1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Date	July 14, 1953
Venue	Crosley Field
City	Cincinnati
Managers	Casey Stengel (New York Yankees) Charlie Dressen (Brooklyn Dodgers)
Attendance	30,846 –Time of Game: 2:19
Ceremonial first pitch	Ted Williams
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Jack Brickhouse andMel Allen
Radio	Mutual
Radio announcers	Al Helfer andWaite Hoyt
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The1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 20th playing of the mid-summer classic between theAll-Stars teams of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball. The game was held on July 14 atCrosley Field inCincinnati, home of theCincinnati Redlegs of the National League. The team changed its name fromReds toRedlegs this season, during the height ofanti-communism in the United States; it returned to theRedssix years later.

This was the second All-Star Game at Crosley Field, which had previously hosted fifteen years earlier in1938. This game was originally scheduled forBraves Field inBoston, which had hosted in1936. When theBraves relocated toMilwaukee in mid-March, the game was awarded to Cincinnati.^[1]

From 1949 through 1952, managerCasey Stengel had taken theNew York Yankees to four consecutiveWorld Series titles, but this time turned on his fourth defeat in a row at the helm of the American League team.

Robin Roberts (NL) andBilly Pierce (AL) found themselves in a pitching duel during three innings of one-hit shutout ball, but they were not a factor in the decision. AL relieversAllie Reynolds (2),Mike Garcia (1) andSatchel Paige (2) combined to give up five runs to the NL hitters.

The NL attack was led byEnos Slaughter, who went 2-for-3 with tworuns and anRBI, whilePee Wee Reese hit asingle and adouble and drove in two runs.Minnie Miñoso went 2-for-2 and drove in the only run for the AL team.

NL relieversWarren Spahn andCurt Simmons pitched two scoreless innings each andMurry Dickson allowed the only AL run in two innings of work. Spahn was the winning pitcher and Reynolds the loser, while Dickson earned thesave.

The National League extended their winning-streak to four consecutive games, matching the previous record set by the American League from 1946 to 1949, After the game, the American League leads 12–8.

• Therelief appearance by 46-year-oldSatchel Paige in the eighth inning was an All-Star record for oldest pitcher in the contest.[1]
• It was the first All-Star Game without ahome run since1944 atForbes Field, and the third overall since1938 atCrosley Field.[2]
• Ted Williams threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the game just four days after being released from military service. Selected for the American League roster in the poll he did not play in the game. Williams signed a new contract with theBoston Red Sox and began working out with the club in late July.[3]

Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.

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