[Big Six]

July 1, 1937

The All-Star game was played on June 23 at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field. The following players took the field for the American and National League All-Star squads:

AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS

SP  Gene Schott         KC    12-4, 2.47
SP  Stephen Jennings    CHC   11-7, 2.70
SP  Spud Chandler       LA    10-7, 2.71, 75 K
SP  Ray Brown           CHW   10-2, 3.52, 79 K
SP  Cliff Melton        SD    8-7, 2.71, 82 K
SP  Roy Weir            SD    9-4, 3.00
RP  Jud McLaughlin      POR   4-1, 3.20, 12 SV
RP  Jaime Soto          CHW   6-6, 3.43, 9 SV
RP  Ken Smith           OAK   3-1, 3.78, 11 SV
RP  Lance Thompson      SEA   0-3, 2.35, 4 SV
RP  Bob Adams           SF    4-2, 4.24, 9 SV
RP  Lorenzo Garcia      SAC   4-4, 2.83, 4 SV

C   Josh Gibson         POR   .344-18-62
C   Ted Radcliffe       SF    .313-6-49
1B  Jimmie Foxx         KC    .288-22-52
1B  Hal Trosky          CHC   .337-17-68
1B  Ripper Collins      CHW   .353-9-48
1B  Jack Cummings       SD    .330-1-51
2B  Odell Hale          SD    .290-12-57
3B  Ray Dandridge       POR   .327-3-29
SS  Arky Vaughan        CHW   .336-12-51
LF  Joe DiMaggio        SAC   .291-20-60
LF  Buzz Arlett         KC    .327-10-31
CF  Dave LaPointe       HOL   .393-7-40
CF  Earl Averill        STL   .304-7-34
RF  Chuck Klein         POR   .352-15-53
RF  Oscar Eckhardt      CHW   .359-4-41
RF  Tommy Henrich       STL   .313-9-42


NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS

SP  Al Hollingsworth    NYG   10-4, 2.14
SP  Mike Crawford       BAL   8-4, 2.17, 60 K
SP  Ed Brandt           BOS   9-4, 2.84, 67 K
SP  Tommy Thomas        WAS   10-3, 3.40, 68 K
SP  Enrique Hernandez   PHI   9-4, 2.92, 89 K
SP  Johnny Broaca       PIT   9-6, 2.80
RP  Steve Swetonic      CIN   6-5, 2.70, 6 SV
RP  Bob Lewis           CLE   1-4, 2.13, 12 SV
RP  Milt Shoffner       NYY   2-3, 2.11, 10 SV
RP  Syd Cohen           MIL   0-4, 1.92, 3 SV
RP  Herb Bradley        PIT   3-0, 5.45, 9 SV
RP  Hugh Casey          NYG   3-1, 2.04, 6 SV

C   Jimmie Wilson       PHI   .337-0-22
C   Bennie Tate         NYG   .310-4-33
1B  Lou Gehrig          PIT   .376-24-78
1B  Johnny Mize         DET   .369-18-65
1B  Hank Greenberg      MIL   .313-25-64
2B  Brian Benton        NYY   .374-4-42
3B  Harlond Clift       DET   .308-16-58
3B  Jimmy Brown         PIT   .357-4-39
SS  Joe Cronin          MIL   .339-12-60
LF  Mule Suttles        WAS   .360-22-62
LF  Pete Fox            BKN   .323-8-47
CF  Hank Leiber         PHI   .340-7-35
CF  Hersh Martin        CLE   .320-4-45
RF  Bob Fothergill      WAS   .325-2-29
RF  Jose Sanchez        CLE   .327-7-39

The American League shut down the NL's fearsome, slugger-packed lineup to earn a 3-0 victory.

• What's even better than hitting a game-winning home run for your team?
  
  Hitting a game-winning home run AND the 500th home run of your career in the same game.
  
  That's what Lou Gehrig did on June 30. In the sixth inning, Lou took a two-strike curveball from Cleveland rookie Howie Krist and belted it 398 feet over the right-centerfield wall. Three innings later, Gehrig blasted a walk-off solo shot against the Indians' All-Star reliever, Bob Lewis.
  
  
• Gehrig became the second player in history to hit 500 career homers, and both acheived the feat this season. He's a career .336 hitter, with lifetime totals of 2557 hits, 1675 runs scored, and 1665 RBI.
  
  
• The New York Yankees endured a nightmarish June, losing nine games in the standings to their crosstown rivals, the Giants. Yankees first baseman Buck Leonard was the team's lone bright spot. Stung by his omission from the National League All-Star team, Buck hammered 14 homers and drove in 36 runs during June, batting .412 and getting on base at a .498 clip. He's now tied with Gehrig for the major league home run lead at 29.
  
  
• The American League's top slugger for June was Josh Gibson of the Continental Division-leading Portland Beavers. Josh hit .345 with nine homers and 34 RBI last month.
  
  
• Kansas City's Gene Schott leads all major league pitchers with 14 wins, and he parlayed a 5-1 June into an American League Pitcher of the Month award. Schott pitched to a 1.70 ERA during the month, and he's led the A's to a winning record as the season passes the halfway mark.
  
  
• The NL Mid-East Division has been hotly contested all year, with three teams battling for the top spot. Right now, the Washington Senators lead the list, with the Detroit Tigers a game behind them and the Milwaukee Braves four games off the pace. Washington righthander Dizzy Dean went 6-0 in June, striking out 50 batters in 54 innings, propelling his team into the lead and earning the NL Pitcher of the Month award.
  
  
• The Senators have managed to win without the services of their star second baseman, Charlie Gehringer. He's been missing from the lineup since he broke his ankle during the first week of the season. Gehringer, 34, will miss the remainder of this season, but he hopes to return to action in 1938.
  
  
• The race for the American League Pacific race continues to excite fans on the left coast. San Diego is still in first place, but the Hollywood Stars have closed to within a game of the Padres, and the San Francisco Seals are a game behind the Stars.