatt	Dodgers	1

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Harry Danning	Giants	2
C	Babe Phelps	Dodgers	2
1B	Dolph Camilli	Dodgers	1
1B	Johnny Mize	Cardinals	2
2B	Billy Herman	Cubs	6
3B	Cookie Lavagetto	Dodgers	2
SS	Billy Jurges	Giants	2
OF	Morrie Arnovich	Phillies	1
OF	Terry Moore	Cardinals	1

American League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Red Ruffing	Yankees	3
C	Bill Dickey	Yankees	6
1B	Hank Greenberg	Tigers	3
2B	Joe Gordon	Yankees	1
3B	Red Rolfe	Yankees	3
SS	Joe Cronin	Red Sox	7
LF	George Selkirk	Yankees	2
CF	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	4
RF	Doc Cramer	Red Sox	4

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Tommy Bridges	Tigers	5
P	Bob Feller	Indians	2
P	Lefty Gomez	Yankees	7
P	Lefty Grove	Red Sox	6
P	Ted Lyons	White Sox	1
P	Johnny Murphy	Yankees	3
P	Bobo Newsom	Tigers	2

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Frankie Hayes	Athletics	1
C	Rollie Hemsley	Indians	3
1B	Jimmie Foxx	Red Sox	7
1B	Lou Gehrig	Yankees	7
1B	George McQuinn	Browns	1
SS	Luke Appling	White Sox	2
SS	Frankie Crosetti	Yankees	2
OF	George Case^[1]	Senators	1
OF	Myril Hoag	Browns	1
OF	Bob Johnson	Athletics	3

Game

Umpires

Home Plate	Cal Hubbard
First Base	Larry Goetz
Second Base	Eddie Rommel
Third Base	George Magerkurth

Starting Lineups

National League				American League
Order	Player	Team	Position	Order	Player	Team	Position
1	Stan Hack	Cubs	3B	1	Doc Cramer	Red Sox	RF
2	Lonny Frey	Reds	2B	2	Red Rolfe	Yankees	3B
3	Ival Goodman	Reds	RF	3	Joe DiMaggio	Yankees	CF
4	Frank McCormick	Reds	1B	4	Bill Dickey	Yankees	C
5	Ernie Lombardi	Reds	C	5	Hank Greenberg	Tigers	1B
6	Joe Medwick	Cardinals	LF	6	Joe Cronin	Red Sox	SS
7	Mel Ott	Giants	CF	7	George Selkirk	Yankees	LF
8	Arky Vaughan	Pirates	SS	8	Joe Gordon	Yankees	2B
9	Paul Derringer	Reds	P	9	Red Ruffing	Yankees	P

Game Summary


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National League	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
American League	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	3	6	1
WP: Tommy Bridges (1–0) LP: Bill Lee (0–1) Sv: Bob Feller (1) Home runs: NL: None AL: Joe DiMaggio (1)

References

↑ Player declined or was unable to play.

External links

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Games

1930s–1940s	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1959² 1960 1960² 1961 1961² 1962 1962² 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

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Players

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Events

Results and Awards

Results
MVPs
Records

See also

² — Two All-Star Games were played these seasons. Italics indicate future games.

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Related programs

Major League Baseball on CBS (1955–1965; 1990–1993)
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1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season (simulcasts)

Commentators

Key figures

Color commentators	Sparky Anderson Johnny Bench Rick Cerone Al Downing Steve Garvey Brooks Robinson Duke Snider Jeff Torborg Joe Torre

Pre-1976 commentators	Mel Allen Red Barber Boake Carter Bob Elson Jack Graney Fred Hoey Ted Husing France Laux

Lore

World Series games	Babe Ruth's called shot (1932) Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning (1977) Michael Sergio (1986) Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

LCS games	Francisco Cabrera game (1992) Jeffrey Maier (1996)

AL Championship Series

NL Championship Series

AL Division Series

NL Division Series

All-Star Game

World Series

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Related programs	Major League Baseball Game of the Day

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Commentators	All-Star Game World Series

Key figures	Mel Allen Red Barber Buddy Blattner Jack Brickhouse Jim Britt Dizzy Dean Jimmy Dudley Don Dunphy Bob Elson Gene Elston Earl Gillespie Art Gleeson Gabriel Heatter Al Helfer Fred Hoey Waite Hoyt Gene Kirby France Laux Arch McDonald Bob Neal Van Patrick Bill Slater Bob Wolff

Lore	"Slaughter's Mad Dash" (1946) "The Catch" (1954)

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World Series	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956