1953 All-Star Game Box Score

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to the 1953 Midsummer Classic which was played on July 14, 1953 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"I can't understand it. I'm beautiful in October and ugly in July." - Casey Stengel

1953 All-Star Game

American League 1 vs National League 5
July 14, 1953 Crosley Field

American League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Billy Goodman

2b 2 0 0 0
   Nellie Fox 2b 1 0 0 0

Mickey Vernon

1b 3 0 0 0
   Ferris Fain 1b 1 1 1 0

Hank Bauer

rf 2 0 0 0
   j-Johnny Mize ph 1 0 1 0

Mickey Mantle

cf 2 0 0 0
   e-Billy Hunter pr 0 0 0 0
   Larry Doby cf 1 0 0 0

Al Rosen

3b 4 0 0 0

Gus Zernial

lf 2 0 1 0
   Minnie Minoso lf 2 0 2 1

Yogi Berra

c 4 0 0 0

Chico Carrasquel

ss 2 0 0 0
   g-George Kell ph 1 0 0 0
   Phil Rizzuto ss 0 0 0 0

Billy Pierce

p 1 0 0 0
   Allie Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
   c-Harvey Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0
   Mike Garcia p 0 0 0 0
   h-Eddie Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
   Satchel Paige p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1

 

National League
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Pee Wee Reese

ss 4 0 2 2
   Granny Hamner ss 0 0 0 0

Red Schoendienst

2b 3 0 0 0
   Davey Williams 2b 0 0 0 0

Stan Musial

lf 4 0 2 0

Ted Kluszewski

1b 3 0 1 0
   d-Gil Hodges pr-1b 1 0 0 0

Roy Campanella

c 4 1 1 0

Eddie Mathews

3b 3 1 0 0

Gus Bell

cf 3 0 0 0
   i-Duke Snider ph-cf 0 1 0 0

Enos Slaughter

rf 3 2 2 1

Robin Roberts

p 0 0 0 0
   a-Ralph Kiner ph 1 0 0 0
   Warren Spahn p 0 0 0 0
   b-Richie Ashburn ph 1 0 1 1
   Curt Simmons p 0 0 0 0
   f-Jackie Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
   Murry Dickson p 1 0 1 1
Totals 32 5 10 5

 

a: Struck out for Roberts in 3rd inning.
b: Singled for Spahn in 5th inning.
c: Lined out for Reynolds in 6th inning.
d: Pinch ran for Kluszewski in 6th inning.
e: Pinch ran for Mantle in 7th inning.
f: Popped out for Simmons in 7th inning.
g: Flied out for Carrasquel in 8th inning.
h: Lined out for Garcia in 8th inning.
i: Bases on balls for Bell in 8th inning.
j: Singled for Bauer in 9th inning.

Double Play: Carrasquel-Vernon.
Double: Reese.
Left on Base: N.L. 7, A.L. 6.
Stolen Base: Slaughter.

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

American League

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0

National League

0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 x 5 10 0
American League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Billy Pierce

3.0 1 0 0 0 1
   Allie Reynolds 2.0 2 2 2 1 0
   Mike Garcia 2.0 4 1 1 1 2
   Satchel Paige 1.0 3 2 2 1 0

 

National League
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Robin Roberts

3.0 1 0 0 1 2
   Warren Spahn 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
   Curt Simmons 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
   Murry Dickson 2.0 3 1 1 0 0

 

Hit by Pitcher: Mathews (by Reynolds).
Losing Pitcher
: Reynolds.
Winning Pitcher: Spahn.

Attendance: 30,846.
Length of Game: 2:19.
Umpires A.L.: HP: Johnny Stevens, 2B: Bill McKinley, LF: Larry Napp.
Umpires N.L.: 1B: Jocko Conlan, 3B: Augie Donatelli, RF: Bill Engeln.


The National League had now won four consecutive Midsummer Classics matching the record set by the American League (1946-1949).

Did you know that when Casey Stengel brought Satchel Paige in from the bullpen, Satchmo set an All-Star record for oldest player / pitcher in All-Star history?

No player from either league went deep making this the first All-Star game since the 1944 Midsummer Classic without a home run and the third played during the nineteen-fifties — 1957 & 1958 were the other two.