Retroactive All-Star Game Project: 1930 NL stars outslug AL, 8-6
Editor’s note: This game summary is from the Retroactive All-Star Game Project. Voting was conducted to select retroactive MLB All-Star teams from the 1930 season and the games were simulated using Out of the Park 14.
By Mike Lynch
The National League slugged its way to a victory in the 1930 Retroactive All-Star Game at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, defeating the Americans by a score of 8-6 thanks to two home runs off the bat of Phillies slugger Chuck Klein and one by Babe Herman that eclipsed four-baggers by Al Simmons and Carl Reynolds.
Lefty O’Doul continued to dominate junior circuit pitching, going 3 for 3 in this year’s tilt after going 3 for 5 last year. On the mound, Dazzy Vance and Bill Walker combined for six hitless innings and needed only 57 pitches between them.
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Simmons was the only American Leaguer with more than one hit and he and Reynolds drove in all of their league’s runs. Once again the series is tied up (7-7) and is heading to Navin Field in Detroit in 1931.
Highlights and outstanding players from this year’s game include:
- Chuck Klein, 2 for 3 with two home runs, four RBIs, two runs and a walk.
- Lefty O’Doul, 3 for 3 with a double, run, RBI and walk.
- Bill Walker tossing three hitless innings and striking out two.
- Al Simmons, 2 for 4 with a homer, a double, three RBIs and two runs.
- Dazzy Vance throwing three innings of no-hit ball, including one in which he used only eight pitches.
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Originally published: April 10, 2014. Last Updated: April 10, 2014.