1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
National League
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
1
American League
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
X
3
6
1
Date July 11, 1939 Venue Yankee Stadium City Bronx , New York Managers Gabby Hartnett (CHC )Joe McCarthy (NYY )Attendance 62,892 Ceremonial first pitch None Radio Mutual , CBS , NBC Radio announcers Red Barber , Bob Elson , Al Helfer (Mutual)France Laux , Arch McDonald , Mel Allen (CBS) , Paul Douglas , Warren Brown (NBC)
← 1938
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
1940 →
The 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the seventh playing of the mid-summer 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 11, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx , New York City, the home of the New York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3–1. The Yankees went on the win the World Series that year, making them the first team to host the All-Star Game and win the World Series in the same year.
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
Paul Derringer
Reds
3
C
Ernie Lombardi
Reds
4
1B
Frank McCormick
Reds
2
2B
Lonny Frey
Reds
1
3B
Stan Hack
Cubs
2
SS
Arky Vaughan
Pirates
6
LF
Joe Medwick
Cardinals
6
CF
Mel Ott
Giants
6
RF
Ival Goodman
Reds
2
Pitchers
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
P
Curt Davis
Cardinals
2
P
Lou Fette
Bees
1
P
Bill Lee
Cubs
2
P
Johnny Vander Meer
Reds
2
P
Bucky Walters
Reds
2
P
Lon Warneke
Cardinals
4
P
Whit Wyatt
Dodgers
1
Reserves
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
C
Harry Danning
Giants
2
C
Babe Phelps
Dodgers
2
1B
Dolph Camilli
Dodgers
1
1B
Johnny Mize
Cardinals
2
2B
Billy Herman
Cubs
6
3B
Cookie Lavagetto
Dodgers
2
SS
Billy Jurges
Giants
2
OF
Morrie Arnovich
Phillies
1
OF
Terry Moore
Cardinals
1
American League [ ]
Starters
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
P
Red Ruffing
Yankees
3
C
Bill Dickey
Yankees
6
1B
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
3
2B
Joe Gordon
Yankees
1
3B
Red Rolfe
Yankees
3
SS
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
6
LF
George Selkirk
Yankees
2
CF
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
4
RF
Doc Cramer
Red Sox
4
Pitchers
Position
Player
Team
All-Star Games
P
Tommy Bridges
Tigers
5
P
Bob Feller
Indians
2
P
Lefty Gomez
Yankees
7
P
Lefty Grove
Red Sox
6
P
Ted Lyons
White Sox
1
P
Johnny Murphy
Yankees
3
P
Bobo Newsom
Tigers
2
Game [ ]
Umpires [ ]
Position
Umpire
League
Home Plate
Cal Hubbard
American
First Base
Larry Goetz
National
Second Base
Eddie Rommel
American
Third Base
George Magerkurth
National
The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Hubbard and Magerkurth swapped positions, also Goetz and Rommel swapped positions.[2]
Starting lineups [ ]
National League
American League
Order
Player
Team
Position
Order
Player
Team
Position
1
Stan Hack
Cubs
3B
1
Doc Cramer
Red Sox
RF
2
Lonny Frey
Reds
2B
2
Red Rolfe
Yankees
3B
3
Ival Goodman
Reds
RF
3
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
CF
4
Frank McCormick
Reds
1B
4
Bill Dickey
Yankees
C
5
Ernie Lombardi
Reds
C
5
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
1B
6
Joe Medwick
Cardinals
LF
6
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
SS
7
Mel Ott
Giants
CF
7
George Selkirk
Yankees
LF
8
Arky Vaughan
Pirates
SS
8
Joe Gordon
Yankees
2B
9
Paul Derringer
Reds
P
9
Red Ruffing
Yankees
P
Game summary [ ]
Tuesday, July 11, 1939 2:00 pm (ET ) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx , New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
National League
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
1
American League
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
X
3
6
1
WP : Tommy Bridges (1–0) LP : Bill Lee (0–1) Sv : Bob Feller (1)Home runs : NL: None AL: Joe DiMaggio (1)
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Games
1930s–1940s 1950s–1960s 1970s–1980s 1990s–2000s 2010s–2020s
Players
American League All-Stars
National League All-Stars
Events Results and Awards See also ² — Two All-Star Games were played these seasons. Italics indicate future games.
Major League Baseball on CBS Radio
Related programs
Major League Baseball on CBS (1955 –1965 ; 1990 –1993 )
Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1985 –1997 )
Sunday Night Baseball (1990 –1997 )
Related articles
Major League Baseball on the radio
1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season (simulcasts )
Commentators
All-Star Game
ALCS
ALDS
NLCS
NLDS
World Series
Game of the Week
Key figures Color commentators
Sparky Anderson
Johnny Bench
Rick Cerone
Al Downing
Steve Garvey
Brooks Robinson
Duke Snider
Jeff Torborg
Joe Torre
Pre-1976 commentators
Lore
1978 American League East tie-breaker game
1980 National League West tie-breaker game
1995 American League West tie-breaker game
The Double (Seattle Mariners)
World Series games LCS games
Francisco Cabrera game (1992 )
Jeffrey Maier (1996 )
AL Championship Series NL Championship Series AL Division Series NL Division Series All-Star Game World Series The 1994 World Series was cancelled due to a strike .
Related programs
Major League Baseball Game of the Day
Related articles
Major League Baseball on the radio
Commentators
All-Star Game
World Series
Game of the Week
Key figures Lore All-Star Game World Series