1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)

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Date	August 3, 1959
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
City	Los Angeles, California
Managers	Casey Stengel (NYY) Fred Haney (MIL)
Attendance	55,105
First pitch	none
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Mel Allen and Vin Scully
Radio	NBC
Radio announcers	Bob Neal and Russ Hodges
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The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 27th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues composing Major League Baseball. The game was played on August 3, 1959 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the NL. The game resulted in a 5–3 victory for the American League. This was the second of two all-star games played in 1959. The first game was played on July 7 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rosters[edit]

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

• • -x – Injured and could not play
  • -y – Injury replacement

Game[edit]

Umpires: Charlie Berry, Home Plate (AL); Bill Jackowski, First Base (NL); Bill Summers, Second Base (AL); Tony Venzon, Third Base (NL); Hank Soar, Left Field (AL); Ken Burkhart, Right Field (NL)

Starting Lineups[edit]

Game Summary[edit]

External links[edit]

• Baseball Almanac