1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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| Date | July 7, 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Griffith Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 31,391 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS NBC Mutual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | France Laux, Bill Dyer and Arch McDonald (CBS) Tom Manning and Warren Brown (NBC) Bob Elson and Tony Wakeman (Mutual) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fifth playing of the midsummer classic between the All-Stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 7, 1937, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the home of the Washington Senators of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 8–3.
The game, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is remembered because of a play in which Earl Averill of the Indians hit a ball that struck Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean on the toe, breaking it; complications from this injury shortened the career of the future Hall of Fame pitcher.
Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Game
Umpires
| Position | Umpire | League |
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| Home Plate | Bill McGowan | American |
| First Base | Babe Pinelli | National |
| Second Base | John Quinn | American |
| Third Base | George Barr | National |
The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – McGowan and Barr swapped positions, also Pinelli and Quinn swapped positions.[2]
Starting lineups
| National League | American League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Paul Waner | Pirates | RF | 1 | Red Rolfe | Yankees | 3B |
| 2 | Billy Herman | Cubs | 2B | 2 | Charlie Gehringer | Tigers | 2B |
| 3 | Arky Vaughan | Pirates | 3B | 3 | Joe DiMaggio | Yankees | RF |
| 4 | Joe Medwick | Cardinals | LF | 4 | Lou Gehrig | Yankees | 1B |
| 5 | Frank Demaree | Cubs | CF | 5 | Earl Averill | Indians | CF |
| 6 | Johnny Mize | Cardinals | 1B | 6 | Joe Cronin | Red Sox | SS |
| 7 | Gabby Hartnett | Cubs | C | 7 | Bill Dickey | Yankees | C |
| 8 | Dick Bartell | Giants | SS | 8 | Sam West | Browns | LF |
| 9 | Dizzy Dean | Cardinals | P | 9 | Lefty Grove | Red Sox | P |
Game summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Lefty Gomez (1–0) LP: Dizzy Dean (0–1) Sv: Mel Harder (1) Home runs: NL: None AL: Lou Gehrig (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b Player declined or was unable to play.
- ^ "American League 8, National League 3". Retrosheet. July 7, 1937. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
External links
- Baseball Almanac
- Baseball-Reference
- Video of FDR at the 1937 All-Star Game
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- American League All-Stars
- National League All-Stars
² — Two All-Star Games were played these seasons. Italics indicate future games.
