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| Date | July 6, 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Crosley Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Cincinnati,Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 27,067 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS NBC Mutual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bill Dyer andFrance Laux (CBS) Tom Manning andRed Barber (NBC) Bob Elson andDick Bray (Mutual) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the sixth playing of the mid-summer classic between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball. The game was held on July 6, 1938, atCrosley Field inCincinnati,Ohio, the home of theCincinnati Reds of the National League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–1.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
| Position | Umpire[2] | League |
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| Home Plate | Bill Klem | National |
| First Base | Harry Geisel | American |
| Second Base | Lee Ballanfant | National |
| Third Base | Steve Basil | American |
| American League | National League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Mike Kreevich | White Sox | LF | 1 | Stan Hack | Cubs | 3B |
| 2 | Charlie Gehringer | Tigers | 2B | 2 | Billy Herman | Cubs | 2B |
| 3 | Earl Averill | Indians | CF | 3 | Ival Goodman | Reds | RF |
| 4 | Jimmie Foxx | Red Sox | 1B | 4 | Joe Medwick | Cardinals | LF |
| 5 | Joe DiMaggio | Yankees | RF | 5 | Mel Ott | Giants | CF |
| 6 | Bill Dickey | Yankees | C | 6 | Ernie Lombardi | Reds | C |
| 7 | Joe Cronin | Red Sox | SS | 7 | Frank McCormick | Reds | 1B |
| 8 | Buddy Lewis | Senators | 3B | 8 | Leo Durocher | Dodgers | SS |
| 9 | Lefty Gomez | Yankees | P | 9 | Johnny Vander Meer | Reds | P |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Johnny Vander Meer (1–0) LP:Lefty Gomez (0–1) Sv:Mace Brown (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||