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The 1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 36th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 13, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins of the American ...
Since 1933, an annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game has been played at approximately the mid-point of each season, except for 1945 and 2020. The game features an American League team versus a National League team. The number of players on All-Star rosters has varied; since 2010, there are 34 players on each league's roster.
Since 2021, the Major League Baseball Draft has been held during the All-Star Break and in the host city of the All-Star Game. [ 46 ] The HBCU Swingman Classic , open to players from 17 historically black colleges and universities in the United States, was introduced in 2023 as part of an MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation initiative.
In June, the first Major League Baseball draft was held in New York City. Teams chose players in reverse order of the previous season's standings, with picks alternating between American League and National League teams. [1] With the first pick of the 1965 MLB draft, the Kansas City Athletics took Rick Monday, an outfielder from Arizona State ...
In 1965, his first year back in Cleveland, Colavito led the Amercian League in games played (162), RBIs (108) and walks (93) and became the first outfielder in American League history to finish a ...
November 18 – Minnesota Twins' All-Star shortstop Zoilo Versalles, 25, wins the American League Most Valuable Player Award for 1965. Versalles, a native Cuban who led the Junior Circuit in seven offensive categories and sparked his team to the AL pennant, is the first Latin American to be elected MVP by the BBWAA .
On Tuesday, the National League and American League teams will face off against each other in the MLB All-Star game, and the game matters in a big way. (Video via WCPO) Ever since 2003, the All ...
Ninety-three Major League Baseball All-Star Games have been played since the inaugural one in 1933. The American League (AL) leads the series with a 48–44–2 (.521) record, and a 388–380 run advantage. [1]