 When fan voting to determine the game's starters was completed, seven Cincinnati Redlegs players (Ed Bailey, Johnny Temple, Roy McMillan, Don Hoak, Frank Robinson, Gus Bell and Wally Post) had been elected to start in the All-Star Game; the only non-Redleg elected for the National League being St. Louis Cardinal first baseman Stan Musial, who had narrowly beaten his Reds counterpart George Crowe.Most baseball observers agreed that while the Redlegs were known to be a great offensive team with many outstanding position players, they did not deserve seven starters in the All-Star Game.An investigation was launched by Commissioner Ford Frick, which found that the majority of the ballots cast had come from Cincinnati.