1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1934 American baseball competition November 2013 1934 American League 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 9 14 1 National League 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 8 1 July 10, 1934 Polo Grounds New York City Joe Cronin WSH Bill Terry NYG CBS, NBC France Laux,Ted Husing (CBS)Tom Manning, Ford Bond, Graham McNamee (NBC) 48,363 The 1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the second edition 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. It was held on July 10 in Manhattan, New York City, at the Polo Grounds, the home of the New York Giants of the National League, the defending World Series champions. The American League won 9–7,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iUwbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nEsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3921%2C6070727 Pittsburgh Press United Press Wright Theon Hubbell, Americans' booming bats thrill fans July 11, 1934 25https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hmUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rIcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6776%2C1994944 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press Carl Hubbell steals All-Star limelight July 11, 1934 12 and every starter on both teams except Wally Berger was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The game is well known among baseball historians for the performance of NL starting pitcher Carl Hubbell of the host Giants. After allowing the first two batters to reach base on a single and a base on balls, Hubbell struck out five of the game's best hitters – Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin – in succession, setting a longstanding All-Star Game record for consecutive strikeouts.http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_asgrecaps_story_headline.jsp?story_page=recap_1934 Official Site of MLB: History: All Star Game Recaps July 17, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070808132823/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_asgrecaps_story_headline.jsp?story_page=recap_1934 August 8, 2007 live http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_28_223/ai_55198606 223 28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110809210327/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_28_223/ai_55198606/ usurped August 9, 2011 The Sporting News July 12, 1999 July 17, 2007 King Carl – remembering New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell who struck out five American League hitters in a row at the 1934 All-Star Baseball game Trailing 4–2, the American League scored six times in the top of the fifth inning to take the lead for good. The teams combined for sixteen runs on 22 hits; the two home runs were hit early in the game by the NL (Frankie Frisch, Joe Medwick), both with the St. Louis Cardinals, the World Series champions later that year. Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPLefty GomezYankees2CBill DickeyYankees21BLou GehrigYankees22BCharlie GehringerTigers23BJimmie FoxxAthletics2SSJoe CroninSenators2LFHeinie ManushSenators1CFAl SimmonsWhite Sox2RFBabe RuthYankees2 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTommy BridgesTigers1PMel HarderIndians1PRed RuffingYankees1PJack RussellSenators1 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCMickey CochraneTigers1CRick FerrellRed Sox23BJimmy DykesWhite Sox23BPinky HigginsAthletics1OFEarl AverillIndians2OFBen ChapmanYankees2OFSam WestBrowns2 National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPCarl HubbellGiants2CGabby HartnettCubs21BBill TerryGiants22BFrankie FrischCardinals23BPie TraynorPirates2SSTravis JacksonGiants1LFJoe MedwickCardinals1CFWally BergerBraves2RFKiki CuylerCubs1 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDizzy DeanCardinals1PFred FrankhouseBraves1PVan MungoDodgers1PLon WarnekeCubs2 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCAl LópezDodgers12BBilly HermanCubs13BPepper MartinCardinals2SSArky VaughanPirates1OFChuck KleinCubs2OFJo-Jo MooreGiants1OFMel OttGiants1OFPaul WanerPirates2 Game Umpires Cy Pfirman, NL (home), Brick Owens, AL (first base), Dolly Stark, NL (second base), George Moriarty, AL (third base); the umpires rotated positions clockwise in the middle of the fifth inning, with Owens moving behind the plate. Starting lineups American LeagueNational LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Charlie GehringerTigers2B1Frankie FrischCardinals2B2Heinie ManushSenatorsOF2Pie TraynorPirates3B3Babe RuthYankeesOF3Joe MedwickCardinalsOF4Lou GehrigYankees1B4Kiki CuylerCubsOF5Jimmie FoxxAthletics3B5Wally BergerBravesOF6Al SimmonsWhite SoxOF6Bill TerryGiants1B7Joe CroninSenatorsSS7Travis JacksonGiantsSS8Bill DickeyYankeesC8Gabby HartnettCubsC9Lefty GomezYankeesP9Carl HubbellGiantsP Linescore Tuesday, July 10, 1934 1:30pm (ET) Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York American AL 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 9 14 1 National NL 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 8 1 Mel Harder (1–0) Van Mungo (0–1) None Frankie Frisch (2), Joe Medwick (1) References External links 1934 All-Star Game Box Score, July 10 at Baseball-Reference.com 1934 All-Star Game at Baseball Almanac July 10, 1934: Carl Hubbell strikes out five Hall of Famers in a row at All-Star Game - Society for American Baseball Research (SABR Games Project) Category:Major League Baseball All-Star Game Major League Baseball All-Star Game Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan Major League Baseball All Star Game Category:Baseball competitions in New York City Major League Baseball All-Star Game Category:1930s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan