I plan on writing up the 1933 All Star Game this coming week, but in the meantime, here’s a look at the rosters and lineups for each team.
No major surprises. Babe Ruth was a couple of years away from retirement, but he still finished second in the American League in homeruns (34) well behind Jimmie Foxx’s 48 homeruns. A strange choice was the National League’s starting pitcher. Bill Hallahan appeared to be an inferior choice to Carl Hubbell, who was on his way to his first 20 win season. Hubbell also finished with microscopic 1.66 ERA in over 300 innings. Hallahan would finish the 1933 season with barely a winning record (16-13) and 3.50 ERA which would be league average. Even Lon Warneke might have been a better choice. He was coming off of a 20 win season the year before and his 2.00 ERA in 1933 would be second to only Hubbell.
So even back in the 1930s, there were controveries over who got in and who didn’t. More to come on the 1933 All Star Game this week.
