1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)
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| Date | August 3, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managers | American League - Casey Stengel (NYY) National League - Fred Haney (MIL) |
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| Attendance | 55,105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First pitch | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Mel Allen and Vin Scully | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Neal and Russ Hodges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| < 1958 | Major League Baseball All-Star Game | 1960 > | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 27th 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 August 3, 1959 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the NL. The game resulted in a 5-3 victory for the American League. This was the second of two all-star games played in 1959. The first game was played on July 7 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Rosters
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- -x - Injured and could not play
- -y - Injury replacement
Game
Umpires: Charlie Berry, Home Plate (AL); Bill Jackowski, First Base (NL); Bill Summers, Second Base (AL); Tony Venzon, Third Base (NL); Hank Soar, Left Field (AL); Ken Burkhart, Right Field (NL)
Starting Lineups
| American League | National League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Pete Runnels | Red Sox | 1B | 1 | Johnny Temple | Reds | 2B |
| 2 | Nellie Fox | White Sox | 2B | 2 | Ken Boyer | Cardinals | 3B |
| 3 | Ted Williams | Red Sox | LF | 3 | Hank Aaron | Braves | RF |
| 4 | Yogi Berra | Yankees | C | 4 | Willie Mays | Giants | CF |
| 5 | Mickey Mantle | Yankees | CF | 5 | Ernie Banks | Cubs | SS |
| 6 | Roger Maris | Athletics | RF | 6 | Stan Musial | Cardinals | 1B |
| 7 | Frank Malzone | Red Sox | 3B | 7 | Wally Moon | Dodgers | LF |
| 8 | Luis Aparicio | White Sox | SS | 8 | Del Crandall | Braves | C |
| 9 | Jerry Walker | Orioles | P | 9 | Don Drysdale | Dodgers | P |
Game Summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| American | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| National | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jerry Walker (1-0) LP: Don Drysdale (0-1) Home runs: AL: Frank Malzone (1), Yogi Berra (1), Rocky Colavito (1) NL: Frank Robinson (1), Jim Gilliam (1) |
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