1935 All-Star Game

1935 All-Star Game

The third exhibition of what was soon to become known as the "Midsummer Classic" was played at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium on July 8, 1935. Due to the success of the previous two games, available tickets were in short supply and a crowd of 69,831 filled the ball-yard, setting an All-Star Game record that stood until 1981, when more than 72,000 attended the fifty-second All-Star Game in the same park. Unfortunately, after the initial excitement of the first game and the phenomenal pitching by Carl Hubbell in the second, the third was rather uneventful.

The American League won for the third straight year due to the performance of Jimmie Foxx. Once again, he was playing third in deference to Lou Gehrig and belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the first, giving the American League a lead it never relinquished. Making his third All-Star appearance, Al Simmons of the White Sox was the game's top hitter with a six-for-thirteen showing and a .462 average. It would be his last All-Star showing. Unbelievably, the most frustrated hitter was Gehrig. A Triple Crown winner in 1934, he was hitless in nine at-bats.

"I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage." - Lefty Gomez

1935 All-Star Game 1935 All-Star Game Official Program
1935 All-Star Game Fast Facts
Game Number	3
Date / Box Score	07-08-1935
Location	Municipal Stadium
Attendance (Rank)	69,812
M.V.P. Award	Not Awarded Until 1962
League Items	A.L.	N.L.
Starting Pitchers	Lefty Gomez	Bill Walker
Managers	Mickey Cochrane	Frankie Frisch
Coaches	Del Baker	Charlie Grimm
	Rogers Hornsby	Chuck Dressen
1935 All-Star Game Fast Facts

1935 All Star Game Line Score
1935 All-Star Game Capsule
League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
American	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	x	4	8	0
N.L. Pitcher(s)						A.L. Pitcher(s)
Bill Walker (L) Hal Schumacher (3rd) Paul Derringer (7th) Dizzy Dean (8th)						Lefty Gomez (W) Mel Harder (7th) - -
N.L. Home Runs						A.L. Home Runs
None						Jimmie Foxx (1st)

1935 All-Star Game National League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
6.	Wally Berger	Boston Braves	OF
	Ripper Collins	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	P
	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	P
	Frankie Frisch	St. Louis Cardinals	2B	Did Not Play
	Gabby Hartnett	Chicago Cubs	C
7.	Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs	2B
	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P	Did Not Pitch
	Gus Mancuso	New York Giants	C
1.	Pepper Martin	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
4.	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
	Jo-Jo Moore	New York Giants	OF
3.	Mel Ott	New York Giants	OF
	Hal Schumacher	New York Giants	P
5.	Bill Terry	New York Giants	1B
2.	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
9.	Bill Walker	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Starting Pitcher
	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
	Burgess Whitehead	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
8.	Jimmie Wilson	Philadelphia Phillies	C
BOLD = Fan's / manager's choice to start the game.

1935 All-Star Game American League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	OF	Replaced - Injury
	Ossie Bluege	Washington Senators	3B
	Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	P	Did Not Pitch
	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	OF
	Mickey Cochrane	Detroit Tigers	C	Did Not Play
	Doc Cramer	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	Replaced Averill
8.	Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	SS
	Rick Ferrell	Boston Red Sox	C	Did Not Play
4.	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	3B
3.	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B
2.	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	2B
9.	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	P	Starting Pitcher
	Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	P	Did Not Pitch
	Mel Harder	Cleveland Indians	P
7.	Rollie Hemsley	St. Louis Browns	C
5.	Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	OF
	Buddy Myer	Washington Senators	2B	Did Not Play
	Schoolboy Rowe	Detroit Tigers	P	Did Not Pitch
6.	Al Simmons	Chicago White Sox	OF
1.	Joe Vosmik	Cleveland Indians	OF
	Sam West	St. Louis Browns	OF	Did Not Play
BOLD = Fan's / manager's choice to start the game.

During the 1934 All-Star Game, Mel Harder pitched five innings. Lefty Gomez pitched six in this game. The National League had the rules changed before the next game stating no pitcher could toss more than three innings unless the game went into extra innings.

Frankie Frisch and Mickey Cochrane did not enter the game because both were player-managers and each elected to keep themselves out of the lineup.

The year: 1935. The attendance: sixty-nine thousand eight-hundred twelve. An All-Star record that would not be broken until the 1981 All-Star Game and the second highest attendance during the twentieth century.

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