1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Date	July 12, 1955
Venue	Milwaukee County Stadium
City	Milwaukee,Wisconsin
Managers	Al López (Cleveland Indians) Leo Durocher (New York Giants)
Attendance	45,643 –Time of Game: 3:17
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Mel Allen andAl Helfer
Radio	Mutual
Radio announcers	Bob Neal andEarl Gillespie
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The1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 22nd playing of the midsummer classic between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball. The game was held on July 12, 1955, atMilwaukee County Stadium, the home of theMilwaukee Braves of the National League.

The National League overcame a five-run deficit to defeat the American League, 6–5, in this edition of the midsummer classic.Stan Musial led off the bottom of the 12th inning by drilling ahome run to deep right field on the first pitch fromFrank Sullivan, pulling off one of the greatest victories in All-Star Game history.

The National League began their comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning.Willie Mays led off the frame with asingle offWhitey Ford, and after two outs,Hank Aaronwalked andJohnny Logan singled to drive home Mays and make it a 5–1 game. Next batterStan Lopata reached base on anerror, and Aaron scored the second run off the inning before the third out was made.

With two outs in the eight inning, Mays,Ted Kluszewski andRandy Jackson hit consecutive singles for a run, and Ford was replaced by Sullivan. Aaron greeted him with anRBI single scoring Kluszewski to knot the game at 5–5.

The American League quickly took the lead in the top of the first inning whenHarvey Kuenn andNellie Fox hit consecutive singles againstRobin Roberts, with Kuenn advancing to third base from first and later scoring on awild pitch. ThenTed Williams walked andMickey Mantle hit a three-run home run, before Roberts recorded his first out. In the sixth inning,Mickey Vernongrounded out to drive homeYogi Berra to give the American League a five-run cushion.

In the ninth inning,Joe Nuxhall and Sullivan matchedstrikeouts as the All-Star Game went intoextra innings for only the second time since 1950, which turned out to be the first year the game went more than nine innings.

The contest remained tied until the 12th inning, whenGene Conley struck out all three AL batters he faced. Then came thewalk-off by Musial, which was his fourth homer in All-Star games, breaking a tie with Ted Williams andRalph Kiner.

It was the fifth victory for the National League in the last six All-Star games, even though the American League still held a 13–9 overall advantage.

• Billy Pierce sailed through his three innings of work for the American League, facing the minimum nine batters while striking out three without walks.Red Schoendienst led off the first inning with a single, but was out trying to advance to second on a pitch in the dirt thatYogi Berra managed to smother.
• Early Wynn relieved Pierce in the fourth, and he tossed three shutout innings as well, allowing just three hits.
• Harvey Haddix took over for Roberts in the fourth and he went three innings, allowing just one run in the sixth.
• Don Newcombe (1),Sam Jones (2⁄3) andJoe Nuxhall (3+1⁄3) combined for five scoreless innings.
• Whitey Ford got the first two batters out in the eighth, but allowed three singles and a run and was replaced byFrank Sullivan, who faced 14 batters in3+1⁄3 innings before the Musial's blast.
• It was the only All-Star appearance for Sullivan, the losing pitcher, who would win 18 games for theBoston Red Sox that season. In 1960, Sullivan would be traded for the winning pitcher in this game,Gene Conley.
• Both teams' pitchers combined for 23 hits and 20 strikeouts of 100 batters faced.
• Roy Campanella was selected for the National League roster in the poll, but he did not play in the game due to a leg injury and was replaced byStan Lopata.
• Ironically, this game was played the same day on which funeral services were held forArch Ward, the sports editor for theChicago Tribune, who had founded the All-Star Game in 1933.^[1][2]

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

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• July 12, 1955: Stan Musial seals Milwaukee’s first baseball All-Star celebration -Society for American Baseball Research (SABR Games Project)

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