After several years of exciting, down to the wire, nine and extra-inning baseball, the 1958 game wasn't exactly the same caliber as its predecessors. It wasn't even close.
This was the first All-Star Game to pass without an extra-base hit. In fact, there were only thirteen hits: nine by the American League and four by the National. The National League went down in order in five of the last six innings with the only man reaching base, doing so on an error.
Starter Bob Turley allowed three runs and three hits in 1 2/3 innings. The American League had scored in the second on a RBI single by Nelson Fox, cutting the National League lead to 3-2. Then the American League managed single runs off of pitcher Bob Friend in the fifth and scored the winning run in the sixth on Frank Malzone's single, an error by Pirates third baseman Frank Thomas and a single by Gil McDougald. The American League had won two in a row and three out of the last four, but the taste of victory remained bittersweet after a game that was so mediocre and uneventful.
"A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters." - Early Wynn
1958 All-Star Game1958 All-Star Game Official Program |
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1958 All-Star Game Fast Facts | ||
Game Number | 25 | |
Date / Box Score | 07-08-1958 | |
Location | Memorial Stadium | |
Attendance (Rank) | 48,829 | |
M.V.P. Award | Not Awarded Until 1962 | |
1st Pitch | Vice President Richard Nixon | |
League Items | A.L. | N.L. |
Starting Pitchers | Bob Turley | Warren Spahn |
Managers | Casey Stengel | Fred Haney |
Coaches | Lum Harris | Mayo Smith |
Jim Turner | Bill Rigney | |
1958 All-Star Game Fast Facts |
1958 All Star GameLine Score |
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1958 All-Star Game Capsule | ||||||||||||
League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
National | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
American | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 9 | 2 |
N.L. Pitcher(s) | A.L. Pitcher(s) | |||||||||||
Warren Spahn Bob Friend (L, 4th) Larry Jackson (6th) Turk Farrell (7th) |
Bob Turley Ray Narleski (2nd) Early Wynn (W, 6th) Billy O'Dell (S, 7th) |
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N.L. Home Runs | A.L. Home Runs | |||||||||||
None | None |
1958 All-Star GameNational League All-Star Squad |
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Lineup | Name | Team | Position | Notes |
4. | Hank Aaron | Milwaukee Braves | OF | |
Johnny Antonelli | San Francisco Giants | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Richie Ashburn | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | Did Not Play | |
5. | Ernie Banks | Chicago Cubs | SS | |
Don Blasingame | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | ||
8. | Del Crandall | Milwaukee Braves | C | |
George Crowe | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | Did Not Play | |
Turk Farrell | Philadelphia Phillies | P | ||
Bob Friend | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | ||
Larry Jackson | St. Louis Cardinals | P | ||
Johnny Logan | Milwaukee Braves | SS | ||
Eddie Mathews | Milwaukee Braves | 3B | Did Not Play | |
1. | Willie Mays | San Francisco Giants | OF | |
7. | Bill Mazeroski | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | |
Don McMahon | Milwaukee Braves | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Walt Moryn | Chicago Cubs | OF | Did Not Play | |
3. | Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | |
Johnny Podres | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Bob Purkey | Cincinnati Reds | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Johnny Roseboro | Los Angeles Dodgers | C | Did Not Play | |
Bob Schmidt | San Francisco Giants | C | Did Not Play | |
2. | Bob Skinner | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | |
9. | Warren Spahn | Milwaukee Braves | P | Starting Pitcher |
6. | Frank Thomas | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | |
Lee Walls | Chicago Cubs | OF | ||
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game. |
1958 All-Star GameAmerican League All-Star Squad |
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Lineup | Name | Team | Position | Notes |
8. | Luis Aparicio | Chicago White Sox | SS | |
Yogi Berra | New York Yankees | C | ||
Rocky Bridges | Washington Senators | SS | Did Not Play | |
4. | Bob Cerv | Kansas City Athletics | OF | |
Ryne Duren | New York Yankees | P | Did Not Pitch | |
Whitey Ford | New York Yankees | P | Did Not Pitch | |
1. | Nellie Fox | Chicago White Sox | 2B | |
Elston Howard | New York Yankees | OF | Did Not Play | |
3. | Jackie Jensen | Boston Red Sox | OF | |
Al Kaline | Detroit Tigers | OF | ||
Tony Kubek | New York Yankees | SS | Did Not Play | |
Harvey Kuenn | Detroit Tigers | OF | Did Not Play | |
Sherm Lollar | Chicago White Sox | C | Did Not Play | |
6. | Frank Malzone | Boston Red Sox | 3B | |
2. | Mickey Mantle | New York Yankees | OF | |
Gil McDougald | New York Yankees | 2B | ||
Ray Narleski | Cleveland Indians | P | ||
Billy O'Dell | Baltimore Orioles | P | ||
Billy Pierce | Chicago White Sox | P | Did Not Pitch | |
5. | Bill Skowron | New York Yankees | 1B | |
7. | Gus Triandos | Baltimore Orioles | C | |
9. | Bob Turley | New York Yankees | P | Starting Pitcher |
Mickey Vernon | Cleveland Indians | 1B | ||
Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox | OF | ||
Early Wynn | Chicago White Sox | P | ||
BOLD = Manager / player / coach choice to start the game.Game / Box Links: 1958 Box Score | 1958 Play-by-Play |
Did you know that this was the first and only All-Star Game held / played at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore?
Both the American and National Leagues combined for a total of thirteen hits and not one of them was longer than a single — an All-Star first.
The first pitch of the 1958 Midsummer Classic was thrown out by none other than Vice-President (future President) Richard Nixon.