1959 All-Star Game - Second Game
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The Second 1959 All-Star Game was held on Monday, August 3, 1959. The American League won the twenty-seventh midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 3. The game was held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA in front of 55,105 fans.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Casey Stengel and coaches Frankie Crosetti and Cookie Lavagetto.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Fred Haney and coaches John Fitzpatrick and Billy Herman.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Pete Runnels | 2B | Boston Red Sox | 1 | Johnny Temple | 2B | Cincinnati Redlegs | ||
| Nellie Fox | 2B | Chicago White Sox | 2 | Ken Boyer | 3B | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Ted Williams | OF | Boston Red Sox | 3 | Hank Aaron | OF | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Yogi Berra | C | New York Yankees | 4 | Willie Mays | OF | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Mickey Mantle | OF | New York Yankees | 5 | Ernie Banks | SS | Chicago Cubs | ||
| Roger Maris | OF | Kansas City Athletics | 6 | Stan Musial | 1B | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Frank Malzone | 3B | Boston Red Sox | 7 | Wally Moon | OF | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
| Luis Aparicio | SS | Chicago White Sox | 8 | Del Crandall | C | Milwaukee Braves | ||
| Jerry Walker | P | Baltimore Orioles | 9 | Don Drysdale | P | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
[edit] Line Score
August 3, 1959 at Memorial Coliseum (55105), day game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| National | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Pitchers
American: Jerry Walker (W) - Early Wynn - Hoyt Wilhelm - Billy O'Dell - Cal McLish (S)
National: Don Drysdale (L) - Gene Conley - Sam Jones - Roy Face
Home Runs
American: Frank Malzone (2nd), Yogi Berra (3rd), Rocky Colavito (8th)
National: Frank Robinson (5th), Jim Gilliam (7th)
Umpires
HP: Joe Paparella (AL), 1B: Ed Sudul (NL), 2B: Nestor Chylak (AL), 3B: Frank Secory (NL), LF: Al Salerno (AL), RF: Doug Harvey (NL)
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