1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)

1959 American baseball competition November 2013 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game 2 logo.png 175 1959 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game) 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 August 3, 1959 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California Casey Stengel NYY Fred Haney MIL NBC Mel Allen and Vin Scully NBC Bob Neal and Russ Hodges 55,105 none 1959 (first game) 1960 (first game) 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,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fctRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7633%2C1339224 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Second All-Star game finally approved June 9, 1959 18https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BjJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7006%2C1059422 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Walker vs. Drysdale in 2d All-Star contest August 3, 1959 11 and was a 5–3 victory for the American League.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BzJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7101%2C1234808 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press American tips National, 5-3, in All-Star home run battle August 4, 1959 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tclRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648%2C281377 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Abrams Al AL takes All-Star Game, 5-3 August 4, 1959 1 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gKFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4OcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7207%2C1958278 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Drysdale faces Wynn in 26th All-Star classic July 7, 1959 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=95ljAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5936%2C997696 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Hernon Jack National League triumphs, 5-4 July 8, 1959 1 The first Midsummer Classic held on the West Coast, 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. American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJerry WalkerOrioles1CYogi BerraYankees131BPete RunnelsRed Sox22BNellie FoxWhite Sox103BFrank MalzoneRed Sox4SSLuis AparicioWhite Sox3OFMickey MantleYankees9OFRoger MarisAthletics1OFTed WilliamsRed Sox17 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPBud DaleyAthletics2PRyne DurenYankees3PCal McLishIndians1PBilly O'DellOrioles2PCamilo Pascual-xSenators1PPedro Ramos-ySenators1PHoyt WilhelmOrioles3PEarly WynnWhite Sox7 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCElston HowardYankees3CSherm LollarWhite Sox71BVic PowerIndians41BRoy SieversSenators42BBobby RichardsonYankees23BHarmon KillebrewSenators2SSTony KubekYankees2OFBob AllisonSenators1OFRocky ColavitoIndians2OFAl KalineTigers6OFMinnie MiñosoIndians7OFGene WoodlingOrioles1 National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDon DrysdaleDodgers2CDel CrandallBraves71BStan MusialCardinals172BJohnny TempleReds43BKen BoyerCardinals3SSErnie BanksCubs6OFHank AaronBraves6OFWillie MaysGiants7OFWally MoonDodgers3 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJohnny AntonelliGiants6PLew BurdetteBraves3PGene ConleyPhillies4PDon ElstonCubs2PRoy FacePirates2PSam JonesGiants2PVinegar Bend Mizell-xCardinals2PWarren SpahnBraves12 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCSmoky BurgessPirates4CHal SmithCardinals31BOrlando CepedaGiants21BFrank RobinsonReds42BBill MazeroskiPirates33BEddie MathewsBraves7SSDick GroatPirates2SSJohnny LoganBraves4SSCharlie NealDodgers1OFJoe CunninghamCardinals2OFJim GilliamDodgers2OFVada PinsonReds2 -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 LeagueNational LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Pete RunnelsRed Sox1B1Johnny TempleReds2B2Nellie FoxWhite Sox2B2Ken BoyerCardinals3B3Ted WilliamsRed SoxLF3Hank AaronBravesRF4Yogi BerraYankeesC4Willie MaysGiantsCF5Mickey MantleYankeesCF5Ernie BanksCubsSS6Roger MarisAthleticsRF6Stan MusialCardinals1B7Frank MalzoneRed Sox3B7Wally MoonDodgersLF8Luis AparicioWhite SoxSS8Del CrandallBravesC9Jerry WalkerOriolesP9Don DrysdaleDodgersP Game summary Monday, August 3, 1959 4:00pm (PT) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California American League AL 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 6 0 National League NL 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 3 Jerry Walker (1–0) Don Drysdale (0–1) Frank Malzone (1), Yogi Berra (1), Rocky Colavito (1) Frank Robinson (1), Jim Gilliam (1) Source: References 2 External links Baseball Almanac Category:Major League Baseball All-Star Game Major League Baseball All-Star Game Category:Baseball competitions in Los Angeles Major League Baseball All Star Game Category:August 1959 sports events in the United States Category:1959 in sports in California Category:Events at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum