1959 All-Star Game - First Game
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The First 1959 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 7, 1959. The National League won the twenty-sixth midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 4. The game was held at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA in front of 35,277 fans.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Harry Craft and Tony Cuccinello.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Fred Haney and coaches Danny Murtaugh and Eddie Sawyer.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Minnie Minoso | OF | Cleveland Indians | 1 | Johnny Temple | 2B | Cincinnati Redlegs | ||
| Nellie Fox | 2B | Chicago White Sox | 2 | Eddie Mathews | 3B | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Al Kaline | OF | Detroit Tigers | 3 | Hank Aaron | OF | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Bill Skowron | 1B | New York Yankees | 4 | Willie Mays | OF | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Rocky Colavito | OF | Cleveland Indians | 5 | Ernie Banks | SS | Chicago Cubs | ||
| Gus Triandos | C | Baltimore Orioles | 6 | Orlando Cepeda | 1B | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Harmon Killebrew | 3B | Washington Senators | 7 | Wally Moon | OF | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
| Luis Aparicio | SS | Chicago White Sox | 8 | Del Crandall | C | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Early Wynn | P | Chicago White Sox | 9 | Don Drysdale | P | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 7, 1959 at Forbes Field (35277), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| National | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | x | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Pitchers
American: Early Wynn - Ryne Duren - Jim Bunning - Whitey Ford (L) - Bud Daley
National: Don Drysdale - Lew Burdette - Roy Face - Johnny Antonelli (W) - Don Elston (S)
Home Runs
American: Al Kaline (4th)
National: Eddie Mathews (1st)
Umpires
HP: Tom Gorman (NL), 1B: Eddie Rommel (AL), 2B: Jocko Conlan (NL), 3B: Bill McKinley (AL), LF: Frank Secory (NL), RF: Frank Umont (AL)
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