1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1937 American baseball competition November 2013 1937 National League 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 13 0 American League 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 X 8 13 2 July 7, 1937 Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. Bill Terry NYG Joe McCarthy NYY CBSNBCMutual France Laux, Bill Dyer and Arch McDonald (CBS)Tom Manning and Warren Brown (NBC)Bob Elson and Tony Wakeman (Mutual) President Franklin D. Roosevelt 31,391 The 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fifth playing of the midsummer 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, 1937, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the home of the Washington Senators of the American League. The American League defeated the National League, 8 to 3. The game, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is remembered because of a play in which Earl Averill of the Indians hit a ball that struck Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean on the toe, breaking it; complications from this injury shortened the career of the future Hall of Fame pitcher. Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDizzy DeanCardinals4CGabby HartnettCubs51BJohnny MizeCardinals12BBilly HermanCubs43BArky VaughanPirates4SSDick BartellGiants2LFJoe MedwickCardinals4CFFrank DemareeCubs2RFPaul WanerPirates4 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPCy BlantonPirates1PLee GrissomReds1PCarl HubbellGiants5PVan MungoDodgers3PBucky WaltersPhillies1 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCErnie LombardiReds2CGus MancusoGiants21BRipper CollinsCubs32BBurgess WhiteheadGiants2SSBilly JurgesCubs1OFPepper MartinCardinals4OFGene MooreBees1OFJo-Jo MooreGiants4OFMel OttGiants4 American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPLefty GomezYankees5CBill DickeyYankees41BLou GehrigYankees52BCharlie GehringerTigers53BRed RolfeYankees1SSJoe CroninRed Sox4LFSam WestBrowns5CFEarl AverillIndians5RFJoe DiMaggioYankees2 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTommy BridgesTigers4PWes FerrellSenators2PLefty GroveRed Sox4PMel HarderIndians4PJohnny MurphyYankees1PMonty StrattonPlayer declined or was unable to play.White Sox1 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCRick FerrellSenators5CLuke SewellWhite Sox11BJimmie FoxxRed Sox51BHank GreenbergTigers12BBuddy MyerSenators23BHarlond CliftBrowns1OFBeau BellBrowns1OFDoc CramerRed Sox2OFWally MosesAthletics1OFGee WalkerTigers1 Game thumb|right|250px|Seven of the American League All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. All seven would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame. thumb | right | 250px | All-Star Game managers Joe McCarthy (left) and Bill Terry (right). Umpires PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate Bill McGowan American First Base Babe Pinelli National Second Base John Quinn American Third Base George Barr National The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – McGowan and Barr swapped positions, also Pinelli and Quinn swapped positions.American League 8, National League 3 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1937/B07070ALS1937.htm Retrosheet 7 Jul 1937 23 Oct 2016 Starting lineups National LeagueAmerican LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Paul WanerPiratesRF1Red RolfeYankees3B2Billy HermanCubs2B2Charlie GehringerTigers2B3Arky VaughanPirates3B3Joe DiMaggioYankeesRF4Joe MedwickCardinalsLF4Lou GehrigYankees1B5Frank DemareeCubsCF5Earl AverillIndiansCF6Johnny MizeCardinals1B6Joe CroninRed SoxSS7Gabby HartnettCubsC7Bill DickeyYankeesC8Dick BartellGiantsSS8Sam WestBrownsLF9Dizzy DeanCardinalsP9Lefty GroveRed SoxP Game summary Wednesday, July 7, 1937 1:30pm (ET) Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. National League NL 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 13 0 American League AL 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 - 8 13 2 Lefty Gomez (1–0) Dizzy Dean (0–1) Mel Harder (1) Lou Gehrig (1) yes References External links Baseball Almanac Baseball-Reference Video of FDR at the 1937 All-Star Game Category:Major League Baseball All-Star Game Major League Baseball All-Star Game Major League Baseball All Star Game Category:July 1937 sports events in the United States Category:Baseball competitions in Washington, D.C.