Joe McCarthy used six of his Yankees in the starting lineup and saw them deliver four of the Junior Circuit's six hits-including a solo shot by Joe DiMaggio. Hard-throwing Bob Feller entered the game in the sixth inning with the bases loaded and one out and exited unscathed, after forcing National League shortstop Arky Vaughan to hit into an inning-ending double play.
1939: The House that Ruth Built
The All-Star Game came to the House that Ruth Built for 1939 and honorary captain Lou Gehrig watched the AL win a tightly contested 3-1 game behind a Joe DiMaggio homer and stellar pitching. Twenty-year-old Bob Feller, the Tribe's rookie fireballer, pitched out of a bases-loaded jam and hurled 3 1/3 innings of one-hit ball to close out the AL's win.
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Rosters
American League
Luke Appling +
Tommy Bridges
George Case +
Doc Cramer
Joe Cronin
Frankie Crosetti +
Bill Dickey
Joe DiMaggio
Bob Feller
Jimmie Foxx +
Lou Gehrig +
Lefty Gomez +
Joe Gordon
Hank Greenberg
Lefty Grove +
Frankie Hayes +
Rollie Hemsley +
Myril Hoag
Bob Johnson +
Ted Lyons +
George McQuinn +
Johnny Murphy +
Bobo Newsom +
Red Rolfe
Red Ruffing
George Selkirk
National League
Morrie Arnovich +
Dolph Camilli
Harry Danning +
Curt Davis +
Paul Derringer
Lou Fette
Lonny Frey
Ival Goodman
Stan Hack
Billy Herman
Billy Jurges +
Cookie Lavagetto +
Bill Lee
Ernie Lombardi
Frank McCormick
Joe Medwick
Johnny Mize
Terry Moore
Mel Ott
Babe Phelps
Johnny VanderMeer+
Arky Vaughan
Bucky Walters +
Lon Warneke +
Whit Wyatt +
* Named to team but replaced due to injury
+ Did not enter game
Ted Lyons, left, veteran Chicago White Sox hurler, and Bob Feller, young Cleveland mound wizard, are respectively the members of the American League All-Star pitching staff with the most and the least years of experience in the circuit. Lyons has been with the Sox since 1923, Feller with the Indians since 1938.
History
The All-Star Game came to the House that Ruth Built for 1939 and honorary captain Lou Gehrig watched the AL win a tightly contested 3-1 game behind a Joe DiMaggio homer and stellar pitching. Twenty-year-old Bob Feller, the Tribe's rookie fireballer, pitched out of a bases-loaded jam and hurled 3 1/3 innings of one-hit ball to close out the AL's win.
