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The AL team wins 4-2.ġ945 – The game is not held as there are strict war time restrictions on travel.ġ950 – The game goes into extra innings, a first.ġ959-1962 – Two All-Star Games are held each season.ġ961 – Due to rain, an All-Star Game ends in a tie for the first time.ġ962 – The Most Valuable Player award is introduced. Babe Ruth hits the first home run in All-Star history.

J– The first game is held in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Eight players try to hit the most home runs in this bracket-style, timed competition.

The Home Run Derby takes place the day before the All-Star Game. In Phase 2, or the All-Star Ballot Finals, fans select from the two finalists at each position to determine the remaining starters.Īll 30 Major League teams must be represented on the All-Star roster. The top two vote-getters from each position and top six outfielders advance to Phase 2, except for the top overall vote-getter in each league who automatically earns a spot on the starting roster. In Phase 1, fans vote from a full ballot of position players. The players and the Commissioner’s Office choose all the pitchers and reserves.įans vote for the starting positions, eight position players and one designated hitter from each league, in two phases. In 2022, Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera were selected as legacy selections by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred so each team had 33 players. Typically, each team has a 32-man roster, which includes 20 position players and 12 pitchers. The All-Star team managers are the managers of the teams that were in the World Series the previous season. There have been two games that were tied. The American League has won 47 times and the National League has won 43 times.