Stengel Chooses 7 Yanks
Published: Jume 29, 1958
CHICAGO, June 28—Manager|
Casey Stengel today picked fif-
teen American League players’
with All-Star Game experience
to complete his twenty-five man
squad for the annual contest
against the National League's
stars on July 8.
The Yankee skipper's selec-
tions for the contest to he
played in Baltimore came after)
2 poll of players, managers and
coaches had determined the
starting line-ups for both
leagues.
Stengel's starters will include
|two players who will be making)
their first appearances in the
All-Star Game. They are Bob
Cerv, a Kansas City Athletics’
/outfielder, and Luis Aparicio, a
|Chicago White Sox shortstop.
The seasoned hands chosen by
Stengel included the Yanks’
Yogi Berra, a catcher; Gil Mc-
Dougald, a second baseman, and
\Eiston Howard, an outfielder;
the Detroit Tigers’ Harvey
|Kuenn, and Al Kaline and the
games, and started the last
eight.
Turley Among Pitchers
Stengel, whose Yankees had
two starters among the eight
picked in the poll, raided his
own roster for four other play-
ers. He also picked Tony Kubek,
a shortstop; and Whitey Ford,
Bob Turley and Ryne Duren,
pitchers.
The Chicago White Sox had
‘two starters, Luis Aparicio, a
shortstop, and Nellie Fox, a
second baseman. The Chicago
club furnished a total of five
players. Stengel chose a catcher,
Sherm Lollar, and two pitchers,
‘Billy Pierce and Early Wynn.
Wynn, a right-hander, and
Pierce, a left-hander, were the
only repeaters from last year's
Boston Red Sox’ Ted Williams,
outfielders,
| This will be the fourteenth
year that Williams has been on
the squad. He has played in
thirteen All-Star games, batting:
333 with twelve runs batted in
and twelve home runs. Berra
was picked for the eleventh
time. He has played in a
seven All-Star hurlers.
Other pitchers chosen by
Stengel were a Cleveland right-
hander, Ray Narleski, and Billy
O'Dell, a Baltimore, southpaw. °
The’ Orioles’ other player on
the squad is Gus Triandos, who
beat Berra for the starting job.
Cleveland also will be repre-
sented by a first baseman,
Mickey Vernon. 3
Williams was the third Bos-
ton selection. Jackie Jensen won
the starting berth in right fig
and Frank Malzone was the tup)
vote-getter at third base. Ka-|
line and Kuenn were the only |
Detroit players picked, and)
Stengel chose Recky Bridges,!
a Washington shortstop, as the
Senator's only representative. |Kubek Also A Rookle |
Besides Cerv and Aparicio,
Bridges, Kubek, Narleski, Dur-
en and O'Dell never have been
on the All-Star squad before.
But eleven of the twenty-five
were on the 1957 team that de-
feated. the National League,
6—S. It was the fourteenth
American League victory
against ten defeats.
Three of the pitchers have
worked in All-Star games,
Pierce’ in four and Ford and
Wynn in-three each, Turley has
been on the squad twice, but!
never went into action, Duren
is the only rookie hurler.
Stengel picked Luman Harris
of Baltimore and Jim Turner of
the..Yanks as coaches, George
Zuverink and Ken Lehman of
Baltimore as batting practice
pitchers, Bob Swift of Kansas!
‘City as batting practice catcher,
and Ed Weidner of Baltimore as
trainer.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STARS
(mereed | for games through Thursday In
arenthese:
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White w York (8-3): Ryne Du
ren, fA Fork “et: sity Bleree. Chi
cago (5—5)* iat Wynn, Soles (T=#
Billy O'Dell. Bal mere (81; Ray ure
Tesk!, Cleveland
Cateneri—"Gus “Trlandon. Baltimore, 278:
Wort Berra, New York, .207; Sherman
Lollar, Chicago,
Inflelders—"Luls Aseratle, Chicago, .267:
"Nelson Fox, Chica “Frank Mal-
ih 3
tone, Boston, 04: Hill. Skosron, New
xork 215: Tony Kubek, New York, .292:
eDougald. New York, 312; ‘Rocky
Bares. we (ie 1308: Mickey Ver-
te
outfielders "Bo" Cerv, Kansas Cily, 318: )
“Mickey Mantle, New York, .278; Elston
Howard, New York, 314; *Jackle Jensen,
Boston, 234: Ted Willlams, Botton. .299
a alia, Detroit, .205:- Harvey Kenn,
Penensn Casey Stengel. New York.
‘Coaches—Luman Harris, Baltimore. and
Jim Turner, Hew, zo ss Batting pi practice
Pent iceans, Batting practice eutchere
man, altimore, Battin, er
Bob Swift, Kansas City,
"Denotes starting player,