1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 20th playing of the mid-summer classic between the All-Stars teams of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 14 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, home of the Cincinnati Redlegs of the National League. The team changed its name from Reds to Redlegs this season, during the height of anti-communism in the United States; it returned to the Reds six years later.
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| Date | July 14, 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Crosley Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Cincinnati | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 30,846 – Time of Game: 2:19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Ted Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Jack Brickhouse and Mel Allen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | Mutual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Al Helfer and Waite Hoyt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This was the second All-Star Game at Crosley Field, which had previously hosted fifteen years earlier in 1938. This game was originally scheduled for Braves Field in Boston, which had hosted in 1936. When the Braves relocated to Milwaukee in mid-March, the game was awarded to Cincinnati.