1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Date	July 9, 1957
Venue	NBC
Radio announcers	Bob Neal and Harry Caray
	← 1956; Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1958 →;

The 1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 24th playing of the midseason exhibition

stuffing the ballot box

and electing all but one of their starting position players to the game. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 6–5.

Game summary

Six runs were scored in the final inning, three by each team, for an exciting ending as the American League eked out a 6-5 victory.

The game's scoring began in the second inning with a Mickey Mantle single, Ted Williams walk and Vic Wertz base hit, followed by walks to Yogi Berra and Harvey Kuenn that put the AL on top, 2-0. The score remained that way until the sixth, when a Moose Skowron double and Berra single made it 3-0.

Scoring twice in the seventh, the NL closed the gap with a two-run double by Gus Bell, pinch-hitting for Frank Robinson. In the ninth, the AL appeared to seal the victory with a two-run double by Al Kaline and RBI double by Minnie Miñoso for a 6-2 advantage.

Stan Musial walked and Willie Mays tripled to begin the bottom of the ninth. After Ernie Banks delivered a run-scoring single, with its lead trimmed to 6-5, the AL brought in Bob Grim to face pinch-hitter Gil Hodges, who lined out to left field to end the game.

Cincinnati voting controversy

When fan voting to determine the game's starters was completed, no fewer than seven

Milwaukee

), most baseball observers felt they obviously did not deserve seven starters in the All-Star Game.

An investigation was launched by

Burger Beer

, a Redlegs sponsor, had printed 250,000 similar ballots and distributed them to local bars, and stories emerged of bartenders refusing to serve alcohol to customers until they filled out a ballot.

Subsequently, Frick suspended fans' voting rights, and appointed

Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks, respectively. Temple batted twice before giving way to another future Cooperstown resident, Red Schoendienst

. (Bailey caught the whole game, but was pinch-hit for in the bottom of the ninth.)

Managers, players, and coaches picked the teams until fan voting rights were restored in 1970. To avoid a repeat of this incident, MLB officials evenly distributed the 26 million ballots for that year to 75,000 retail outlets and 150 minor and major league stadiums, while a special panel was also created to review the voting.

Despite these (and other subsequent) measures, teams and media outlets still tell fans to vote for their favorite players instead of the best players; while the voting for the All-Star Game has remained a popularity contest, it is to a lesser extent than in 1957.

Rosters

Players in italics have since been inducted into the

National Baseball Hall of Fame

.

American League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Jim Bunning	Tigers	1
C	Yogi Berra	Yankees	10
1B	Vic Wertz	Indians	4
2B	Nellie Fox	White Sox	7
3B	George Kell	Orioles	10
SS	Harvey Kuenn	Tigers	5
OF	Al Kaline	Tigers	3
OF	Mickey Mantle	Yankees	6
OF	Ted Williams	Red Sox	14

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Bob Grim	Yankees	1
P	Billy Loes	Orioles	1
P	Don Mossi	Indians	1
P	Billy Pierce	White Sox	4
P	Bobby Shantz	Yankees	3
P	Early Wynn	Indians	3

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Elston Howard	Yankees	1
C	Gus Triandos	Orioles	1
1B	Moose Skowron	Yankees	1
2B	Bobby Richardson	Yankees	1
3B	Frank Malzone	Red Sox	1
SS	Joe DeMaestri	Athletics	1
SS	Gil McDougald	Yankees	3
OF	Charlie Maxwell	Tigers	2
OF	Minnie Miñoso	White Sox	5
OF	Roy Sievers	Senators	2

National League

Starters
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Curt Simmons	Phillies	3
C	Ed Bailey	Redlegs	2
1B	Stan Musial	Cardinals	14
2B	Johnny Temple	Redlegs	2
3B	Don Hoak	Redlegs	1
SS	Roy McMillan	Redlegs	2
OF	Hank Aaron^[2]	Braves	3
OF	Willie Mays^[2]	Giants	4
OF	Frank Robinson	Redlegs	2

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
P	Johnny Antonelli	Giants	3
P	Lew Burdette	Braves	1
P	Larry Jackson	Cardinals	1
P	Clem Labine	Dodgers	2
P	Jack Sanford	Phillies	1
P	Warren Spahn	Braves	9

Reserves
Position	Player	Team	All-Star Games
C	Hank Foiles	Pirates	1
C	Hal Smith	Cardinals	1
1B	Gil Hodges	Dodgers	8
2B	Red Schoendienst	Braves	10
3B	Eddie Mathews	Braves	4
SS	Ernie Banks	Cubs	3
SS	Johnny Logan	Braves	2
OF	Gus Bell	Redlegs	4
OF	Gino Cimoli	Dodgers	1
OF	Wally Moon	Cardinals	1

Game

Umpires

Home Plate	Frank Dascoli (NL)
First Base	Larry Napp (AL)
Second Base	Hal Dixon (NL)
Third Base	Johnny Stevens (AL)
Left Field	Stan Landes (NL)
Right Field	Nestor Chylak (AL)

Starting lineups

American League				National League
Order	Player	Team	Position	Order	Player	Team	Position
1	Harvey Kuenn	Tigers	SS	1	Johnny Temple	Reds	2B
2	Nellie Fox	White Sox	2B	2	Hank Aaron	Braves	RF
3	Al Kaline	Tigers	RF	3	Stan Musial	Cardinals	1B
4	Mickey Mantle	Yankees	CF	4	Willie Mays	Giants	CF
5	Ted Williams	Red Sox	LF	5	Ed Bailey	Reds	C
6	Vic Wertz	Indians	1B	6	Frank Robinson	Reds	LF
7	Yogi Berra	Yankees	C	7	Don Hoak	Reds	3B
8	George Kell	Orioles	3B	8	Roy McMillan	Reds	SS
9	Jim Bunning	Tigers	P	9	Curt Simmons	Phillies	P

Game summary

Tuesday, July 9, 1957 1:30 pm (CT) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
American League	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	10	0
National League	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	9	1
WP: Jim Bunning (1–0) LP: Curt Simmons (0–1) Sv: Bob Grim (1)

Footnotes and references

^ Wulf, Steve (June 29, 2015). "The stuff of legends: In 1957, Cincinnati fans stacked the All-Star team too". ESPN.
^ ^a ^b Commissioner Ford Frick named them to the starting lineup to replace Gus Bell and Wally Post.

External links

Baseball Almanac

[1] Wulf, Steve (June 29, 2015). "The stuff of legends: In 1957, Cincinnati fans stacked the All-Star team too". ESPN.

[Frick-2] Commissioner Ford Frick named them to the starting lineup to replace Gus Bell and Wally Post.

[2]

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