1955 All-Star Game
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The 1955 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 12, 1955. The National League won the twenty-second midsummer classic by a score of 6 to 5 in 12 innings. The game was held at County Stadium in Milwaukee, WI in front of 45,314 fans.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Al Lopez and coaches Tony Cuccinello and Don Gutteridge.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Leo Durocher and coaches Fred Haney and Mayo Smith.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Harvey Kuenn | SS | Detroit Tigers | 1 | Red Schoendienst | 2B | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Nellie Fox | 2B | Chicago White Sox | 2 | Del Ennis | OF | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
| Ted Williams | OF | Boston Red Sox | 3 | Duke Snider | OF | Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Mickey Mantle | OF | New York Yankees | 4 | Ted Kluszewski | 1B | Cincinnati Redlegs | ||
| Yogi Berra | C | New York Yankees | 5 | Eddie Mathews | 3B | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Al Kaline | OF | Detroit Tigers | 6 | Don Mueller | OF | New York Giants | ||
| Mickey Vernon | 1B | Washington Senators | 7 | Ernie Banks | SS | Chicago Cubs | ||
| Jim Finigan | 3B | Kansas City Athletics | 8 | Del Crandall | C | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Billy Pierce | P | Chicago White Sox | 9 | Robin Roberts | P | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 12, 1955 at County Stadium (45314), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
Pitchers
American: Billy Pierce - Early Wynn - Whitey Ford - Frank Sullivan (L)
National: Robin Roberts - Harvey Haddix - Don Newcombe - Sam Jones - Joe Nuxhall - Gene Conley (W)
Home Runs
American: Mickey Mantle (1st)
National: Stan Musial (12th)
Umpires
HP: Hank Soar (AL), 1B: Al Barlick (NL), 2B: Bill Summers (AL), 3B: Dusty Boggess (NL), LF: Ed Runge (AL), RF: Frank Secory (NL)
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