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| Date | July 6, 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Polo Grounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 33,694 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bob Elson,Mel Allen andJim Britt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the tenth 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 6, 1942, atPolo Grounds in New York City the home of theNew York Giants of the National League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3–1. While the game had been scheduled for atwilight start at 6:30 p.m.EWT, rain delayed the first pitch for an hour, leading to the first All-Star contest played entirelyunder the lights; the two-hour, seven-minute game ended just ahead of a 9:30 p.m.blackout curfew in New York.[1]
One night later,[2] the American League All-Stars traveled toCleveland Municipal Stadium inCleveland, Ohio, to play a special benefit game against a team of players from the U.S. Army and Navy. The contest, which the American Leaguers won 5–0, attracted a crowd of 62,094 and netted $70,000 for the Army Emergency Relief Fund and the Navy Relief Society. Mutual Radio broadcast the second game, withBob Elson,Waite Hoyt, andJack Graney announcing.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
| Position | Umpire | League |
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| Home Plate | Lee Ballanfant | National League |
| First Base | Ernie Stewart (umpire) | American League | |
| Second Base | Al Barlick | National League |
| Third Base | Bill McGowan | American League |
The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Ballanfant and McGowan swapped positions, also Stewart and Barlick swapped positions.[4]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| American League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Spud Chandler (1–0) LP:Mort Cooper (0–1) Home runs: AL:Lou Boudreau (1),Rudy York (1) NL:Mickey Owen (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||