1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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Date | July 10, 1945 (Cancelled) |
Venue | Fenway Park (Cancelled) |
City | Boston, Massachusetts (Cancelled) |
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The 1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was cancelled on April 24 after the Major League Baseball (MLB) season began on April 17. The July 10 game was cancelled due to wartime travel restrictions in World War II. 1945 is the first of two years since 1933, when the first official All-Star Game was played, that an All-Star Game was cancelled and All-Stars were not officially selected.
This was to have been the 13th annual playing of the "Midsummer Classic" by MLB's American League (AL) and National League (NL) All-Star teams. The game was to be played at Fenway Park, home of the AL's Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park was chosen for the 1946 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (13th "Midsummer Classic") which was played on July 9 of that year.
On July 9 and 10, 1945, seven out of eight scheduled interleague night games were advertised and played as "All-Star" games in place of the official All-Star Game during the three-day All-Star break to help support the American Red Cross and the National War Fund.[1][2][3] Four of the exhibition games were played on July 10 in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Boston.
Germany had
MLB All-Stars (none)
No MLB players were officially named to the All-Star teams in 1945, due to the cancellation of the All-Star Game. The All-Star rosters for the AL and NL All-Star teams were to have been selected by each All-Star squad's manager (from 1935 through 1946), which did not occur that season.[6]
The Sporting News All-Star Team
The
The Sporting News All-Star Team made up of eleven members (one player in italics has since been inducted into the
- P – Hank Borowy, Yankees
- P – Dave Ferriss, Red Sox
- P – Hal Newhouser, Tigers
- C – Paul Richards, Tigers
- 1B – Phil Cavarretta, Cubs
- 2B – Snuffy Stirnweiss, Yankees
- 3B – Whitey Kurowski, Cardinals
- SS – Marty Marion, Cardinals
- OF – Thomas Holmes, Braves
- OF – Andy Pafko, Cubs
- OF – Goody Rosen, Dodgers
Associated Press and The Sporting News (Fred Lieb) All-Stars
A group of sportswriters of the
The AP sportswriters and Lieb's (TSN) All-Star rosters (6 of the players in italics have since been inducted into the
Note
Those selected for the Associated Press and or the Sporting News (Fred Lieb) All-Star rosters who had not been an official MLB All-Star before and after the 1945 season are:
- Associated Press: Oscar Grimes and Hank Wyse.
- The Sporting News (Fred Lieb): Buster Adams, Eddie Basinski, Mark Christman, Russ Christopher, Vance Dinges, Blix Donnelly, Bobby Estalela, and Roger Wolff.
- AP and TSN (Fred Lieb): Russ Christopher, Eddie Barrett, Nick Etten, Hal Gregg, Steve Gromek, Eddie Mayo, Ken O'Dea, Mike Tresh, and Goody Rosen,
External links
References
- ^ Baseball Did You Know? – VII, 1945 All Star Game Replacements [1] Retrieved July 23, 2015
- ^ Baseball Almanac [2] Retrieved July 23, 2015
- ^ Baseball Almanac [3] Retrieved July 23, 2015
- ^ This Day In Baseball History [4] Retrieved July 24, 2015
- ^ Baseball Did You Know? – VII, 1945 All Star Game Replacements [5] Retrieved July 23, 2015
- ^ The Sports Post, July 14, 2015 Retrieved February 17, 2017
- ^ Baseball Chronology, 1945 "The Sporting News All-Stars: BaseballChronology". Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-12. Retrieved July 29, 2015
- ^ Baseball Chronology [6] Retrieved July 23, 2015