1955 All-Star Game

1955 All-Star Game

Ironically, this game was played on July 12, the day on which funeral services were held for Arch Ward, the Chicago Tribune sports editor who had founded the game in 1933.

The American League jumped out to an early, 5-0 lead through six innings, then watched as the Natioanl League began a late and triumphant comeback. They scored two runs in the seventh and maintained that momentum with three more in the eighth. In the ninth, pitchers Frank Sullivan (AL) and Joe Nuxhall (NL) matched strikeouts as the All-Star Game went into extra innings for only the second time. Leading off for the senior circuit in the bottom of the twelfth was Stan Musial. He took the first pitch (a fastball) and sent it out of the park. The home run blast was Musial's fourth in All-Star games, breaking a tie with Ted Williams and Ralph Kiner. Once again, the National League had snatched the lead from the American League and never looked back.

"When Mickey Mantle bunted with the wind, blowing it out of Crosley Field." - Robin Roberts recalling his greatest All-Star moment

1955 All-Star Game The 1955 Midsummer Classic At-A-Glance
1955 All-Star Game Fast Facts
Game Number	22
Date / Box Score	07-12-1955
Location	County Stadium
Attendance (Rank)	45,314
M.V.P. Award	Not Awarded Until 1962
League Items	A.L.	N.L.
Starting Pitchers	Billy Pierce	Robin Roberts
Managers	Al Lopez	Leo Durocher
Coaches	Don Gutteridge	Mayo Smith
	Tony Cuccinello	Fred Haney
1955 All-Star Game Fast Facts

1955 All-Star Game Line Score
1955 All-Star Game Capsule
League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
American	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	2
National	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	6	13	1
A.L. Pitcher(s)								N.L. Pitcher(s)
Billy Pierce Early Wynn (4th) Whitey Ford (7th) Frank Sullivan (L, 8th) - -								Robin Roberts Harvey Haddix (4th) Don Newcombe (7th) Sam Jones (8th) Joe Nuxhall (8th) Gene Conley (W, 12th)
A.L. Home Runs								N.L. Home Runs
Mickey Mantle (1st)								Stan Musial (12th)

1955 All-Star Game American League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Bobby Avila	Cleveland Indians	2B
5.	Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C
	Chico Carrasquel	Chicago White Sox	SS
	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	OF	Did Not Play
	Dick Donovan	Chicago White Sox	P	Did Not Pitch
8.	Jim Finigan	Kansas City Athletics	3B
	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	P
2.	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B
	Billy Hoeft	Detroit Tigers	P	Did Not Pitch
	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	OF
6.	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF
1.	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	SS
	Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	C	Did Not Play
4.	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF
9.	Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	P	Starting Pitcher
	Vic Power	Kansas City Athletics	1B
	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	3B
	Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	P	Did Not Pitch
	Al Smith	Cleveland Indians	OF
	Frank Sullivan	Boston Red Sox	P
	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
7.	Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	1B
3.	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF
	Jim Wilson	Baltimore Orioles	P	Did Not Pitch
	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	P
BOLD = Fan's choice to start the game (Manager chooses pitcher).

1955 All-Star Game National League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF
	Luis Arroyo	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Did Not Pitch
	Gene Baker	Chicago Cubs	2B
7.	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	SS
	Smoky Burgess	Cincinnati Reds	C
	Roy Campanella	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	Replaced - Injury
	Gene Conley	Milwaukee Braves	P
8.	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
2.	Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
	Harvey Haddix	St. Louis Cardinals	P
	Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B
	Randy Jackson	Chicago Cubs	3B
	Sam Jones	Chicago Cubs	P
4.	Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Reds	1B
	Johnny Logan	Milwaukee Braves	SS
	Stan Lopata	Philadelphia Phillies	C	Replaced Campanella
5.	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	3B
	Willie Mays	New York Giants	OF
6.	Don Mueller	New York Giants	OF
	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B
	Joe Nuxhall	Cincinnati Reds	P
9.	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Starting Pitcher
1.	Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
3.	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF
	Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
BOLD = Fan's choice to start the game (Manager chooses pitcher).

This was only the second time in All-Star history where the game went into extra innings � the first year it occurred was during the 1950 Midsummer Classic.

Did you know that Mickey Mantle's home run in the first inning scored three runs off Robin Roberts before a single out had been recorded in the game?

Simply try to imagine being Stan Musial in this game - a game winning home run in the twelfth inning on the first pitch you see to leave the opponents on the field.

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