1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)

The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 27th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues composing Major League Baseball. The game was played on August 3, 1959 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the NL. The game resulted in a 5–3 victory for the American League. This was the second of two all-star games played in 1959. The first game was played on July 7 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rosters

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

American League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Jerry Walker	Orioles	1
C	Yogi Berra	Yankees	13
1B	Pete Runnels	Red Sox	2
2B	Nellie Fox	White Sox	10
3B	Frank Malzone	Red Sox	4
SS	Luis Aparicio	White Sox	3
OF	Mickey Mantle	Yankees	9
OF	Roger Maris	Athletics	1
OF	Ted Williams	Red Sox	17

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Bud Daley	Athletics	2
P	Ryne Duren	Yankees	3
P	Cal McLish	Indians	1
P	Billy O'Dell	Orioles	2
P	Camilo Pascual-x	Senators	1
P	Pedro Ramos-y	Senators	1
P	Hoyt Wilhelm	Orioles	3
P	Early Wynn	White Sox	7

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Elston Howard	Yankees	3
C	Sherm Lollar	White Sox	7
1B	Vic Power	Indians	4
1B	Roy Sievers	Senators	4
2B	Bobby Richardson	Yankees	2
3B	Harmon Killebrew	Senators	2
SS	Tony Kubek	Yankees	2
OF	Bob Allison	Senators	1
OF	Rocky Colavito	Indians	2
OF	Al Kaline	Tigers	6
OF	Minnie Miñoso	Indians	7
OF	Gene Woodling	Orioles	1

National League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Don Drysdale	Dodgers	2
C	Del Crandall	Braves	7
1B	Stan Musial	Cardinals	17
2B	Johnny Temple	Reds	4
3B	Ken Boyer	Cardinals	3
SS	Ernie Banks	Cubs	6
OF	Hank Aaron	Braves	6
OF	Willie Mays	Giants	7
OF	Wally Moon	Dodgers	3

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Johnny Antonelli	Giants	6
P	Lew Burdette	Braves	3
P	Gene Conley	Phillies	4
P	Don Elston	Cubs	2
P	Roy Face	Pirates	2
P	Sam Jones	Giants	2
P	Vinegar Bend Mizell-x	Cardinals	2
P	Warren Spahn	Braves	12

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Smoky Burgess	Pirates	4
C	Hal Smith	Cardinals	3
1B	Orlando Cepeda	Giants	2
1B	Frank Robinson	Reds	4
2B	Bill Mazeroski	Pirates	3
3B	Eddie Mathews	Braves	7
SS	Dick Groat	Pirates	2
SS	Johnny Logan	Braves	4
SS	Charlie Neal	Dodgers	1
OF	Joe Cunningham	Cardinals	2
OF	Jim Gilliam	Dodgers	2
OF	Vada Pinson	Reds	2

- -x – Injured and could not play
- -y – Injury replacement

Game

Umpires: Charlie Berry, Home Plate (AL); Bill Jackowski, First Base (NL); Bill Summers, Second Base (AL); Tony Venzon, Third Base (NL); Hank Soar, Left Field (AL); Ken Burkhart, Right Field (NL)

Starting Lineups

American League				National League
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

Game Summary


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	6	0
National	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)

External links

Baseball Almanac

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Games

1930s–1940s	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1959² 1960 1960² 1961 1961² 1962 1962² 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Players

American League All-Stars
National League All-Stars

Events

Results and Awards

See also

² — Two All-Star Games were played these seasons. Italics indicate future games.

1959 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1959 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1959 World Series

Major League Baseball on NBC

Related
programs

Major League Baseball on ABC
Baseball Night in America (1994–1995)
Major League Baseball: An Inside Look (1979–1989)
Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1957–1964; 1966–1989)
Major League Baseball on NBC Radio (1927–1938; 1957–1975)
Monday Night Baseball (1967–1975)

Misc. programs	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports USA Thursday Game of the Week (1979–1983)

NBC's owned & operated TV stations	W2XBS (later WNBT) (New York Yankees, 1939–1945) WCAU 10 (Philadelphia Phillies, 2014–present) KCST 39 (later KNSD) (San Diego Padres, 1971–1972; 1984–1986) KNTV 11 (San Francisco Giants, 2008–present)

Comcast SportsNet	Bay Area (San Francisco Giants) California (Oakland Athletics) Chicago (Chicago Cubs & White Sox) Philadelphia (Philadelphia Phillies) New York (New York Mets)

Sponsors	Ford Gillette National Bohemian

Commentators

Key figures

Color commentators	Sal Bando Bucky Dent Larry Dierker Don Drysdale Leo Durocher Ken Harrelson Fred Haney Tommy Hutton Jim Kaat Sandy Koufax Tony Kubek Ron Luciano John Lowenstein Mickey Mantle Tim McCarver Joe Morgan Pee Wee Reese Al Rosen Tom Seaver Mike Shannon Joe Torre Bob Uecker Bill Veeck Maury Wills

Guest commentators	Rick Dempsey Barry Larkin Ronald Reagan Mike Schmidt Don Sutton Bobby Valentine

Hosts	Mike Adamle Marv Albert Len Berman Jimmy Cefalo Gayle Gardner Bryant Gumbel Bill Macatee Keith Olbermann Ahmad Rashād Hannah Storm

Field reporters	Johnny Bench Jim Gray Jimmy Roberts Craig Sager Bob Wischusen

Lore

Regular season games	#715 (1974) "The Sandberg Game" (1984)

Tie-breaker games	1951 National League tie-breaker series ("The Shot Heard 'Round the World") 1962 National League tie-breaker series

LCS games	"Go crazy folks!" (1985) Jeffrey Maier (1996) "Grand Slam Single" (1999)

World Series games	Subway Series "The Catch (1954)" Don Larsen's Perfect Game (1956) "Shoe polish incident" (1969) "Fisk Waves it Fair" (1975) Michael Sergio (1986) "It gets through Buckner!" (1986) Kirk Gibson's home run (1988) All-Century Team (1999)

Music

Instrumentals	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. "Chase" "Don't Turn Away" "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" The Untouchables

World Series

1947 (Games 1 & 5)
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1995 (Games 2–3, & 6)
1997
1999

AL Championship

1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1995 (Games 3–6)
1996
1998
2000

NL Championship

1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1995 (Games 3–4)
1997
1999

AL Division Series

NL Division Series

All Star Game

Major League Baseball on NBC Radio

Related programs

Major League Baseball on NBC (1947–1989; 1994–2000)

Major League Baseball on the radio

Commentators

Key figures

Lore

Babe Ruth's called shot

Tie-breaker games	1959 National League tie-breaker series 1962 National League tie-breaker series

All-Star Game

World Series

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.