1959 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1959 Midsummer Classic which was played on August 3, 1959 at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California

"Yogi (Berra), I came up here to hit, not to read." - Hank Aaron (reply to Berra after being told to turn his bat around so he could 'read' the label and not break the bat)

1959 All-Star Game #2

American League 5 vs National League 3
August 3, 1959 Memorial Coliseum

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Pete Runnels

1b 3 0 0 0
   Vic Power 1b 1 0 0 0

Nellie Fox

2b 4 1 2 1

Ted Williams

lf 3 0 0 0
   Al Kaline lf-cf 2 0 0 0

Yogi Berra

c 3 1 1 2
   Sherm Lollar c 0 0 0 0

Mickey Mantle

cf 3 0 1 0
   Billy O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
   Cal McLish p 0 0 0 0

Roger Maris

rf 2 0 0 0
   Rocky Colavito rf 2 1 1 1

Frank Malzone

3b 4 1 1 1

Luis Aparicio

ss 3 0 0 0

Jerry Walker

p 1 0 0 0
   b-Gene Woodling ph 1 0 0 0
   Early Wynn p 0 0 0 0
   Hoyt Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
   f-Tony Kubek ph-lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5

 

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Johnny Temple

2b 2 1 1 0
   d-Jim Gilliam ph-3b 2 1 1 1

Ken Boyer

3b 2 0 0 0
   Charlie Neal 2b 1 0 0 0

Hank Aaron

rf 3 0 0 1

Willie Mays

cf 4 0 0 0

Ernie Banks

ss 4 0 0 0

Stan Musial

1b 0 0 0 0
   Frank Robinson 1b 3 1 3 1

Wally Moon

lf 2 0 0 0

Del Crandall

c 2 0 1 0
   Hal Smith c 2 0 0 0

Don Drysdale

p 0 0 0 0
   a-Eddie Mathews ph 1 0 0 0
   Gene Conley p 0 0 0 0
   c-Joe Cunningham ph 1 0 0 0
   e-Vada Pinson ph 0 0 0 0
   Sam Jones p 0 0 0 0
   g-Dick Groat ph 1 0 0 0
   Roy Face p 0 0 0 0
   h-Smoky Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3

 

a: Struck out for Drysdale in 3rd inning.
b: Grounded out for Walker in 4th inning.
c: Hit into force play for Conley in 5th inning.
d: Bases on balls for Temple in 5th inning.
e: Pinch ran for Cunningham in 5th inning.
f: Bases on balls for Wilhelm in 7th inning.
g: Grounded out for Jones in 7th inning.
h: Grounded out for Face in 9th inning.

Double Play: Runnels.
Double: Temple.
Errors: Banks, Robinson, Jones.
Home Runs: Malzone, Berra, Robinson, Gilliam, Aaron, Robinson.
Left on Base: A.L. 7, N.L. 7.
Sacrifice Fly: Aaron.
Stolen Base: Aparicio.

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

National League

1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 0

American League

0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 6 3
American League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Jerry Walker

3.0 2 1 1 1 1
   Early Wynn 2.0 1 1 1 3 1
   Hoyt Wilhelm 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
   Billy O'Dell 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
   Cal McLish 2.0 1 0 0 1 2

 

National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Don Drysdale

3.0 4 3 3 3 5
   Gene Conley 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
   Sam Jones 2.0 1 1 0 2 3
   Roy Face 2.0 1 1 1 0 2

 

Losing Pitcher: Drysdale.
Winning Pitcher: Walker.

Attendance: 55,105.
Length of Game: 2:42.
Umpires A.L.: HP: Charlie Berry, 2B: Bill Summers, LF: Hank Soar.
Umpires N.L.: 1B: Bill Jackowski, 3B: Tony Venzon, RF: Ken Burkhart.


During game one of the "doubleheader" fans voted for the starters. However, managers in game two were given total flexibility over their lineups in game two.

Did you know that this was the first Midsummer Classic played in the state of California?

60% of the profits from this game were put into the players' pension fund - an amount that came to $307,401.