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The 14th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 8, hosted by the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, with the American League winning, 2–1. The 1947 season is most notable as the year that the baseball color line broke, thanks to the Brooklyn Dodgers starting Jackie Robinson on Opening Day. [1]
July 5 – Larry Doby makes his debut for the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black baseball player to join the American League, and fully integrating Major League Baseball. July 8 – At Wrigley Field , home of the Chicago Cubs , the American League defeats the National League , 2–1, in the All-Star Game .
1947 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1947 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1947 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Cookie Lavagetto beats Bill Bevens Archived March 17, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
The 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 14th playing of the "Midsummer Classic" between Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL) and National League (NL) All-Star teams. The All-Star Game was held on July 8, 1947, at Wrigley Field in Chicago , the home of the NL's Chicago Cubs .
The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the team's 65th season of play overall and its 58th season of play in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers finished in first place in the National League with a record of 94–60, five games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals .
The 1947 New York Giants season was the franchise's 65th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 81–73 record, 13 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers . It was the first season to be broadcast on television, with WNBT acting as the official team television broadcast partner.
The 1947 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 47th season in the major leagues, and their 48th season overall. They finished with a record of 70–84, good enough for sixth place in the American League , 27 games behind the first place New York Yankees .
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