1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
1936 American baseball competition
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The 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fourth 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 7, 1936, at National League Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the home of the Boston Bees of the National League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4â3. It was the National League's first win in All-Star Game history. Joe DiMaggio became the first rookie player in MLB history to start in an All-Star Game.[1]
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| Date | July 7, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | National League Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 25,556 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS NBC Mutual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Arch McDonald and Dolly Stark (CBS) Hal Totten, Tom Manning and Graham McNamee (NBC) Fred Hoey and Linus Travers (Mutual) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Beans Reardon | National |
| First Base | Bill Summers | American |
| Second Base | Bill Stewart | National |
| Third Base | Lou Kolls | American |
The umpires rotated positions clockwise in the middle of the fifth inning, with Summers moving behind the plate.[3]
Starting lineups
| American League | National League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Luke Appling | White Sox | SS | 1 | Augie Galan | Cubs | CF |
| 2 | Charlie Gehringer | Tigers | 2B | 2 | Billy Herman | Cubs | 2B |
| 3 | Joe DiMaggio | Yankees | RF | 3 | Ripper Collins | Cardinals | 1B |
| 4 | Lou Gehrig | Yankees | 1B | 4 | Joe Medwick | Cardinals | LF |
| 5 | Earl Averill | Indians | CF | 5 | Frank Demaree | Cubs | RF |
| 6 | Rick Ferrell | Red Sox | C | 6 | Gabby Hartnett | Cubs | C |
| 7 | Rip Radcliff | White Sox | LF | 7 | Pinky Whitney | Phillies | 3B |
| 8 | Pinky Higgins | Athletics | 3B | 8 | Leo Durocher | Cardinals | SS |
| 9 | Lefty Grove | Red Sox | P | 9 | Dizzy Dean | Cardinals | P |
Game summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Dizzy Dean (1â0) LP: Lefty Grove (0â1) Sv: Lon Warneke (1) Home runs: AL: Lou Gehrig (1) NL: Augie Galan (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe DiMaggio became the first rookie to play in an All-Star Game; he was hitless in five-at-bats and made an error in right field.