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A second game was played for four seasons, from 1959 through 1962. The All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was introduced in 1962 and the first recipient was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2008 game featured the longest All-Star Game by time: 4 hours 50 minutes, and tied for innings at 15 with the 1967 game.
Career All-Star Game pitching records. Wins: Lefty Gomez 3; Losses: Mort Cooper, Whitey Ford, ...
Ninety-three All-Star Games have been played (including two games per year from 1959–1962), with the AL leading 47-44–2. The All-Star Game has seen several "eras" in which one league tended to dominate. From 1933 to 1949, the American League won 12 of the first 16. The National League dominated from 1950 to 1987, going 33–8–1.
Derek Jeter is the only player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season, doing so in 2000. Among prior MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance; LaMarr Hoyt, Bo Jackson, J. D. Drew, Melky Cabrera, and Eric Hosmer.
LeBron James was the youngest player to ever win the award at 21 years and 51 days old and is the all-time leader in points scored in NBA All-Star Game history. [8] Stephen Curry won the award in his eighth All-Star game appearance and is the all-time leader in three-point field goals made in NBA All-Star Game history.
Baldwin, a 23-year-old catcher, is batting .309 with a .972 OPS in 24 games for Triple-A Gwinnett. The Braves' 2022 third-round pick out of Missouri State, he was promoted after 52 games with ...
The 2018 to the 2023 All-Star games, followed a fantasy draft format, similar to the 2011–2015 format of the NHL All-Star Game (see below), involving the selection of players by a combination of fan, player, and media voting. The vote leaders for each conferences are then named as team captains for each all-star team, who then select players ...
Bob Pettit was named MVP of the NBA All-Star Game four times and holds the All-Star single-game record for rebounds with 27. Kobe Bryant was named All-Star Game MVP four times and had the award named after him posthumously in 2020. LeBron James holds the record for the most All-Star selections of all-time with 21.