The 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fifth playing of the midsummer classic between the All-Stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 7, 1937, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the home of the Washington Senators of the American League. The American League defeated the National League, 8 to 3.
The game, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is remembered because of a play in which Earl Averill of the Indians hit a ball that struck Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean on the toe, breaking it; complications from this injury shortened the career of the future Hall of Fame pitcher.
Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDizzy DeanCardinals4CGabby HartnettCubs51BJohnny MizeCardinals12BBilly HermanCubs43BArky VaughanPirates4SSDick BartellGiants2LFJoe MedwickCardinals4CFFrank DemareeCubs2RFPaul WanerPirates4
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPCy BlantonPirates1PLee GrissomReds1PCarl HubbellGiants5PVan MungoDodgers3PBucky WaltersPhillies1
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCErnie LombardiReds2CGus MancusoGiants21BRipper CollinsCubs32BBurgess WhiteheadGiants2SSBilly JurgesCubs1OFPepper MartinCardinals4OFGene MooreBees1OFJo-Jo MooreGiants4OFMel OttGiants4
American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPLefty GomezYankees5CBill DickeyYankees41BLou GehrigYankees52BCharlie GehringerTigers53BRed RolfeYankees1SSJoe CroninRed Sox4LFSam WestBrowns5CFEarl AverillIndians5RFJoe DiMaggioYankees2
PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTommy BridgesTigers4PWes FerrellSenators2PLefty GroveRed Sox4PMel HarderIndians4PJohnny MurphyYankees1PMonty StrattonPlayer declined or was unable to play.White Sox1
ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCRick FerrellSenators5CLuke SewellWhite Sox11BJimmie FoxxRed Sox51BHank GreenbergTigers12BBuddy MyerSenators23BHarlond CliftBrowns1OFBeau BellBrowns1OFDoc CramerRed Sox2OFWally MosesAthletics1OFGee WalkerTigers1
Game
Umpires PositionUmpireLeague Home Plate Bill McGowan American First Base Babe Pinelli National Second Base John Quinn American Third Base George Barr National The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – McGowan and Barr swapped positions, also Pinelli and Quinn swapped positions.
Starting lineups National LeagueAmerican LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Paul WanerPiratesRF1Red RolfeYankees3B2Billy HermanCubs2B2Charlie GehringerTigers2B3Arky VaughanPirates3B3Joe DiMaggioYankeesRF4Joe MedwickCardinalsLF4Lou GehrigYankees1B5Frank DemareeCubsCF5Earl AverillIndiansCF6Johnny MizeCardinals1B6Joe CroninRed SoxSS7Gabby HartnettCubsC7Bill DickeyYankeesC8Dick BartellGiantsSS8Sam WestBrownsLF9Dizzy DeanCardinalsP9Lefty GroveRed SoxP
Game summary
References
External links Baseball Almanac Baseball-Reference Video of FDR at the 1937 All-Star Game