1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Date July 7, 1937 Venue Griffith Stadium City Washington, D.C. Managers Bill Terry (NYG )Joe McCarthy (NYY )Attendance 31,391 Ceremonial first pitch President Franklin D. Roosevelt Radio Mutual , CBS , NBC Radio announcers Bob Elson , Tony Wakeman (Mutual)France Laux , , Arch McDonald (CBS) , Warren Brown (NBC)
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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 .
National League [ ]
Starters
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
P
Dizzy Dean
Cardinals
4
C
Gabby Hartnett
Cubs
5
1B
Johnny Mize
Cardinals
1
2B
Billy Herman
Cubs
4
3B
Arky Vaughan
Pirates
4
SS
Dick Bartell
Giants
2
LF
Joe Medwick
Cardinals
4
CF
Frank Demaree
Cubs
2
RF
Paul Waner
Pirates
4
Pitchers
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
P
Cy Blanton
Pirates
1
P
Lee Grissom
Reds
1
P
Carl Hubbell
Giants
5
P
Van Mungo
Dodgers
3
P
Bucky Walters
Phillies
1
Reserves
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
C
Ernie Lombardi
Reds
2
C
Gus Mancuso
Giants
2
1B
Ripper Collins
Cubs
3
2B
Burgess Whitehead
Giants
2
SS
Billy Jurges
Cubs
1
OF
Pepper Martin
Cardinals
4
OF
Gene Moore
Bees
1
OF
Jo-Jo Moore
Giants
4
OF
Mel Ott
Giants
4
American League [ ]
Starters
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
P
Lefty Gomez
Yankees
5
C
Bill Dickey
Yankees
4
1B
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
5
2B
Charlie Gehringer
Tigers
5
3B
Red Rolfe
Yankees
1
SS
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
4
LF
Sam West
Browns
5
CF
Earl Averill
Indians
5
RF
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
2
Pitchers
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
P
Tommy Bridges
Tigers
4
P
Wes Ferrell
Senators
2
P
Lefty Grove
Red Sox
4
P
Mel Harder
Indians
4
P
Johnny Murphy
Yankees
1
P
Monty Stratton [1]
White Sox
1
Reserves
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
C
Rick Ferrell
Senators
5
C
Luke Sewell
White Sox
1
1B
Jimmie Foxx
Red Sox
5
1B
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
1
2B
Buddy Myer
Senators
2
3B
Harlond Clift
Browns
1
OF
Beau Bell
Browns
1
OF
Doc Cramer
Red Sox
2
OF
Wally Moses
Athletics
1
OF
Gee Walker [1]
Tigers
1
Game [ ]
Seven of the American League All-Star players, from left to right
Lou Gehrig ,
Joe Cronin ,
Bill Dickey ,
Joe DiMaggio ,
Charlie Gehringer ,
Jimmie Foxx , and
Hank Greenberg . All seven would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame.
All-Star Game managers
Joe McCarthy (left) and
Bill Terry (right).
Umpires [ ]
Position
Umpire
League
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
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 [ ]
Wednesday, July 7, 1937 1:30 pm (ET ) at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team
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National League
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American League
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WP : Lefty Gomez (1–0) LP : Dizzy Dean (0–1) Sv : Mel Harder (1)Home runs : NL: None AL: Lou Gehrig (1)
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