The 1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the eighth playing of the mid-summer 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 9, 1940, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri, the home of both the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League (who were the designated host team) and the St. Louis Browns of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–0.
Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPRed RuffingYankees4CBill DickeyYankees71BJimmie FoxxRed Sox82BJoe GordonYankees23BCecil TravisSenators2SSLuke ApplingWhite Sox3LFTed WilliamsRed Sox1CFJoe DiMaggioYankees5RFCharlie KellerYankees1
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTommy BridgesTigers6PBob FellerIndians3PDutch LeonardSenators1PAl MilnarIndians1PBobo NewsomTigers3PMonte PearsonYankees2
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCFrankie HayesAthletics2CRollie HemsleyIndians41BGeorge McQuinnBrowns22BRay MackIndians13BKen KeltnerIndians13BRed RolfePlayer declined or was unable to play.Yankees4SSLou BoudreauIndians1OFDoc CramerRed Sox5OFLou FinneyRed Sox1OFHank GreenbergTigers4OFBob JohnsonAthletics4
National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPPaul DerringerReds4CErnie LombardiReds51BJohnny MizeCardinals32BBilly HermanCubs73BCookie LavagettoDodgers3SSArky VaughanPirates7LFJoe MedwickDodgers7CFTerry MooreCardinals2RFMax WestBraves1
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPLarry FrenchCubs1PKirby HigbePhillies1PCarl HubbellGiants7PHugh MulcahyPhillies1PBucky WaltersReds3PWhit WyattDodgers2
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCHarry DanningGiants3CBabe PhelpsDodgers31BFrank McCormickReds32BPete CoscarartDodgers13BPinky MayPhillies1SSLeo DurocherDodgers3SSBilly JurgesGiants3SSEddie MillerBraves1OFJo-Jo MooreGiants6OFHank LeiberCubs2OFBill NicholsonCubs1OFMel OttGiants7
Game
Umpires PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate Beans Reardon National First Base George Pipgras American Second Base Bill Stewart National Third Base Steve Basil American The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Reardon and Basil swapped positions, also Pipgras and Stewart swapped positions.
Starting lineups American LeagueNational LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Cecil TravisSenators3B1Arky VaughanPiratesSS2Ted WilliamsRed SoxLF2Billy HermanCubs2B3Charlie KellerYankeesRF3Max WestBravesRF4Joe DiMaggioYankeesCF4Johnny MizeCardinals1B5Jimmie FoxxRed Sox1B5Ernie LombardiRedsC6Luke ApplingWhite SoxSS6Joe MedwickDodgersLF7Bill DickeyYankeesC7Cookie LavagettoDodgers3B8Joe GordonYankees2B8Terry MooreCardinalsCF9Red RuffingYankeesP9Paul DerringerRedsP
Game summary
References
External links 1940 All-Star Game Box Score, July 9 at Baseball-Reference.com 1940 All-Star Game at Baseball Almanac July 9, 1940: Five NL pitchers combine for first All-Star shutout at Sportsman’s Park - Society for American Baseball Research (SABR Games Project)