1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the first edition of the All-Star Game known as the "Midsummer Classic". This was the first official playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between Major League Baseball's (MLB's) National League (NL) and American League (AL) All-Star teams. The game was held on July 6, 1933, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, the home of the AL's Chicago White Sox. The game resulted in the AL defeating the NL, 4–2, in two hours and five minutes.
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| Date | July 6, 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Comiskey Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 47,595 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Pat Flanagan and Johnny O'Hara (CBS) Graham McNamee and Hal Totten (NBC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first official All-Star Game came 22 years after the Addie Joss Benefit Game of July 24, 1911, when the American League's Cleveland Naps faced a team of all-stars from other American League teams at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio; the game was won by the all-star squad, 5–3.