1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)
1959 American baseball competition
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The second 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 27th edition of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues composing Major League Baseball. It was played on Monday, August 3, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the NL,[1][2] and was a 5–3 victory for the American League.[3][4] This was the second of two All-Star Games played in 1959, the first was on Tuesday, July 7, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also an NL city.[5][6]
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| Date | August 3, 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 55,105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | none | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Mel Allen and Vin Scully | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Neal and Russ Hodges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first Midsummer Classic held on the West Coast,[2] it was also the first of only two All-Star Games not played in July; the other was in 1981 following a lengthy players' strike.
Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- -x – Injured and could not play
- -y – Injury replacement
Game
Umpires: Bill Jackowski, Home Plate (NL); Charlie Berry, First Base (AL); Tony Venzon, Second Base (NL); Bill Summers Third Base (AL); Ken Burkhart, Left Field (NL); Hank Soar, Right Field (AL)
Starting lineups
| American League | National League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Pete Runnels | Red Sox | 1B | 1 | Johnny Temple | Reds | 2B |
| 2 | Nellie Fox | White Sox | 2B | 2 | Ken Boyer | Cardinals | 3B |
| 3 | Ted Williams | Red Sox | LF | 3 | Hank Aaron | Braves | RF |
| 4 | Yogi Berra | Yankees | C | 4 | Willie Mays | Giants | CF |
| 5 | Mickey Mantle | Yankees | CF | 5 | Ernie Banks | Cubs | SS |
| 6 | Roger Maris | Athletics | RF | 6 | Stan Musial | Cardinals | 1B |
| 7 | Frank Malzone | Red Sox | 3B | 7 | Wally Moon | Dodgers | LF |
| 8 | Luis Aparicio | White Sox | SS | 8 | Del Crandall | Braves | C |
| 9 | Jerry Walker | Orioles | P | 9 | Don Drysdale | Dodgers | P |
Game summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| American League | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jerry Walker (1–0) LP: Don Drysdale (0–1) Home runs: AL: Frank Malzone (1), Yogi Berra (1), Rocky Colavito (1) NL: Frank Robinson (1), Jim Gilliam (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||