1949 American baseball competition
The
1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
was the 16th annual midseason exhibition game for
Major League Baseball
all-stars
between the
American League
(AL) and the
National League
(NL). The AL continued its early dominance of the Midsummer Classic with an 11?7 win at
Ebbets Field
in Brooklyn, New York City, home field of the NL's
Brooklyn Dodgers
. The win moved the AL's all-time record in the game to 12?4.
The 1949 All-Star Game was the first to have
African-Americans
in the line-up.
Jackie Robinson
of the Dodgers started for the NL at second base, while his teammates catcher
Roy Campanella
and pitcher
Don Newcombe
also played for the NL.
Cleveland Indians
' outfielder
Larry Doby
played the final four innings of the game for the AL.
Dodgers in the game
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The Dodgers hosted the game and were well-represented.
Pee Wee Reese
and
Jackie Robinson
were starting infielders for the NL.
Ralph Branca
,
Don Newcombe
, and
Preacher Roe
were on the pitching staff, while
Roy Campanella
and
Gil Hodges
were reserve position players. All of the Dodgers' representatives, with the exception of Branca, played in the game.
Starting lineups
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Players in
italics
have since been inducted into the
National Baseball Hall of Fame
.
American League
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- Dom DiMaggio
, rf
- George Kell
, 3b
- Ted Williams
, lf
- Joe DiMaggio
, cf - starting in place of
Tommy Henrich
, due to injury
[1]
- Eddie Joost
, ss
- Eddie Robinson
, 1b
- Cass Michaels
, 2b
- Birdie Tebbetts
, c
- Mel Parnell
, p
Lou Brissie
, p
Vic Raschi
, p
Virgil Trucks
, p
National League
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Umpires
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The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning ? Gore and Hubbard swapped positions, while Barlick left the game, Summers moved behind the plate, and Ballanfant move to third base.
[2]
This was the first All-Star Game to field a 6-man umpiring crew,
[3]
although after Barlick's departure the remainder of the game was played without an umpire in right field.
[4]
Synopsis
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The starting pitchers were
Mel Parnell
of the
Boston Red Sox
for the AL, and
Warren Spahn
of the
Boston Braves
for the NL.
The AL opened a high scoring game in the top of the 1st inning; with a man on first (who reached on an error) and two outs, a sequence of single-walk-single-error-single pushed across 4 runs. The NL got 2 runs back in the bottom of the inning, with a double from Jackie Robinson followed by a home run by Stan Musial. In the bottom of the 2nd, the NL cut the AL's lead to 4?3; with bases loaded and no outs, Don Newcombe hit a lineout to left field that Willard Marshall scored on, but the NL was unable to score more as the next batter grounded into a double play. The NL then pulled ahead 5?4 by scoring twice in the bottom of the third, on two walks and three singles during the inning.
The AL pulled back ahead 6?5 in the top of the 4th inning; with men on second and third with two out, Eddie Joost hit a single to score both runners. The AL's lead was extended to 8?5 in the top of the 6th inning; with runners on first and third with one out, Joe DiMaggio drove in both men with a double. Ralph Kiner of the NL hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 6th inning, which cut the AL lead to 8?7. The AL extended their lead in the top of the 7th inning; with a man on second and two out, a sequence of single-single-double scored three runs. That brought the AL lead to 11?7, and completed the scoring for the game.
The game wasn't crisp defensively, as there were six errors, five of them by the NL. All four of the AL's runs in the first inning were
unearned
.
Detroit Tigers
pitcher
Virgil Trucks
got the
win
, and
Vic Raschi
of the
New York Yankees
earned a
save
, while the
Brooklyn Dodgers
'
Don Newcombe
took the
loss
.
References
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- ^
"1949 All-Star Game"
.
psacard.com
. Archived from
the original
on October 20, 2016
. Retrieved
October 19,
2016
.
- ^
"American League 11, National League 7"
.
Retrosheet
. July 12, 1949
. Retrieved
October 22,
2016
.
- ^
Vincent, David; Spatz, Lyle; Smith, David (February 1, 2001).
The Midsummer Classic: The Complete History of Baseball's All-Star Game
. Bison Books. p. 492.
ISBN
978-0803292734
.
- ^
"Al Barlick"
.
SABR
. Retrieved
October 23,
2016
.
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