The Union-Tribune countdown to the 87th All-Star Game, July 12 at Petco Park, counts up from the first All-Star Game in Chicago to last year's contest in Cincinnati
8th annual All-Star Game
National League 4, American League 0
July 9, 1940, Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis
Starting pitchers: Red Ruffing, Yankees; Paul Derringer, Reds.
Managers: Joe Cronin, Red Sox; Bill McKechnie, Reds.
Highlight: Five NL pitchers — Derringer, the Reds’ Bucky Walters, the Dodgers’ Whit Wyatt, the Cubs’ Larry French and the Giants’ Carl Hubbell — combined on the first shutout in ASG history.