1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the fifth playing of the midsummer 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 7, 1937, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the home of the Washington Senators of the American League.

The game, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is remembered because of a play in which Earl Averill of the Indians hit a ball that struck Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean on the toe, breaking it; complications from this injury shortened the career of the future Hall of Fame pitcher.

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

The umpires changed assignments in the middle of the fifth inning – McGowan and Barr swapped positions, also Pinelli and Quinn swapped positions.

Seven of the American League All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig , Joe Cronin , Bill Dickey , Joe DiMaggio , Charlie Gehringer , Jimmie Foxx , and Hank Greenberg . All seven would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame.
All-Star Game managers Joe McCarthy (left) and Bill Terry (right).