American League All-Stars defeats the National League at the Polo Grounds, 3 – 1 in the 1942 All Star Game
On July 6, 1942, – Powered by first-inning home runs by Indians shortstop Lou Boudreau and Tigers first baseman Rudy York, the American League All-Stars defeats the National League at the Polo Grounds, 3 – 1. Mickey Owen also homers for the third run. He will not hit a single home run during the regular schedule. The game features the first and only starting sibling battery in All-Star history as losing pitcher Mort Cooper throws to backstop Walker Cooper, his brother.
Two nights later, the American League All-Stars traveled to Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, to play a special benefit game against a team of players from the U.S. Army and Navy. The contest, which the American Leaguers won 5–0, attracted a crowd of 62,094 and netted $70,000 for the Army Emergency Relief Fund and the Navy Relief Society. Mutual Radio broadcast the second game, with Bob Elson, Waite Hoyt, and Jack Graney announcing, here is the full game broadcast
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AMERICAN LEAGUE 1ST: played at the Polo Grounds, New York;
originally scheduled to be played at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, but
the game was moved to allow a bigger crowd to attend because the
proceeds went to two charities related to the war effort;
Managers: Joe McCarthy (AL New York), Leo Durocher (NL
Brooklyn); there was a blackout test scheduled for NYC at 9:30
PM (the game finished at 9:28); the rules were changed for war:
pitchers could go five innings; Boudreau homered; Henrich
doubled to right; Williams flied to left; DiMaggio grounded out
(third to first) [Henrich to third]; York homered [Henrich
scored]; Gordon struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American
League 3, National League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 1ST: Brown was hit by a pitch; Vaughan grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brown out at
second]; Reiser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. American League 3, National League 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 2ND: Keltner grounded out (shortstop to first);
Tebbetts struck out; Chandler flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. American League 3, National League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 2ND: Mize grounded out (first to pitcher); Ott
was called out on strikes; Medwick grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American League 3, National
League 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 3RD: Boudreau flied to center; Henrich popped to
second; Williams singled to right; DiMaggio popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American League 3,
National League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 3RD: W. Cooper singled to right; Miller struck
out; MARSHALL BATTED FOR M. COOPER; Marshall forced W. Cooper
(pitcher to shortstop); Brown grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American League 3, National League 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 4TH: VANDER MEER REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING);
York struck out; Gordon was called out on strikes; Keltner made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American League 3,
National League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 4TH: Vaughan grounded out (first to pitcher);
Reiser singled to second; Mize lined to right; Tebbetts allowed
a passed ball [Reiser to second]; Ott grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American League 3, National
League 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 5TH: Tebbetts popped to catcher in foul
territory; JOHNSON BATTED FOR CHANDLER; Johnson singled to left;
Boudreau forced Johnson (pitcher to shortstop); Henrich struck
out; the umpires changed positions; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
American League 3, National League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 5TH: BENTON REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Medwick
grounded out (third to first); On a bunt W. Cooper grounded out
(catcher to first); Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American League 3, National League 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 6TH: Williams flied to center; DiMaggio singled
to first; York reached on a fielder’s choice [DiMaggio to second
(error by Brown; assist by Vaughan)]; Gordon struck out; Keltner
popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. American League 3,
National League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 6TH: LITWHILER BATTED FOR VANDER MEER; Litwhiler
singled; Brown grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Litwhiler out at second]; Vaughan walked; Reiser flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American League 3, National
League 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 7TH: PASSEAU REPLACED LITWHILER (PITCHING);
LOMBARDI REPLACED W. COOPER (PLAYING C ); MCCORMICK REPLACED
MIZE (PLAYING 1B); REESE REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING SS); HERMAN
REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 2B); ELLIOTT REPLACED VAUGHAN (PLAYING
3B); SLAUGHTER REPLACED MEDWICK (PLAYING LF); MOORE REPLACED
REISER (PLAYING CF); Tebbetts struck out; Benton grounded out
(third to first); Boudreau flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
American League 3, National League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 7TH: McCormick grounded out (shortstop to
first); Ott struck out; Slaughter singled to second; Lombardi
walked [Slaughter to second]; Reese lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American League 3, National League 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 8TH: Henrich lined to right; Williams flied to
center; DiMaggio singled to left; York grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American League 3, National
League 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 8TH: OWEN BATTED FOR PASSEAU; Owen homered;
Herman grounded out (pitcher to first); Elliott singled to
right; Moore popped to first in foul territory; McCormick forced
Elliott (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American
League 3, National League 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 9TH: WALTERS REPLACED OWEN (PITCHING); Gordon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Keltner struck out; Tebbetts
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American League 3,
National League 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 9TH: Ott popped to catcher in foul territory;
Slaughter flied to center; Lombardi flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. American League 3, National League 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
American League 3 7 0 5
National League 1 6 1 6
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