1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 14th playing of the "Midsummer Classic" between Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL) and National League (NL) All-Star teams. The All-Star Game was held on July 8, 1947, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the home of the NL's Chicago Cubs.

The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League by a score of 2–1 in 2 hours and 19 minutes.

All-Star managers and coaches The National League manager was Eddie Dyer of the St. Louis Cardinals, and the NL coaches were Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman and New York Giants player-manager Mel Ott.

The American League manager was Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox, and the AL coaches were Red Sox coach Del Baker and Detroit Tigers manager Steve O'Neill.

All-Star team rosters The starting pitchers were selected by the respective American and National League managers. The eight position starters were chosen by the fans. Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

American League Fan-elected startersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC Buddy Rosar Athletics 41B George McQuinn Yankees 52B Joe Gordon Indians 73B George Kell Tigers 1SS Lou Boudreau Indians 6OF Ted Williams Red Sox 5OF Joe DiMaggio Yankees 9OF Buddy Lewis Senators 2Manager-elected starterP Hal Newhouser Tigers 5

Reserves PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesP Spud Chandler Yankees 4P Bob Feller# Indians 6P Jack Kramer# Browns 2P Walt Masterson Senators 1P Joe Page Yankees 2P Spec Shea Yankees 1P Dizzy Trout# Tigers 2P Early Wynn# Senators 1

Position playersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC Jim Hegan# Indians 1C Aaron Robinson# Yankees 11B Rudy York# Red Sox 72B Bobby Doerr Red Sox 63B Billy Johnson Yankees 1SS Luke Appling White Sox 7OF Tommy Henrich Yankees 2OF Charlie Keller# Yankees 5OF Pat Mullin# Tigers 1OF Stan Spence Senators 4

National League Fan-elected startersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC Walker Cooper Giants 51B Johnny Mize Giants 72B Emil Verban Phillies 23B Bob Elliott* Braves 4SS Eddie Miller* Reds 7OF Enos Slaughter Cardinals 4OF Harry Walker Phillies 2OF Dixie Walker Dodgers 4Manager-elected starterP Ewell Blackwell Reds 2

Reserves PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesP Ralph Branca# Dodgers 1P Harry Brecheen Cardinals 1P Red Munger# Cardinals 2P Schoolboy Rowe Phillies 3P Johnny Sain Braves 1P Warren Spahn Braves 1

Position playersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC Bruce Edwards Dodgers 1C Phil Masi Braves 21B Stan Musial Cardinals 42B Eddie Stanky Dodgers 13B Frankie Gustine Pirates 23B Whitey Kurowski Cardinals 4SS Marty Marion Cardinals 4SS Pee Wee Reese Dodgers 3OF Phil Cavarretta Cubs 3OF Bert Haas Reds 1OF Willard Marshall Giants 2OF Andy Pafko Cubs 1

* This player did not start. # This player did not play.

All-Star Game

Ceremonies The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball.

Starting lineups

Umpires PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate Jocko Conlan National First Base Jim Boyer American Second Base Butch Henline National Third Base Art Passarella American The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Conlan and Passarella swapped positions, also Boyer and Henline swapped positions.

Game summary

The first three and a half innings were scoreless with four hits between both teams. Johnny Mize hit a home run off of Spec Shea to deep right field in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the National League ahead 1–0. In the top of the sixth, Luke Appling scored from third base as Joe DiMaggio hit into a 6–4–3 double play to again tie the game.

Stan Spence, pinch hitting for Shea, singled to right-center field in the top of the seventh inning, scoring Bobby Doerr from third base to give the American League the lead. Doerr had made it to third after pitcher Johnny Sain failed a pickoff attempt to second baseman Eddie Stanky.

The NL's tying and winning runs in the form of Phil Cavarretta and Phil Masi (pinch running for Johnny Mize) were on third and first bases respectively in the bottom of the eighth inning, with Enos Slaughter at bat. Slaughter grounded out to shortstop Joe Boudreau, and pitcher Joe Page got out of the inning with the AL still on top, 2–1.

Warren Spahn and the National League squad held off any more offense by the AL in the final inning, again giving them a chance to win it in their half of the ninth. Whitey Kurowski grounded out to Bobby Doerr at second and Pee Wee Reese walked to put the tying run on first. Eddie Stanky grounded out to Doerr also, preventing Reese from advancing. Schoolboy Rowe came to bat, pinch hitting for the pitcher Spahn. Rowe flew out to right fielder Tommy Henrich to give the American League a 2–1 victory.

American League Batter AB   R    H  RBI BB   K  AVGKell, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000     Johnson, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Lewis, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Appling, PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000     Henrich, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000Williams, LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500DiMaggio, CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333Boudreau, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250McQuinn, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000Gordon, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500     Doerr, 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500Rosar, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000Newhouser, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Shea, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Spence, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000     Masterson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Page, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000TOTALS 34 2 8 1 1 8 .235 Batting: 2B: Gordon (1, Brecheen), Williams (1, Brecheen). TB: Williams 3, Gordon 2, Boudreau, Doerr, Spence, Appling, DiMaggio. GIDP: DiMaggio (1). RBI: Spence (1). 2-out RBI: Spence. Team LOB: 6. With RISP: 2-for-12.

Baserunning: SB: Doerr (1, 2nd off Sain/Edwards). Pickoffs: Doerr (2nd by Sain).

PitcherIP  H    R   ER  BB   K   HR ERAWHIP BF Newhouser 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.33 10Shea (W, 1–0) 3.0 3 1 1 2 2 1 3.00 1.67 14Masterson (H, 1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 0.60 6Page (S, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 0.75 6TOTALS 9.0 5 1 1 4 6 1 0.11 1.00 36

National League Batter AB   R    H  RBI BB   K  AVGH. Walker, CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000     Pafko, CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500D. Walker, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Marshall, RF 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000Cooper, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000     Edwards, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Cavarretta, PH/1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000Mize, 1B 3 1 2 1 1 0 .667     Masi, PR/C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Slaughter, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000Gustine, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Kurowski, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000Marion, SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500     Reese, SS 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000Verban, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Stanky, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000Blackwell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Haas, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000     Brecheen, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Sain, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Musial, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Spahn, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000     Rowe, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000TOTALS 32 1 5 1 4 6 .156 Batting: HR: Mize (1, Shea; 4th inning, 0 on, 2 outs). TB: Mize 5, Pafko, Marion, Haas. RBI: Mize (1). 2-out RBI: Mize. Team LOB: 8. Team RISP: 0-for-2.

Fielding: E: Sain (1). DP: 1 (Reese-Stanky-Mize). PB: Cooper (1).

PitcherIP  H    R   ER  BB   K   HR ERAWHIP BF Blackwell 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 10Brecheen 3.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 3.00 1.67 13Sain (L, 0–1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 9.00 2.00 5Spahn 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 0.50 7TOTALS 9.0 8 2 2 1 8 0 0.22 1.00 35

WP: Blackwell (1). Pickoffs: Sain (0; Doerr, 2nd). Umpires: HP – Jocko Conlan, 1B – Jim Boyer, 2B – Butch Henline, 3B – Art Passarella. Time : 2:19. Attendance: 41,123.

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