1942 All-Star Game

The 1942 All-Star Game was held on Monday, July 6, 1942. The American League won the tenth midsummer classic by a score of 3 to 1. The game was held at the Polo Grounds in New York, NY in front of 33,694 fans.

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The Teams

American League

The American League team was led by manager Joe McCarthy and coaches Art Fletcher and Bill McKechnie.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Jim Bagby Jr.	Cleveland Indians	P		did not play
Al Benton	Detroit Tigers	P
Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	SS	Fan's Selection
Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	P	Fan's Selection
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees	C		replaced due to injury
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	OF		did not play
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B		did not play
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	2B	Fan's Selection
Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	OF	Fan's Selection
Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	P		did not play
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	P		did not play
Indian Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	OF
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	3B	Fan's Selection
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	1B		did not play
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	P		did not play
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	SS		did not play
Buddy Rosar	New York Yankees	C		did not play
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	P		did not play
Eddie Smith	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	OF		did not play
Birdie Tebbetts	Detroit Tigers	C	Fan's Selection
Hal Wagner	Philadelphia Athletics	C		replaced Dickey, did not play
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF	Fan's Selection
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	1B	Fan's Selection

National League

The National League team was led by manager Leo Durocher and coaches Frankie Frisch and Bucky Harris.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Jimmy Brown	St. Louis Cardinals	2B	Fan's Selection
Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Fan's Selection
Walker Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	C	Fan's Selection
Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	P		replaced due to injury
Bob Elliott	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B
Billy Herman	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B
Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P		did not play
Danny Litwhiler	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
Ernie Lombardi	Boston Braves	C
Willard Marshall	New York Giants	OF
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B
Joe Medwick	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Cliff Melton	New York Giants	P		replaced due to injury
Eddie Miller	Boston Braves	SS	Fan's Selection
Johnny Mize	New York Giants	1B	Fan's Selection
Terry Moore	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF	Fan's Selection
Mickey Owen	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	P
Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS
Pete Reiser	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Fan's Selection
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
Ray Starr	Cincinnati Reds	P		replaced Derringer, did not play
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	P
Arky Vaughan	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B	Fan's Selection
Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	P
Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	P		did not play

The Game

Starting Lineups

American League				Batting Order		National League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Lou Boudreau	SS	Cleveland Indians		1		Jimmy Brown	2B	St. Louis Cardinals
Tommy Henrich	OF	New York Yankees		2		Arky Vaughan	3B	Brooklyn Dodgers
Ted Williams	OF	Boston Red Sox		3		Pete Reiser	OF	Brooklyn Dodgers
Joe DiMaggio	OF	New York Yankees		4		Johnny Mize	1B	New York Giants
Rudy York	1B	Detroit Tigers		5		Mel Ott	OF	New York Giants
Joe Gordon	2B	New York Yankees		6		Joe Medwick	OF	Brooklyn Dodgers
Ken Keltner	3B	Cleveland Indians		7		Walker Cooper	C	St. Louis Cardinals
Birdie Tebbetts	C	Detroit Tigers		8		Eddie Miller	SS	Boston Braves
Spud Chandler	P	New York Yankees		9		Mort Cooper	P	St. Louis Cardinals

Line Score

July 6, 1942 at Polo Grounds (33694), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore

League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
National	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1

Pitchers

American: Spud Chandler (W) - Al Benton

National: Mort Cooper (L) - Johnny Vander Meer - Claude Passeau - Bucky Walters

Home Runs

American: Lou Boudreau (1st), Rudy York (1st)

National: Mickey Owen (8th)

Umpires

HP: Lee Ballanfant (NL), 1B: Bob Stewart (AL), 2B: Al Barlick (NL), 3B: Bill McGowan (AL)