1958 All-Star Game

1958 All-Star Game

After several years of exciting, down to the wire, nine and extra-inning baseball, the 1958 game wasn't exactly the same caliber as its predecessors. It wasn't even close.

This was the first All-Star Game to pass without an extra-base hit. In fact, there were only thirteen hits: nine by the American League and four by the National. The National League went down in order in five of the last six innings with the only man reaching base, doing so on an error.

Starter Bob Turley allowed three runs and three hits in 1 2/3 innings. The American League had scored in the second on a RBI single by Nelson Fox, cutting the National League lead to 3-2. Then the American League managed single runs off of pitcher Bob Friend in the fifth and scored the winning run in the sixth on Frank Malzone's single, an error by Pirates third baseman Frank Thomas and a single by Gil McDougald. The American League had won two in a row and three out of the last four, but the taste of victory remained bittersweet after a game that was so mediocre and uneventful.

"A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters." - Early Wynn

1958 All-Star Game 1958 All-Star Game Official Program
1958 All-Star Game Fast Facts
Game Number	25
Date / Box Score	07-08-1958
Location	Memorial Stadium
Attendance (Rank)	48,829
M.V.P. Award	Not Awarded Until 1962
1st Pitch	Vice President Richard Nixon
League Items	A.L.	N.L.
Starting Pitchers	Bob Turley	Warren Spahn
Managers	Casey Stengel	Fred Haney
Coaches	Lum Harris	Mayo Smith
	Jim Turner	Bill Rigney
1958 All-Star Game Fast Facts

1958 All Star Game Line Score
1958 All-Star Game Capsule
League	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
National	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2
American	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	x	4	9	2
N.L. Pitcher(s)						A.L. Pitcher(s)
Warren Spahn Bob Friend (L, 4^th) Larry Jackson (6^th) Turk Farrell (7^th)						Bob Turley Ray Narleski (2^nd) Early Wynn (W, 6^th) Billy O'Dell (S, 7^th)
N.L. Home Runs						A.L. Home Runs
None						None

1958 All-Star Game National League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
4.	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	OF
	Johnny Antonelli	San Francisco Giants	P	Did Not Pitch
	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Did Not Play
5.	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	SS
	Don Blasingame	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
8.	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	C
	George Crowe	Cincinnati Reds	1B	Did Not Play
	Turk Farrell	Philadelphia Phillies	P
	Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	P
	Larry Jackson	St. Louis Cardinals	P
	Johnny Logan	Milwaukee Braves	SS
	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	3B	Did Not Play
1.	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	OF
7.	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
	Don McMahon	Milwaukee Braves	P	Did Not Pitch
	Walt Moryn	Chicago Cubs	OF	Did Not Play
3.	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
	Johnny Podres	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Did Not Pitch
	Bob Purkey	Cincinnati Reds	P	Did Not Pitch
	Johnny Roseboro	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Did Not Play
	Bob Schmidt	San Francisco Giants	C	Did Not Play
2.	Bob Skinner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
9.	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	P	Starting Pitcher
6.	Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B
	Lee Walls	Chicago Cubs	OF
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.

1958 All-Star Game American League All-Star Squad
Lineup	Name	Team	Position	Notes
8.	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	SS
	Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	C
	Rocky Bridges	Washington Senators	SS	Did Not Play
4.	Bob Cerv	Kansas City Athletics	OF
	Ryne Duren	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	P	Did Not Pitch
1.	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	2B
	Elston Howard	New York Yankees	OF	Did Not Play
3.	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	OF
	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	OF
	Tony Kubek	New York Yankees	SS	Did Not Play
	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	OF	Did Not Play
	Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	C	Did Not Play
6.	Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox	3B
2.	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	OF
	Gil McDougald	New York Yankees	2B
	Ray Narleski	Cleveland Indians	P
	Billy O'Dell	Baltimore Orioles	P
	Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	P	Did Not Pitch
5.	Bill Skowron	New York Yankees	1B
7.	Gus Triandos	Baltimore Orioles	C
9.	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	P	Starting Pitcher
	Mickey Vernon	Cleveland Indians	1B
	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	OF
	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	P
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.

Did you know that this was the first and only All-Star Game held / played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore?

Both the American and National Leagues combined for a total of thirteen hits and not one of them was longer than a single � an All-Star first.

The first pitch of the 1958 Midsummer Classic was thrown out by none other than Vice-President (future President) Richard Nixon.

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