1940 All-Star Game
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The 1940 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 9, 1940. The National League won the eighth midsummer classic by a score of 4 to 0. The game was held at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, MO in front of 32,373 fans.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Joe Cronin and coaches Del Baker and Tom Daly.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Bill McKechnie and coaches Doc Prothro and Casey Stengel.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Cecil Travis | 3B | Washington Senators | 1 | Arky Vaughan | SS | Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| Ted Williams | OF | Boston Red Sox | 2 | Billy Herman | 2B | Chicago Cubs | ||
| Charlie Keller | OF | New York Yankees | 3 | Max West | OF | Boston Bees | ||
| Joe DiMaggio | OF | New York Yankees | 4 | Johnny Mize | 1B | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | 1B | Boston Red Sox | 5 | Ernie Lombardi | C | Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Luke Appling | SS | Chicago White Sox | 6 | Joe Medwick | OF | Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Bill Dickey | C | New York Yankees | 7 | Cookie Lavagetto | 3B | Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Joe Gordon | 2B | New York Yankees | 8 | Terry Moore | OF | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Red Ruffing | P | New York Yankees | 9 | Paul Derringer | P | Cincinnati Reds | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 9, 1940 at Sportsman's Park (32373), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| National | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Pitchers
American: Red Ruffing (L) - Bobo Newsom - Bob Feller
National: Paul Derringer (W) - Bucky Walters - Whit Wyatt - Larry French - Carl Hubbell
Home Runs
American: None
National: Max West (1st)
Umpires
HP: George Pipgras (AL), 1B: Beans Reardon (NL), 2B: Steve Basil (AL), 3B: Bill Stewart (NL)
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