1956 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1956 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 10, 1956 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

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1956 All-Star Game

National League 7 vs American League 3
July 10, 1956 Griffith Stadium

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Johnny Temple

2b 4 1 2 1

Frank Robinson

lf 2 0 0 0
   d-Duke Snider ph-cf 3 0 0 0

Stan Musial

rf-lf 4 1 1 1
   Hank Aaron lf 1 0 0 0

Ken Boyer

3b 5 1 3 1

Gus Bell

cf 1 0 0 0
   b-Willie Mays cf-rf 3 2 1 2

Dale Long

1b 2 0 0 0
   f-Ted Kluszewski ph-1b 2 1 2 1

Ed Bailey

c 3 0 0 0
   Roy Campanella c 0 0 0 0

Roy McMillan

ss 3 1 2 0

Bob Friend

p 0 0 0 0
   c-Rip Repulski ph 1 0 0 0
   Warren Spahn p 1 0 0 0
   Johnny Antonelli p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6

 

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Harvey Kuenn

ss 5 0 1 0

Nellie Fox

2b 4 1 2 0

Ted Williams

lf 4 1 1 2

Mickey Mantle

cf 4 1 1 1

Yogi Berra

c 2 0 2 0
   g-Sherm Lollar ph-c 2 0 1 0

Al Kaline

rf 3 0 1 0
   Jim Piersall rf 1 0 0 0

Mickey Vernon

1b 2 0 0 0
   h-Vic Power ph-1b 2 0 1 0

George Kell

3b 4 0 1 0

Billy Pierce

p 0 0 0 0
   a-Harry Simpson ph 1 0 0 0
   Whitey Ford p 0 0 0 0
   Jim Wilson p 0 0 0 0
   e-Billy Martin ph 1 0 0 0
   Tom Brewer p 0 0 0 0
   i-Ray Boone ph 1 0 0 0
   Herb Score p 0 0 0 0
   Early Wynn p 0 0 0 0
   j-Roy Sievers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3

 

a: Struck out for Pierce in 3rd inning.
b: Homered for Bell in 4th inning.
c: Fouled out for Friend in 4th inning.
d: Flied out for Robinson in 5th inning.
e: Grounded out for Wilson in 5th inning.
f: Doubled for Long in 6th inning.
g: Singled for Berra in 6th inning.
h: Flied out for Vernon in 6th inning.
i: Lined out for Brewer in 7th inning.
j: Popped out for Wynn in 9th inning.

Double Plays: McMillan-Temple-Kluszewski.
Doubles: Kluszewski 2.
Home Runs: Mays, Williams, Mantle, Musial.
Left on Base: N.L. 7, A.L. 7.
Sacrifice Hits: Friend.
Stolen Base: Temple.

All-Star Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

National League

0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 7 11 0

American League

0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 11 0
National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Bob Friend

3.0 3 0 0 0 3
   a-Warren Spahn 2.0 4 3 3 0 1
   Johnny Antonelli 4.0 4 0 0 0 1

 

American League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Billy Pierce

3.0 2 1 1 1 5
   Whitey Ford 1.0 3 2 2 1 2
   Jim Wilson 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
   Tom Brewer 2.0 4 3 3 1 2
   Herb Score 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
   Early Wynn 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

 

a: Pitched to 3 batters in 6th inning.

Losing Pitcher: Pierce.
Wild Pitches: Brewer 2.
Winning Pitcher: Friend.

Attendance: 28,843.
Length of Game: 2:45.
Umpires A.L.: 1B: Charlie Berry, 3B: Eddie Hurley, RF: Red Flaherty.
Umpires N.L.: HP: Babe Pinelli, 2B:Artie Gore, LF: Bill Jackowski.


Did you know that Tom Brewer was the first All-Star pitcher to throw two wild pitches during the same Midsummer Classic?

Why was Warren Spahn only allowed to face the first three batters during the sixth inning? Because Nellie Fox was walked, followed by a Ted Williams home run, and ending with Mickey Mantle smashing a successive homer that nearly left Griffith Stadium.

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