1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Date	July 8, 1958
Venue	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Managers	Fred Haney (MIL) Casey Stengel (NYY)
Attendance	48,829
First pitch	Richard Nixon
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Mel Allen and Al Helfer
Radio	NBC
Radio announcers	Bob Neal and Ernie Harwell

The 1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 25th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 8, 1958, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, the home of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League.

This was the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game without an extra base hit.^[1]

For this Diamond Jubilee game, the opening pitch was made by U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, who was to become President 10 years later. The attendance was 48,829. The game was broadcast on the American television network NBC.

The first hit of the game was by legendary center fielder Willie Mays.^[2] The last scoring came in the sixth inning when the American League team took the lead after an error by Frank Thomas, third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, led to a single by Gil McDougald of the New York Yankees. Early Wynn was the winning pitcher as the American League scored a 4-3 victory.

Several players were named to the team but did not get into the game. These included Billy Pierce, Tony Kubek, Harvey Kuenn, Shem Lollar, Rocky Bridges, Ryne Duren, Whitey Ford, and Elston Howard for the American League. For the National League team, Johnny Antonelli, Richie Ashburn, George Crowe, Eddie Mathews, Don McMahon, Walt Moryn, Johnny Podres, Bob Purkey, and Bob Schmidt were on the roster but did not play.

Opening Lineups

American League			National League
Player	Team	Pos	Player	Team	Pos
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	CF
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	CF	Bob Skinner	Pittsburgh Pirates	LF
Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	RF	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
Bob Cerv	Kansas City Athletics	LF	Henry Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	RF
Bill Skowron	New York Yankees	1B	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	SS
Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox	3B	Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B
Gus Triandos	Baltimore Orioles	C	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
Bob Turley	New York Yankees	P	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P

^[3]

Umpires

Position	Umpire
Home Plate	Eddie Rommel
First Base	Tom Gorman
Second Base	Bill McKinley
Third Base	Jocko Conlan
Left Field	Frank Umont
Right Field	Frank Secory

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2
American	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	4	9	2
WP: Early Wynn (1–0)   LP: Bob Friend (0–1)   Sv: Billy O'Dell (1)

References

1. "1958 All-Star Game". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
2. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_asgrecaps_story_headline.jsp?story_page=recap_1958
3. "Tuesday, July 8, 1958". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 20, 2010.