1959 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1959 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 7, 1959 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"If one of our guys went down (by a pitcher), I just doubled it. No confusion there. It didn't require a Rhodes scholar." - Don Drysdale

1959 All-Star Game #1

American League 4 vs National League 5
July 7, 1959 Forbes Field

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Minnie Minoso

lf 5 0 0 0

Nellie Fox

2b 5 1 2 0

Al Kaline

cf 3 1 1 1
   Harvey Kuenn cf 1 1 0 0

Bill Skowron

1b 3 0 2 0
   Vic Power 1b 1 1 1 1

Rocky Colavito

rf 3 0 1 0
   b-Ted Williams ph 0 0 0 0
   c-Gil McDougald pr-ss 0 0 0 0

Gus Triandos

c 4 0 1 2
   f-Mickey Mantle pr-rf 0 0 0 0

Harmon Killebrew

3b 3 0 0 0
   Jim Bunning p 0 0 0 0
   d-Pete Runnels ph 0 0 0 0
   e-Roy Sievers ph 0 0 0 0
   Whitey Ford p 0 0 0 0
   Bud Daley p 0 0 0 0

Luis Aparicio

ss 3 0 0 0
   g-Sherm Lollar ph-c 1 0 0 0

Early Wynn

p 1 0 0 0
   Ryne Duren p 1 0 0 0
   Frank Malzone 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4

 

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Johnny Temple

2b 2 0 0 0
   a-Stan Musial ph 1 0 0 0
   Roy Face p 0 0 0 0
   Johnny Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
   h-Ken Boyer ph-3b 1 1 1 0

Eddie Mathews

3b 3 1 1 1
   i-Dick Groat ph 0 0 0 0
   Don Elston p 0 0 0 0

Hank Aaron

rf 4 1 2 1

Willie Mays

cf 4 0 1 1

Ernie Banks

ss 3 1 2 0

Orlando Cepeda

1b 4 0 0 0

Wally Moon

lf 2 0 0 0

Del Crandall

c 3 1 1 1

Don Drysdale

p 1 0 0 0
   Lew Burdette p 1 0 0 0
   Bill Mazeroski 2b 1 0 1 1
Totals 30 5 9 5

 

a: Popped out for Temple in 6th inning.
b: Bases on balls for Colavito in 8th inning.
c: Pinch ran for Williams in 8th inning.
d: Announced as pinch hitter for Bunning in 8th inning.
e: Bases on balls for Runnels in 8th inning.
f: Pinch ran for Triandos in 8th inning.
g: Hit into force play for Aparicio in 8th inning.
h: Singled for Antonelli in 8th inning.
i: Sacrificed for Mathews in 8th inning.

Double Play: Aparicio-Skowron.
Doubles: Banks 2, Triandos.
Error: Mathews.
Home Runs: Mathews, Kaline.
Left on Base: A.L. 8, N.L. 4.
Sacrifice Hit: Groat.
Triple: Mays.

All-Star Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

American League

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 0

National League

1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 x 5 9 1
American League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Early Wynn

3.0 2 1 1 1 3
   Ryne Duren 3.0 1 0 0 1 4
   Ryne Duren 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
   Whitey Ford 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
   Bud Daley 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

 

National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Don Drysdale

3.0 0 0 0 0 4
   Lew Burdette 3.0 4 1 1 0 2
   Roy Face 1.2 3 3 3 2 2
   Johnny Antonelli 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
   Don Elston 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

 

Losing Pitcher: Ford.
Wild Pitch: Elston.
Winning Pitcher: Antonelli.

Attendance: 35,277.
Length of Game: 2:33.
Umpires A.L.: HP: Ed Runge, 2B: Joe Paparella, LF: John Rice.
Umpires N.L.: 1B: Al Barlick, 3B: Augie Donatelli, RF: Shag Crawford.


Did you know that Willie Mays, who drove in the winning run on a triple off Whitey Ford, was three-for-three against Ford in previous All-Star contests?

Vice-President Richard Nixon was one of the 35, 277 fans in attendance at Forbes Field making him the first V.P. to attend consecutive All-Star Games.

Don Drysdale, who was making his first All-Star appearance, started this Midsummer Classic and pitched three perfect innings.