[1] The lone representative of the host team was Dick Siebert, starting first baseman for the AL, who was hitless in one at bat.
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
[2] The NL started the game with two singles, then scored one run on a sacrifice fly by Stan Musial.
The AL jumped ahead 3–1 in the bottom of the 2nd, on a pair of walks followed by a home run from Bobby Doerr.
The AL added a run in the 3rd, on back-to-back doubles by Ken Keltner and Dick Wakefield, and another run in the bottom of the 5th, on an error by NL second baseman Billy Herman with runners on first and third with two outs; the AL was up 5–1.