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The 1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the eighth playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9, 1940, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri, the home of both the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League (who were the designated host team) and the St. Louis Browns of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–0.
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| Date | July 9, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sportsman's Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 32,373 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS NBC Mutual KWK (STL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Mel Allen and France Laux (CBS) Tom Manning, Alex Buchan and Ray Schmidt (NBC) Red Barber and Bob Elson (Mutual) Johnny O'Hara and Johnny Neblett (KWK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Umpires
| Position | Umpire | League |
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| Home Plate | Beans Reardon | National |
| First Base | George Pipgras | American |
| Second Base | Bill Stewart | National |
| Third Base | Steve Basil | American |
The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – Reardon and Basil swapped positions, also Pipgras and Stewart swapped positions.[2]
Starting lineups
| American League | National League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Cecil Travis | Senators | 3B | 1 | Arky Vaughan | Pirates | SS |
| 2 | Ted Williams | Red Sox | LF | 2 | Billy Herman | Cubs | 2B |
| 3 | Charlie Keller | Yankees | RF | 3 | Max West | Braves | RF |
| 4 | Joe DiMaggio | Yankees | CF | 4 | Johnny Mize | Cardinals | 1B |
| 5 | Jimmie Foxx | Red Sox | 1B | 5 | Ernie Lombardi | Reds | C |
| 6 | Luke Appling | White Sox | SS | 6 | Joe Medwick | Dodgers | LF |
| 7 | Bill Dickey | Yankees | C | 7 | Cookie Lavagetto | Dodgers | 3B |
| 8 | Joe Gordon | Yankees | 2B | 8 | Terry Moore | Cardinals | CF |
| 9 | Red Ruffing | Yankees | P | 9 | Paul Derringer | Reds | P |
Game summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Paul Derringer (1–0) LP: Red Ruffing (0–1) Sv: Carl Hubbell (1) Home runs: AL: None NL: Max West (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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