1947 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1947 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 8, 1947 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

"This is getting painful." - National League President Ford Frick after losing the 1947 All-Star Game 2-1 and being asked about being 4-10 overall

1947 All-Star Game

American League 2 vs National League 1
July 8, 1947 Wrigley Field

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI
George Kell 3b 4 0 0 0
   Billy Johnson 3b 0 0 0 0
Buddy Lewis rf 2 0 0 0
   b-Luke Appling ph 1 1 1 0
   Tommy Henrich rf 1 0 0 0
Ted Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Joe DiMaggio cf 3 0 1 0
Lou Boudreau ss 4 0 1 0
George McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Joe Gordon 2b 2 0 1 0
   Bobby Doerr 2b 2 1 1 0
Buddy Rosar c 4 0 0 0

Hal Newhouser

p 1 0 0 0
   Spec Shea p 1 0 0 0
   c-Stan Spence ph 1 0 1 1
   Walt Masterson p 0 0 0 0
   Joe Page p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 1

 

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Harry Walker cf 2 0 0 0
   Andy Pafko cf 2 0 1 0
Dixie Walker rf 2 0 0 0
   Willard Marshall rf 1 0 0 0
Walker Cooper c 3 0 0 0
   Bruce Edwards c 0 0 0 0
   e-Phil Cavarretta ph-1b 1 0 0 0

Johnny Mize

1b 3 1 2 1
   f-Phil Masi pr-c 0 0 0 0
Enos Slaughter lf 3 0 0 0
Frankie Gustine 3b 2 0 0 0
   Whitey Kurowski 3b 2 0 0 0
Marty Marion ss 2 0 1 0
   Pee Wee Reese ss 1 0 0 0
Emil Verban 2b 2 0 0 0
   Eddie Stanky 2b 2 0 0 0

Ewell Blackwell

p 0 0 0 0
   a-Bert Haas ph 1 0 1 0
   Harry Brecheen p 1 0 0 0
   Johnny Sain p 0 0 0 0
   d-Stan Musial ph 1 0 0 0
   Warren Spahn p 0 0 0 0
   g-Schoolboy Rowe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1

 

a: Singled for Blackwell in 3rd inning.
b: Singled for Lewis in 6th inning.
c: Singled for Shea in 7th inning.
d: Grounded out for Sain in 7th inning.
e: Struck out for Edwards in 8th inning.
f: Pinch ran for Mize in 8th inning.
g: Flied out for Spahn in 9th inning.

Double Play: Reese-Stanky-Mize.
Doubles: Williams, Gordon.
Error: Sain.
Home Run: Mize.
Left on Base: N.L. 8, A.L. 6.
Stolen Base: Doerr.

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

American League

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 0

National League

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

Hal Newhouser

3.0 1 0 0 0 2
   Spec Shea 3.0 3 1 1 2 2
   Walt Masterson 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
   Joe Page 1.1 1 0 0 1 0

 

National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Ewell Blackwell

3.0 1 0 0 0 4
   Harry Brecheen 3.0 5 1 1 0 2
   Johnny Sain 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
   Warren Spahn 2.0 0 0 0 1 1

 

Losing Pitcher: Sain.
Passed Ball: W.Cooper.
Wild Pitch: Blackwell.
Winning Pitcher: Shea.

Attendance: 41,123.
Length of Game: 2:19.
Umpires A.L.: HP: Jim Boyer, 2B: Art Passarella.
Umpires N.L.: 1B: Jocko Conlan, 3B: Butch Henline.


The 1947 All-Star squads were the first where fans selected who they believe should be the starting eight (the pitcher was selected by the manager).

Did you know that when Frank "Spec" Shea earned the victory he became the first rookie pitcher from either league to win an All-Star game?

This was the first Midsummer Classic played in Wrigley Field - a park that would not get another All-Star contest until the 1962 Midsummer Classic.