1956 All-Star Game
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The 1956 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 10, 1956. The National League won the twenty-third midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 3. The game was held at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC in front of 28,843 fans.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Chuck Dressen and Jim Turner.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Walter Alston and coaches Fred Hutchinson and Birdie Tebbetts.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| National League | Batting Order | American League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Johnny Temple | 2B | Cincinnati Redlegs | 1 | Harvey Kuenn | SS | Detroit Tigers | ||
| Frank Robinson | OF | Cincinnati Redlegs | 2 | Nellie Fox | 2B | Chicago White Sox | ||
| Stan Musial | OF | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | Ted Williams | OF | Boston Red Sox | ||
| Ken Boyer | 3B | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | Mickey Mantle | OF | New York Yankees | ||
| Gus Bell | OF | Cincinnati Redlegs | 5 | Yogi Berra | C | New York Yankees | ||
| Dale Long | 1B | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | Al Kaline | OF | Detroit Tigers | ||
| Ed Bailey | C | Cincinnati Redlegs | 7 | Mickey Vernon | 1B | Boston Red Sox | ||
| Roy McMillan | SS | Cincinnati Redlegs | 8 | George Kell | 3B | Baltimore Orioles | ||
| Bob Friend | P | Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | Billy Pierce | P | Chicago White Sox | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 10, 1956 at Griffith Stadium (28843), unknown start time - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Pitchers
National: Bob Friend (W) - Warren Spahn - Johnny Antonelli
American: Billy Pierce (L) - Whitey Ford - Jim Wilson - Tom Brewer - Herb Score - Early Wynn
Home Runs
National: Willie Mays (4th), Stan Musial (7th)
American: Ted Williams (6th), Mickey Mantle (6th)
Umpires
HP: Babe Pinelli (NL), 1B: Charlie Berry (AL), 2B: Artie Gore (NL), 3B: Eddie Hurley (AL), LF: Bill Jackowski (NL), RF: Red Flaherty (AL)
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