1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Date	July 7, 1959
Venue	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Managers	American League - Casey Stengel (NYY) National League - Fred Haney (MIL)
Attendance	35,277
First pitch	None
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Mel Allen and Curt Gowdy
Radio	NBC
Radio announcers	Jack Brickhouse and Bob Prince
< 1958	Major League Baseball All-Star Game	1960 >

The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 26th 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 played on July 7, 1959 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the NL. The game resulted in a 5-4 victory for the National League. An unprecedented second game was scheduled for later in the season in Los Angeles, California.

Background

In a break from tradition, the league scheduled a "doubleheader" as part of an effort to boost the players' pension fund. The first game was held on July 7 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. The second game was held on August 3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers also of the NL. The first game resulted in a 5-4 victory for the NL. The AL won the second game by a score of 5-3. The experiment of staging two All-Star Games each year continued through the 1962 season, after which the playing of one annual game resumed.

Rosters

• • -x - Injured and could not play
  • -y - Injury replacement

Game

Umpires: Ed Runge, Home Plate (AL); Al Barlick, First Base (NL); Joe Paparella, Second Base (AL); Augie Donatelli, Third Base (NL); Johnny Rice, Left Field (AL); Shag Crawford, Right Field (NL)

Starting Lineups

Game Summary

External links

• Baseball Almanac