July 6 1938 All Star Game

Baseball had a glamorous new hero — Cincinnati lefty Johnny Vander Meer. Never a big winner, he had electrified baseball that summer by pitching back-to-back no-hitters against the Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers. “An unbreakable record, I think,” Vander Meer said. “You’d have to pitch three in a row to top it.”

With the All-Star Game being played in Cincinnati, he drew the start — gave up one hit in three innings. The AL starter for the fifth time in six years was Lefty Gomez, who gave up two hits and one unearned run in three innings.

The game is memorable, though, for Leo Durocher’s bunted home run. Frank McCormick had opened the seventh with a single off Lefty Grove. Durocher, the next batter, was ordered to sacrifice. He did, and third baseman Jimmie Foxx charged in, made the scoop and threw the ball into right field. Joe DiMaggio, in the right in deference to Earl Averill, raced in, picked up the ball and fired home. That throw sailed over catcher Bill Dickey’s head, allowing McCormick to score. Meanwhile, Durocher never stopped running — until he reached home

AL All-Stars1Mike KreevichLF2Charlie Gehringer2B3Earl AverillCF4Jimmie Foxx1B5Joe DiMaggioRF6Bill DickeyC7Joe CroninSS8Buddy Lewis3B9Lefty GomezPManagerJoe McCarthyReservesRick FerrellCRudy YorkCLou Gehrig1BHank Greenberg1BRed Rolfe3BCecil TravisSSDoc CramerCFBob JohnsonCFJohnny AllenPBob FellerPLefty GrovePVern KennedyPJohnny MurphyPBobo NewsomPRed RuffingP

NL All-Stars1Stan Hack3B2Billy Herman2B3Ival GoodmanRF4Joe MedwickLF5Mel OttCF6Ernie LombardiC7Frank McCormick1B8Leo DurocherSS9Johnny Vander MeerPManagerBill TerryReservesHarry DanningCGabby HartnettCBabe PhelpsCTony Cuccinello2BCookie Lavagetto3BArky VaughanSSJo-Jo MooreLFHank LeiberCFHersh MartinCFLloyd WanerCFMace BrownPPaul DerringerPCarl HubbellPBill LeePJim TurnerP