All Star Game Stats & Trivia: of Every A.S. Game Ever Played....

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All Star Game General Info: (from BB Almanac)

The first Major League All-Star Game was played on July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was initiated at the insistence of Arch Ward, a sports editor for the Chicago Tribune, to coincide with the celebration of Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. For over seventy-three years, the "Midsummer Classic" has remained a fan favorite showcasing the top talent in baseball.

All-Star teams were originally selected by the managers and the fans for the 1933 and 1934 games. From 1935 through 1946, managers selected the entire team for each league. From 1947 to 1957, fans chose the team's starters and the manager chose the pitchers and the remaining players. From 1958 through 1969, managers, players, and coaches made the All-Star Team selections. In 1970, the vote again returned to the fans for the selection of the starters for each team and remains there today.

"They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." - Hall of Famer & Nineteen Time All-Star Ted Williams in Cooperstown:
 
All Star Game Pitching Disasters (Historical Slaughters of Pitchers in A.S. Game Play)

1983 All-Star Game
The American League followed one of their worst All-Star performances with one of the greatest efforts ever by either side. It was the 50th Anniversary of the All-Star Game and the American League decided to make it a real celebration.

After three decades of disappointment and eleven consecutive losses, the American League took the field with a vengeance and dominated the National League for nine straight innings. A seven-run third inning (all seven charged to Atlee Hammaker) gave the American League a 9-1 lead and that seemed safe even for the junior circuit.

The star player of the game was Fred Lynn, whose grand slam in the third was the first in All-Star history. National League manager Whitey Herzog had ordered Robin Yount, the preceding batter, walked intentionally, which turned out not to be a good idea. "I take it personally," Lynn said later. By '83, Lynn had four home runs and ten runs batted in with twenty All-Star at-bats. Only Ted Williams had a higher All-Star RBI count, with twelve in forty-six at-bats. Stan Musial had ten runs batted in, but in sixty-three at-bats. Lynn's four homers tied him with Williams for the American League lead. The loss left the National League shell-shocked. They were no longer invincible.


Score 13-3 AL Win
HITS: AL-19 / NL-12

NOTES: The 1983 All-Star Game marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Midsummer Classic

During the third inning the American League set All-Star Game records for hits during a single inning (they had six) and runs scored during a single inning (they had seven).

The grand slam by Fred Lynn during the third inning off a 2-2 Atlee Hammaker pitch was also a record as it was the first and only "grand salami" ever hit in All-Star history. Those "ducks on the pond" were: Manny Trillo (3B), Rod Carew (2B) and Robin Yount (1B).
 
A.S. Game Pitching Disaster #2:

1992 ALL STAR GAME
Tom Glavine allowed a record number of hits during a single All-Star Game inning with seven (during the first) AND a record number of hits during a game with nine after one and two-thirds.

Score 13-6 AL
HITS: AL-15 NL-8

National League starter Tom Glavine and two of his successors, Bob Tewksbury and Doug Jones, worked 4 1/3 innings and were tagged for seventeen hits and twelve runs. Glavine gave up nine hits himself in what looked more like American League batting practice and less like an All-Star Game.

The American League struck for four more sixth-inning runs, changing a safe lead into an insurmountable one. Ruben Sierra's two-run homer capped the uprising and made it 10-0. Ken Griffey Jr., one of four American League hitters with two runs batted in, went three-for-three. He singled home a run in the first, homered in the third, triggered the sixth-inning outburst with a double and was the game's MVP. The National League only managed to score their first run after ten runs had already scored and by then, it didn't really matter.

NOTES: Tom Glavine allowed a record number of hits during a single All-Star Game inning with seven (during the first) AND a record number of hits during a game with nine after one and two-thirds.
 
Hammerojustice said:
I can't think anyone will ever pass the most ASG played... they would need 24 to tie, 25 to hold the record... I can't see this EVER happening again... Hard enough to imagine there are 3 players (2 of which were in consecutive years) that played in 24 ASG's...
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The biggest reason it will never happen is because from 1959-1962 there were two ASGs played each year & guys like Mays Musial & Arron played in both.
 
Rick2583 said:
The biggest reason it will never happen is because from 1959-1962 there were two ASGs played each year & guys like Mays Musial & Arron played in both.
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So it wasn't 24 years, but 24 games?
 
Here's the rundown on Mays All Star Games:

All-Star Games
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959-1
1959-2
1960-1
1960-2 (CF)
1961-1
1961-2
1962-1
1962-2
1963 A.S. MVP
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968 A.S. MVP
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
 
Mattingly23NY said:
Here's the rundown on Mays All Star Games:

All-Star Games
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959-1
1959-2
1960-1
1960-2 (CF)
1961-1
1961-2
1962-1
1962-2
1963 A.S. MVP
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968 A.S. MVP
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
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ok, 24 games, 20 years... did I count that right?
 
Rick2583 said:
More like 5 thumbs.
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Oh My.....good think you keep your clothes on, the locals might put you in the Zoo...! A word of advice, do NOT take up streaking as a hobby.....!!!:kidchocolate:
:roflmao: :roflol:

I bet you can walk without your feet, or hands too.....Sure ya' don't have a wooden leg, that doubles for- well- something else....aye...! Yo Ho Yo Ho, a Pirates Life for Ye'....:pirate:
 
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