The second 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 27th edition of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues composing Major League Baseball. It was played on Monday, August 3, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the NL, and was a 5–3 victory for the American League. This was the second of two All-Star Games played in 1959, the first was on Tuesday, July 7, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also an NL city.
The first Midsummer Classic held on the West Coast, it was also the first of only two All-Star Games not played in July; the other was in 1981 following a lengthy players' strike.
Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJerry WalkerOrioles1CYogi BerraYankees131BPete RunnelsRed Sox22BNellie FoxWhite Sox103BFrank MalzoneRed Sox4SSLuis AparicioWhite Sox3OFMickey MantleYankees9OFRoger MarisAthletics1OFTed WilliamsRed Sox17
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPBud DaleyAthletics2PRyne DurenYankees3PCal McLishIndians1PBilly O'DellOrioles2PCamilo Pascual-xSenators1PPedro Ramos-ySenators1PHoyt WilhelmOrioles3PEarly WynnWhite Sox7
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCElston HowardYankees3CSherm LollarWhite Sox71BVic PowerIndians41BRoy SieversSenators42BBobby RichardsonYankees23BHarmon KillebrewSenators2SSTony KubekYankees2OFBob AllisonSenators1OFRocky ColavitoIndians2OFAl KalineTigers6OFMinnie MiñosoIndians7OFGene WoodlingOrioles1
National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDon DrysdaleDodgers2CDel CrandallBraves71BStan MusialCardinals172BJohnny TempleReds43BKen BoyerCardinals3SSErnie BanksCubs6OFHank AaronBraves6OFWillie MaysGiants7OFWally MoonDodgers3
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPJohnny AntonelliGiants6PLew BurdetteBraves3PGene ConleyPhillies4PDon ElstonCubs2PRoy FacePirates2PSam JonesGiants2PVinegar Bend Mizell-xCardinals2PWarren SpahnBraves12
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCSmoky BurgessPirates4CHal SmithCardinals31BOrlando CepedaGiants21BFrank RobinsonReds42BBill MazeroskiPirates33BEddie MathewsBraves7SSDick GroatPirates2SSJohnny LoganBraves4SSCharlie NealDodgers1OFJoe CunninghamCardinals2OFJim GilliamDodgers2OFVada PinsonReds2
-x – Injured and could not play -y – Injury replacement
Game 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)
Starting lineups American LeagueNational LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Pete RunnelsRed Sox1B1Johnny TempleReds2B2Nellie FoxWhite Sox2B2Ken BoyerCardinals3B3Ted WilliamsRed SoxLF3Hank AaronBravesRF4Yogi BerraYankeesC4Willie MaysGiantsCF5Mickey MantleYankeesCF5Ernie BanksCubsSS6Roger MarisAthleticsRF6Stan MusialCardinals1B7Frank MalzoneRed Sox3B7Wally MoonDodgersLF8Luis AparicioWhite SoxSS8Del CrandallBravesC9Jerry WalkerOriolesP9Don DrysdaleDodgersP
Game summary
References
External links Baseball Almanac