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Comiskey Park was the site of three Major League Baseball All-Star Games, and each marked a turn in the direction of dominance by one league or the other: The first All-Star Game was held in 1933 . It began as a promotion by Arch Ward , sports editor of the Chicago Tribune , in connection with the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition being held ...
The first official MLB All-Star exhibition game on July 6, 1933, was held at Comiskey Park (1910–1990) and was part of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair during the city's centennial. The 1933 MLB All-Star Game was the idea of Arch Ward , the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune , after the Mayor of Chicago, Edward J. Kelly , had first approached ...
The game celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the All-Star Game, [1] and occurred exactly 50 years to the date of the first All-Star game, also at Comiskey Park. This was the 54th game, as no game was held in 1945, while two were held each year from 1959 through 1962. This was the fifth All-Star Game played in Chicago, and the third to be ...
The first All-Star Game was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair at Comiskey Park and was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune. [1] Initially intended to be a one-time event, its great success resulted in making the game an annual event, with some years (1959–1962) having two All-Star Games.
The Negro Leagues' East-West All-Star Game debuted in 1933 at Chicago’s Comiskey Park and in several years featured multiple games.
The game was held on July 11, 1950, at Comiskey Park in Chicago the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 4–3 in 14 innings. It was the first All-Star game to go into extra innings.
In that year, in order to observe the 50-year anniversary of the first All-Star Game, the game was held on a Wednesday night, July 6, fifty years to the day of the first such event (July 6, 1933), at the same venue, Chicago's Comiskey Park. There have been two All-Star Games scheduled on Tuesday that were subsequently moved during the season.
The 1936 Negro League East–West All-Star Game at Comiskey Park. The East–West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to emulate the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, using Negro league players. [1]