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| Date | July 13, 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sportsman's Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 34,009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Burt Shotton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | KSD (STL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Bob Ingham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Mel Allen,Jim Britt andFrance Laux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1948 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 15th playing of themidsummer classic between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball. The game was held on July 13, 1948, atSportsman's Park inSt. Louis, Missouri, the home of both theSt. Louis Browns of the American League (who were the designated host team) and theSt. Louis Cardinals of the National League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5–2.
This was the first All-Star Game to be broadcast on television, albeit only locally.
The lone representative of the host team wasAl Zarilla, a reserve outfielder for the AL, who entered the game playing right field in the top of the 5th inning, and was hitless in two at bats.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
| Position | Umpire | League |
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| Home Plate | Charlie Berry | American |
| First Base | Bill Stewart | National |
| Second Base | Joe Paparella | American |
| Third Base | Beans Reardon | National |
The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Berry and Reardon swapped positions, also Stewart and Paparella swapped positions.[1]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American League | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Vic Raschi (1–0) LP:Johnny Schmitz (0–1) Sv:Joe Coleman (1) Home runs: NL:Stan Musial (1) AL:Hoot Evers (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The NL scored two runs in the top of the 1st inning, on a leadoff single by rookie Richie Ashburn, and later a two-run home run by Stan Musial with one out. It would be the only runs the NL would score. The AL got one run back in the bottom of the 2nd inning, on a home run by Hoot Evers. They later tied the score at 2–2 in the bottom of the 3rd, after two walks, a steal of third base byMickey Vernon, and a sacrifice fly from Lou Boudreau. In the bottom of the 4th, the AL pulled ahead with 3 runs; after loading the bases with two singles and a walk,Vic Raschi drove in two runs with a single, followed by one more run scoring on a lineout by Joe DiMaggio. With the AL up 5–2, there would be no more scoring, despite the NL loading the bases in the 6th inning.[2]