1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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| Date | July 6, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Polo Grounds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | New York, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managers | American League - Joe McCarthy (New York Yankees) National League - Leo Durocher (Brooklyn Dodgers) |
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| Attendance | 33,694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First pitch | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Elson, Mel Allen and Jim Britt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 10th 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 6, 1942, at Polo Grounds in New York, New York the home of the New York Giants of the National League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-1.
Two nights later, the American League All-Stars traveled to Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, to play a special benefit game against a team of players from the U.S. Army and Navy. The contest, which the American Leaguers won 5-0, attracted a crowd of 62,094 and netted $70,000 for the Army Emergency Relief Fund and the Navy Relief Society. Mutual Radio broadcast the second game, with Bob Elson, Waite Hoyt, and Jack Graney announcing.
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