1942 All-Star Game

1942 All-Star Game

By the time that the tenth All-Star Game was played in 1942, the United States had been at war for seven months. Military enlistment and the draft had not yet begun the serious depletion of big-league teams that would take place over the next several years. However, enough players had entered the service to warrant a game July 7 in Cleveland between the winning All-Star team and the Service All-Stars, with proceeds going to the Army-Navy relief fund.

American League manager Joe McCarthy and National League manager Leo Durocher went into the game with very different strategies. Durocher used virtually his whole squad, all twenty-two players, while McCarthy played only eleven. McCarthy used only two pitchers, while Durocher used four. Lou Boudreau led off the first inning with a home run and Tommy Henrich doubled. Mort Cooper looked impressive when he retired Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, but Rudy York sliced a line drive down the right-field line and into the bleachers. The American League maintained their lead and went on to win for the seventh time in ten All-Star Games.

"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." - Ted Williams

1942 All-Star Game The 1942 Midsummer Classic At-A-Glance
1942 All-Star Game Fast Facts
Game Number	10
Date / Box Score	07-06-1942
Location	Polo Grounds
Attendance (Rank)	33,694
M.V.P. Award	Not Awarded Until 1962
League Items	A.L.	N.L.
Starting Pitchers	Spud Chandler	Mort Cooper
Managers	Joe McCarthy	Leo Durocher
Coaches	Art Fletcher	Bucky Harris
	Bill McKechnie	Frankie Frisch
1942 All-Star Game Fast Facts

1942 All Star Game Line Score
1942 All-Star Game Capsule
League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
National	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1
A.L. Pitcher(s)						N.L. Pitcher(s)
Spud Chandler (W) Al Benton (5th) - -						Mort Cooper (L) Johnny Vander Meer (4th) Claude Passeau (7th) Bucky Walters (9th)
A.L. Home Runs						N.L. Home Runs
Lou Boudreau (1st) Rudy York (1st)						Mickey Owen (8th) -

1942 All-Star Game American League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	P	Did Not Pitch
	Al Benton	Detroit Tigers	P
	Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
1.	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	SS
9.	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	P	Starting Pitcher
	Bill Dickey	New York Yankees	C	Replaced - Injury
	Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	OF	Did Not Play
4.	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF
	Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B	Did Not Play
6.	Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	2B
2.	Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	OF
	Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	P	Did Not Pitch
	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	P	Did Not Pitch
	Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	OF
7.	Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	3B
	George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	1B	Did Not Play
	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	P	Did Not Pitch
	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	SS	Did Not Play
	Buddy Rosar	New York Yankees	C	Did Not Play
	Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
	Eddie Smith	Chicago White Sox	P	Did Not Pitch
	Stan Spence	Washington Senators	OF	Did Not Play
8.	Birdie Tebbetts	Detroit Tigers	C
	Hal Wagner	Philadelphia Athletics	C	Replaced Dickey
3.	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF
5.	Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	1B
BOLD = Fan's / manager's choice to start the game.

1942 All-Star Game National League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
1.	Jimmy Brown	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
9.	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Starting Pitcher
7.	Walker Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	C
	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	P	Replaced - Injury
	Bob Elliott	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B
	Billy Herman	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B
	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P	Did Not Pitch
	Danny Litwhiler	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
	Ernie Lombardi	Boston Braves	C
	Willard Marshall	New York Giants	OF
	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B
6.	Joe Medwick	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF
	Cliff Melton	New York Giants	P	Did Not Pitch
8.	Eddie Miller	Boston Braves	SS
4.	Johnny Mize	New York Giants	1B
	Terry Moore	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
5.	Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF
	Mickey Owen	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
	Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	P
	Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	SS
3.	Pete Reiser	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF
	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
	Ray Starr	Cincinnati Reds	P	Replaced Derringer
	Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	P
2.	Arky Vaughan	Brooklyn Dodgers	3B
	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	P
	Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	P	Did Not Pitch
BOLD = Fan's / manager's choice to start the game.

Did you know that this game was originally scheduled to be played in Brooklyn? Larry MacPhail moved the game to the Polo Grounds due to its larger capacity and the fact that the proceeds from the game were to aid the war effort.

What happened to the three inning rule regarding pitchers? It was suspended because the winning team was scheduled to play an All-Star team made up of Army and Navy serviceman.

The run scored by the Nationals came in the eighth inning when Mickey Owen pinch-hit one into the left field stands. However, he had not and would not hit another home run during the entire regular season.

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