1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Introduction The '''1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game''' was the 14th playing of the "Midsummer Classic" between Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL) and National League (NL) All-Star teams. The All-Star Game was held on July 8, 1947, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the home of the NL's Chicago Cubs.The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League by a score of 2–1 in 2 hours and 19 minutes.
All-Star managers and coaches The National League manager was Eddie Dyer of the St. Louis Cardinals, and the NL coaches were Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman and New York Giants player-manager Mel Ott.The American League manager was Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox, and the AL coaches were Red Sox coach Del Baker and Detroit Tigers manager Steve O'Neill.
All-Star team rosters The starting pitchers were selected by the respective American and National League managers. The eight position starters were chosen by the fans.Players in ''italics'' have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.===American League===Fan-elected startersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC  Buddy Rosar  Athletics  41B  George McQuinn  Yankees  52B  ''Joe Gordon''  Indians  73B  ''George Kell''  Tigers  1SS  ''Lou Boudreau''  Indians  6OF  ''Ted Williams''  Red Sox  5OF  ''Joe DiMaggio''  Yankees  9OF  Buddy Lewis  Senators  2Manager-elected starterP  ''Hal Newhouser''  Tigers  5====Reserves====PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesP  Spud Chandler  Yankees  4P  ''Bob Feller''#  Indians  6P  Jack Kramer#  Browns  2P  Walt Masterson  Senators  1P  Joe Page  Yankees  2P  Spec Shea  Yankees  1P  Dizzy Trout#  Tigers  2P  ''Early Wynn''#  Senators  1Position playersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC  Jim Hegan#  Indians  1C  Aaron Robinson#  Yankees  11B  Rudy York#  Red Sox  72B  ''Bobby Doerr''  Red Sox  63B  Billy Johnson  Yankees  1SS  ''Luke Appling''  White Sox  7OF  Tommy Henrich  Yankees  2OF  Charlie Keller#  Yankees  5OF  Pat Mullin#  Tigers  1OF  Stan Spence  Senators  4===National League===Fan-elected startersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC  Walker Cooper  Giants  51B  ''Johnny Mize''  Giants  72B  Emil Verban  Phillies  23B  Bob Elliott*  Braves  4SS  Eddie Miller*  Reds  7OF  ''Enos Slaughter''  Cardinals  4OF  Harry Walker  Phillies  2OF  Dixie Walker  Dodgers  4Manager-elected starterP  Ewell Blackwell  Reds  2====Reserves====PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesP  Ralph Branca#  Dodgers  1P  Harry Brecheen  Cardinals  1P  Red Munger#  Cardinals  2P  Schoolboy Rowe  Phillies  3P  Johnny Sain  Braves  1P  ''Warren Spahn''  Braves  1Position playersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesC  Bruce Edwards  Dodgers  1C  Phil Masi  Braves  21B  ''Stan Musial''  Cardinals  42B  Eddie Stanky  Dodgers  13B  Frankie Gustine  Pirates  23B  Whitey Kurowski  Cardinals  4SS  Marty Marion  Cardinals  4SS  ''Pee Wee Reese''  Dodgers  3OF  Phil Cavarretta  Cubs  3OF  Bert Haas  Reds  1OF  Willard Marshall  Giants  2OF  Andy Pafko  Cubs  1 This player did not start. This player did not play.
All-Star Game ===Ceremonies===The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Happy Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball.===Starting lineups======Umpires===PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate  ''Jocko Conlan''  National First Base  Jim Boyer  American Second Base  Butch Henline  National Third Base  Art Passarella  AmericanThe umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Conlan and Passarella swapped positions, also Boyer and Henline swapped positions.===Game summary===The first three and a half innings were scoreless with four hits between both teams. Johnny Mize hit a home run off of Spec Shea to deep right field in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the National League ahead 1–0.In the top of the sixth, Luke Appling scored from third base as Joe DiMaggio hit into a 6–4–3 double play to again tie the game.Stan Spence, pinch hitting for Shea, singled to right-center field in the top of the seventh inning, scoring Bobby Doerr from third base to give the American League the lead. Doerr had made it to third after pitcher Johnny Sain failed a pickoff attempt to second baseman Eddie Stanky.The NL's tying and winning runs in the form of Phil Cavarretta and Phil Masi (pinch running for Johnny Mize) were on third and first bases respectively in the bottom of the eighth inning, with Enos Slaughter at bat. Slaughter grounded out to shortstop Joe Boudreau, and pitcher Joe Page got out of the inning with the AL still on top, 2–1.Warren Spahn and the National League squad held off any more offense by the AL in the final inning, again giving them a chance to win it in their half of the ninth. Whitey Kurowski grounded out to Bobby Doerr at second and Pee Wee Reese walked to put the tying run on first. Eddie Stanky grounded out to Doerr also, preventing Reese from advancing. Schoolboy Rowe came to bat, pinch hitting for the pitcher Spahn. Rowe flew out to right fielder Tommy Henrich to give the American League a 2–1 victory. '''American League'''Batter AB   R    H  RBI BB   K  AVGKell, 3B  4  0  0  0  0  2  .000     Johnson, 3B  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000Lewis, RF  2  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Appling, PH  1  1  1  0  0  0  1.000     Henrich, RF  1  0  0  0  0  1  .000Williams, LF  4  0  2  0  0  1  .500DiMaggio, CF  3  0  1  0  1  0  .333Boudreau, SS  4  0  1  0  0  1  .250McQuinn, 1B  4  0  0  0  0  1  .000Gordon, 2B  2  0  1  0  0  1  .500     Doerr, 2B  2  1  1  0  0  0  .500Rosar, C  4  0  0  0  0  1  .000Newhouser, P  1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Shea, P  1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Spence, PH  1  0  1  1  0  0  1.000     Masterson, P  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Page, P  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000'''TOTALS'''  '''34'''  '''2'''  '''8'''  '''1'''  '''1'''  '''8'''  '''.235''''''Batting:'''*2B: Gordon (1, Brecheen), Williams (1, Brecheen). *TB: Williams 3, Gordon 2, Boudreau, Doerr, Spence, Appling, DiMaggio. *GIDP: DiMaggio (1). *RBI: Spence (1). *2-out RBI: Spence. *Team LOB: 6. *With RISP: 2-for-12. '''Baserunning:'''*SB: Doerr (1, 2nd off Sain/Edwards). *Pickoffs: Doerr (2nd by Sain).PitcherIP  H    R   ER  BB   K   HR ERAWHIP BF Newhouser  3.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0.00  0.33  10Shea (W, 1–0)  3.0  3  1  1  2  2  1  3.00  1.67  14Masterson (H, 1)  1.2  0  0  0  1  2  0  0.00  0.60  6Page (S, 1)  1.1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0.00  0.75  6'''TOTALS'''  '''9.0'''  '''5'''  '''1'''  '''1'''  '''4'''  '''6'''  '''1'''  '''0.11'''  '''1.00'''  '''36''''''National League'''Batter AB   R    H  RBI BB   K  AVGH. Walker, CF  2  0  0  0  0  1  .000     Pafko, CF  2  0  1  0  0  0  .500D. Walker, RF  2  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Marshall, RF  1  0  0  0  1  1  .000Cooper, C  3  0  0  0  0  1  .000     Edwards, C  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Cavarretta, PH/1B  1  0  0  0  0  1  .000Mize, 1B  3  1  2  1  1  0  .667     Masi, PR/C  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000Slaughter, LF  3  0  0  0  1  0  .000Gustine, 3B  2  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Kurowski, 3B  2  0  0  0  0  1  .000Marion, SS  2  0  1  0  0  0  .500     Reese, SS  1  0  0  0  1  1  .000Verban, 2B  2  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Stanky, 2B  2  0  0  0  0  0  .000Blackwell, P  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Haas, PH  1  0  1  0  0  0  1.000     Brecheen, P  1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Sain, P  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Musial, PH  1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Spahn, P  1  0  0  0  0  0  .000     Rowe, PH  1  0  0  0  0  0  .000'''TOTALS'''  '''32'''  '''1'''  '''5'''  '''1'''  '''4'''  '''6'''  '''.156''''''Batting:'''*HR: Mize (1, Shea; 4th inning, 0 on, 2 outs). *TB: Mize 5, Pafko, Marion, Haas. *RBI: Mize (1). *2-out RBI: Mize. *Team LOB: 8. *Team RISP: 0-for-2. '''Fielding:'''*E: Sain (1). *DP: 1 (Reese-Stanky-Mize). *PB: Cooper (1).PitcherIP  H    R   ER  BB   K   HR ERAWHIP BF Blackwell  3.0  1  0  0  0  4  0  0.00  0.00  10Brecheen  3.0  5  1  1  0  2  0  3.00  1.67  13Sain (L, 0–1)  1.0  2  1  1  0  1  0  9.00  2.00  5Spahn  2.0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0.00  0.50  7'''TOTALS'''  '''9.0'''  '''8'''  '''2'''  '''2'''  '''1'''  '''8'''  '''0'''  '''0.22'''  '''1.00'''  '''35'''*WP: Blackwell (1). *Pickoffs: Sain (0; Doerr, 2nd). *Umpires: HP – Jocko Conlan, 1B – Jim Boyer, 2B – Butch Henline, 3B – Art Passarella. *Time : 2:19. *Attendance: 41,123.
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