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Date | August 3, 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Los Angeles,California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attendance | 55,105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ceremonial first pitch | none | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV announcers | Mel Allen andVin Scully | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Bob Neal andRuss Hodges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The second1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 27th edition of themidsummer classic between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL), the two leagues composingMajor League Baseball. It was played on Monday, August 3, at theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum inLos Angeles,California, home of theLos Angeles Dodgers of the NL,[1][2] and was a 5–3 victory for the American League.[3][4] This was the second of two All-Star Games played in1959, thefirst was on Tuesday, July 7, inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania, also an NL city.[5][6]
The first Midsummer Classic held on theWest Coast,[2] it was also the first of only two All-Star Games not played in July; the other was in1981 following a lengthyplayers' strike.
Players initalics have since been inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.
Umpires:Bill Jackowski, Home Plate (NL);Charlie Berry, First Base (AL);Tony Venzon, Second Base (NL);Bill Summers Third Base (AL);Ken Burkhart, Left Field (NL);Hank Soar, Right Field (AL)
American League | National League | ||||||
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Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
1 | Pete Runnels | Red Sox | 1B | 1 | Johnny Temple | Reds | 2B |
2 | Nellie Fox | White Sox | 2B | 2 | Ken Boyer | Cardinals | 3B |
3 | Ted Williams | Red Sox | LF | 3 | Hank Aaron | Braves | RF |
4 | Yogi Berra | Yankees | C | 4 | Willie Mays | Giants | CF |
5 | Mickey Mantle | Yankees | CF | 5 | Ernie Banks | Cubs | SS |
6 | Roger Maris | Athletics | RF | 6 | Stan Musial | Cardinals | 1B |
7 | Frank Malzone | Red Sox | 3B | 7 | Wally Moon | Dodgers | LF |
8 | Luis Aparicio | White Sox | SS | 8 | Del Crandall | Braves | C |
9 | Jerry Walker | Orioles | P | 9 | Don Drysdale | Dodgers | P |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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American League | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP:Jerry Walker (1–0) LP:Don Drysdale (0–1) Home runs: AL:Frank Malzone (1),Yogi Berra (1),Rocky Colavito (1) NL:Frank Robinson (1),Jim Gilliam (1) |