1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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The 1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was to have been the 13th annual playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League and National League, the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was cancelled due to wartime travel restrictions due to United States involvement in World War II, thus marking the only time to date that an all-star game was cancelled. The game was scheduled to be held on July 10, 1945 at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox of the American League. As compensation for losing the game, the stadium was awarded the 1946 game.

Contents 1 Unofficial Rosters 1.1 American League 1.2 National League 2 External link

[edit] Unofficial Rosters

Although there was no formal balloting conducted by Major League Baseball, the Associated Press named their own All-Stars after taking a poll of 13 of the 16 major league managers. The only managers who did not participate were Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees, Luke Sewell of the St. Louis Browns, and Billy Southworth of the St. Louis Cardinals; the latter two were to have managed the AL and NL, respectively, for the game.

[edit] American League

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team
P	Hank Borowy	Yankees
P	Russ Christopher	Athletics
P	Dave Ferriss	Red Sox
P	Steve Gromek	Indians
P	Thornton Lee	White Sox
P	Dutch Leonard	Senators
P	Hal Newhouser	Tigers
P	Allie Reynolds	Indians

Position Players
Position	Player	Team
C	Rick Ferrell	Senators
C	Frankie Hayes	Indians
C	Mike Tresh	White Sox
1B	Nick Etten	Yankees
1B	George McQuinn	Browns
2B	Eddie Mayo	Tigers
2B	Snuffy Stirnweiss	Yankees
3B	Tony Cuccinello	White Sox
3B	Oscar Grimes	Yankees
SS	Lou Boudreau	Indians
SS	Vern Stephens	Browns
OF	George Case	Senators
OF	Doc Cramer	Tigers
OF	Hank Greenberg	Tigers
OF	Jeff Heath	Indians
OF	Bob Johnson	Red Sox
OF	Wally Moses	White Sox

[edit] National League

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team
P	Red Barrett	Braves
P	Mort Cooper	Cardinals
P	Hal Gregg	Dodgers
P	Van Mungo	Giants
P	Claude Passeau	Cubs
P	Preacher Roe	Pirates
P	Rip Sewell	Pirates
P	Hank Wyse	Cubs

Position Players
Position	Player	Team
C	Ernie Lombardi	Giants
C	Phil Masi	Braves
C	Ken O'Dea	Cardinals
1B	Phil Cavarretta	Cubs
1B	Frank McCormick	Reds
2B	Don Johnson	Cubs
2B	Emil Verban	Cardinals
3B	Bob Elliott	Pirates
3B	Stan Hack	Cubs
3B	Whitey Kurowski	Cardinals
SS	Marty Marion	Cardinals
OF	Tommy Holmes	Braves
OF	Mel Ott	Giants
OF	Andy Pafko	Cubs
OF	Goody Rosen	Dodgers
OF	Dixie Walker	Dodgers

• Note: Those selected to the non-official All-Star rosters by the AP who had not been an All-Star before and were never selected again were:
  • AL: Christopher, Etten, Grimes, Gromek, Mayo and Tresh.
  • NL: Barrett, O'Dea, Rosen and Wyse.

[edit] External link

• Baseball Almanac