American League Wins 1941 All-Star Game, 7 to 5

The ninth annual All-Star game between the American and National Leagues was played in Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Mich. (July 8, 1941). The game was won by the American League, 7 to 5. After deductions for taxes and expenses from the receipts, the balances from the first eight games went to the Ball Players' Benevolence Fund for the support of indigent baseball players. The balance from the 1941 game was donated to the United Service Organizations.

*Two out when winning runs were scored. aBatted for Wyatt in third; bBatted for Feller in third; cBatted for Walters in seventh; dBatted for Hudson in seventh; eBatted for Smith in ninth.

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eKeltner, Cleveland

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Runs batted in--Williams 4, Moore, Boudreau, Vaughan 4, D. DiMaggio, J. DiMaggio. Earned runs--National League, 5; American League, 7. Left on bases-National League, 6; American League 7. Double plays-Frey, Vaughan and Mize; York and Cronin, Struck out-By Feller 4 (Hack, Reiser, Nicholson, Ott); by Derringer 1 (Heath); by Walters 2 (Cronin, Doerr); by Hudson 1 (Moore): by Smith 2 (Reiser, Slaughter); by Passeau 3 (Keller, Williams Foxx). Bases on balls-Off Wyatt i (Williams); off Walters 2 (J. DiMaggio, Heath); off Hudson 1 (Hack); off Passeau 1 (Travis). HitsOff Feller, 1 in 3 innings; off Lee, 4 in 3 innings; off Hudson, 3 in 1 inning; off Smith, 2 in 2 innings: off Wyatt, 0 in 2 innings; off Derringer, 2 in 2 innings; off Walters, 3 in 2 innings; off Passeau, 6 in 233 innings. Winning pitcher-Smith. Losing pitcher-Passeau. Time of game-2:23.

Eleven Records Set in Ninth All-Star Game

Eleven All-Star records were set in the ninth annual game between the American and National Leagues in Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Mich. (July 8, 1941). The records:

Most runs batted in for one game-Ted Williams, Americans, and Vaughan, Nationals, four each. Most homers in one game-Vaughan, two. Homers consecutive innings and times at batVaughan in seventh (off Sid Hudson) and in eighth (off Edgar Smith).

Most successive hits-Vaughan, three (single in fifth and homers in seventh and eighth).

Most errors by an outfielder in one game-Pete

Reiser, Nationals, two.

Most outfield errors in one game-Four: Nationals, two (both by Reiser) and Americans, two (Williams and Jeff Heath).

Most errors both teams one game-Five (Americans three, Nationals two).

Most All-Star games played-Mel Ott, Joe Medwick and Billy Herman, all of Nationals, eight each.

Most games won on home diamond-Five by American League.

Total All-Star hits-Herman, Nationals, eleven in eight games.

Record of All-Star Games, 1933-1941

FIRST GAME-Chicago, July 6, 1933

Nationals.
Americans.

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.0 0 0 0 0 2000-2 8
.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 x-4 9
Batteries-Hallahan, Warneke, Hubbell and J.
Wilson, Hartnett; Gomez, Crowder, Grove and R.
Ferrell.

Paid attendance-49,200; receipts $51,000.
SECOND GAME-New York, July 10, 1934
Americans.
000261000-9 14 1
Nationals
.10 30 30 000-7 8 1
Batteries-Gomez, Ruffing, Harder and Dickey.
Cochrane; Hubbell, Warneke, Mungo, J.
Frankhouse and Hartnett, Lopez.
Paid attendance 48,363; receipts $52,982.
THIRD GAME-Cleveland, July 8, 1935
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Americans.

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.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 x-4 8 0 Batteries-Walker, Schumacher, Derringer, J. Dean and J. Wilson, Hartnett; Gomez, Harder and Hemsley.

Paid attendance-69,812; receipts $93,682. FOURTH GAME-Boston, July 7, 1936 .000000300-3

Americans.
Nationals

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9

0

..0 2 0 0 2000 x-4
Batteries-Grove, Rowe, Harder and R. Ferrell,
Dickey; J. Dean, Hubbell, C. Davis, Warneke and
Hartnett.

Paid attendance-25,534; receipts $24,388.

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FIFTH GAME-Washington, July 7, 1937
Nationals
0 0 0 11 1000-3 13 0
Americans..
.00 23 1200 x-8 13
Batteries-J. Dean, Hubbell, Blanton, Grissom,
Mungo, Walters and Hartnett, Mancuso; Gomez,
Bridges, Harder and Dickey.

Paid attendance--31,391; receipts $28,475.

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SIXTH GAME-Cincinnati, July 6, 1938
Americans..
.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 7 4
Nationals.
100 100 20x-4 8
Batteries- -Gomez, Allen, Grove and Dickey;
Vander Meer, W. Lee, M. Brown and Lombardi.
Paid attendance-27.069; receipts $38,469.
SEVENTH GAME-New York City, July 11, 1939
Nationals
.00 1000 000-1 7
Americans.

.0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0-3 6 1 Batteries-Derringer, Lee, Fette and Lombardi; Ruffing, Bridges, Feller and Dickey.

Paid attendance-62.892; receipts $75,701 EIGHTH GAME-St. Louis, Mo., July 9, 1940 American.. .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 National.. 30000001x-4

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Total attendance, 419,308; total receipts, $470,395.67.

After deductions for taxes and expenses from the receipts, the balance from the first eight games went to the Ball Players' Benevolence Fund for the support of indigent former players. The balance from the 1941 game was donated to the United Service Organizations.

Joe DiMaggio's Hitting Streak of 56 Games

Joe DiMaggio, center fielder of the New York Yankees, rapped a single off Pitcher Edgar Smith, of the Chicago White Sox (May 15, 1941) and for 55 consecutive American League games thereafter hit safely. He was stopped (July 17) in Cleveland by Al Smith and Jim Bagby, Jr. DiMaggio's performance broke the modern record of hitting safely in 41 consecutive games made (1922) by George Sisler, of the St. Louis Browns. Another record of 44 games, made (1897) by Willie Keeler, of the Baltimore Orioles, also went into the discard. Actually DiMaggio hit safely in 57 consecutive games for he connected in the All-Star game (July 8) but that does not count in the official league records. His batting average for the 56 games was .408. At the time Keeler made his record the batter was not hampered by the foul strike rule.

Sisler in his streak of 41 games went to bat 170 times, scored 41 runs, made 78 hits, which included 13 doubles and eight triples, for a batting average of .459. The all-time minor league record of hitting safely in consecutive games was made (1919) by Joe Wilhoit, of Wichita in the Western League, 67 games.

Pitched Ball Travels 139 Feet a Second

Atley Donald, a member of the pitching staff of the New York Yankees, threw a baseball (Aug. 30, 1939) in the Cleveland, O., Stadium at the rate of 139 feet a second, or 94.7 miles an hour. Donald's throw was the fastest ever recorded on the speed

meter owned by the Cleveland Indians. The previous record was held by Dee Miles, of the Philadelphia Athletics, of 136 feet a second. Christy Mathewson was clocked at 134 feet a second by a ballistics measuring device in Bridgeport, Conn.

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T. Lee, p.

Rigney, p.

Totals..

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137 19 39 52 7 0 2 3 Left on bases, 27-Double plays-Appling. Knickerbocker and Kuhel; Kennedy, Knickerbocker and Kuhel. Triple play-Knickerbocker and Appling. Passed ball-Tresh.

132 6.23 28 5

1 6 1 5 1 24 .174 102 51 9 .944

Lebt on bases, 25, Double plays--Sturgeon, Stringer and Dahlgren; W. Lee and Hack. Passed ballsMcCullough, 1, and Scheffing, 1.

WHITE SOX PITCHING RECORDS

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FINAL STANDING

The total attendance for the four games was 66,210 and the receipts $70,502. $2.240.85 went to the National Commission, the players' pool received $35,956.21 and each club $11,985.23. Each member of the White Sox received $863 and each Cub $575. Since 1903, the White Sox Fave won 18 victories and the Cubs six. The Cubs won the title for the last time in 1930 and the White Sox were winners in 1931, 1933, 1936, 1937 and 1940. The 1903 series ended in a tie.

Chicago City Series, Cubs and White Sox, 1941

First game, Wrigley Field, Oct. 1. Attendance, 7,272.