The '''Negro League Baseball All-Star Game''' was the brainchild of Gus_Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh_Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to match the Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game with Negro League players. He arranged for the fans to vote on the players that would participate and his original 1933 series grew into an annual tradition that continued until 1962.
Because league structures were shaky during the Great Depression and also because certain teams (notably the Kansas_City_Monarchs and the Homestead_Grays) frequently played entirely independent of the leagues, votes were not counted by league, but by geographical location. Hence, Greenlee's series were known as ''East-West All-Star Games''. Votes were tallied by two of the major African-American weekly newspapers of the day, the ''Chicago_Defender'' and the ''Pittsburgh_Courier''.
==The Games==
All games were held at Comiskey_Park in Chicago unless otherwise noted.
*1933 (September 10)
**East 000 320 002 - 7
**West 001 303 31x - 11
**East: Sam_Streeter (Pittsburgh Crawfords) (L), Bertram_Hunter (Pittsburgh Crawfords), George_Britt (Homestead Grays) and Biz_Mackey (Philadelphia Stars), Josh_Gibson (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
**West: Bill Foster (Chicago_American_Giants) (W) and Larry Brown (Chicago American Giants)
**Home_runs: Mule_Suttles (Chicago American Giants)
**Notes:
***Bill Foster pitched a complete game for the West and Mule Suttles hit the first home run in East-West history.
***The West squad used only its nine starters for the entire game.
***The starting lineups reflected an imbalance in voting, as seven West starters came from the American Giants while five East starters were from either the Crawfords or Grays.
***East first baseman Oscar_Charleston (Pittsburgh Crawfords) received the most votes, with 43,793.
*1934 (August 26)
**East 000 000 010 - 1
**West 000 000 000 - 0
**East: Slim_Jones (Philadelphia Stars), Harry Kincannon (Pittsburgh Crawfords), Satchel_Paige (Pittsburgh Crawfords) (W) and Cy_Perkins (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
**West: Ted_Trent (Chicago American Giants), Chet_Brewer (Kansas City Monarchs), Bill Foster (Chicago American Giants) (L) and Larry Brown (Chicago American Giants)
**Home runs: none
**Notes:
***Three East pitchers combined on a 7-hit shutout.
***Cool_Papa_Bell scored the only run in the eighth.
***West pitcher Bill Foster received the most votes, 48,957.
*1935 (August 11)
**East 200 110 000 40 - 8
**West 000 003 100 43 - 11
**East: Slim Jones (Pittsburgh Crawfords), Leon_Day (Brooklyn_Eagles), Luis Tiant (New_York_Cubans), Martín_Dihigo (New York Cubans) (L) and Biz Mackey (Philadelphia Stars)
**West: Ray Brown (Homestead Grays), Leroy_Matlock (Pittsburgh Crawfords), Ted Trent (Chicago American Giants), Bob_Griffith (Columbus_Elite_Giants), Sug_Cornelius (Chicago American Giants) (W) and Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
**Home runs: Slim Jones, Mule Suttles (Chicago American Giants)
**Notes:
***The score was 4-4 after nine, and each team scored four run in the tenth inning.
***Mule Suttles hit a two-out three-run HR in the bottom of the 11th off of Dihigo to win it.
***West shortstop Willie_Wells (Chicago American Giants) got the most votes, with 16,262
*1936 (August 23)
**East 200 130 220 - 10
**West 000 001 010 - 2
**East: Leroy Matlock (Pittsburgh Crawfords) (W), Bill_Byrd (Washington_Elite_Giants), Satchel Paige (Pittsburgh Crawfords) and Biz Mackey (Washington Elite Giants), Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Crawfords)
**West: Sug Cornelius (Chicago American Giants) (L), Floyd_Kranson (Kansas City Monarchs), Andy_Cooper (Kansas City Monarchs), Ted Trent (Chicago American Giants) and Harry_Else (Kansas City Monarchs), Subby Byas (Chicago American Giants)
**Home runs: none
**Notes:
***East pitcher Satchel Paige received the most votes, with 18,275
*1937 East 7 West 2
**Winner: Barney Morris Loser: Hilton_Smith
***There was also a North-South Game this year, played in Memphis, won by the northern teams 10-7.
*1938 West 5 East 4
**Winner: Hilton Smith Loser: Edsell Walker
*1939 West 4 East 2 (first game)
**Winner: Ted_Radcliffe Loser: Roy Partlow
*1939 East 10 West 2 (second game, played in New York City)
**Winner: Bill_Byrd Loser: Smoky Owens
*1940 East 11 West 0
**Winner: Henry McHenry Loser: Gene Bremmer
*1941 East 8 West 3
**Winner: Terris McDuffie Loser: Hilton Smith
*1942 East 5 West 2
**Winner: Leon_Day Loser: Satchel Paige
*1943 West 2 East 1
**Winner: Satchel Paige Loser: Dave Barnhill
*1944 West 7 East 4
**Winner: Gentry Jessup Loser: Carranza Howard
***Ted Radcliffe and his brother Alec contributed a home run and triple, respectively, and won $700 bonuses each, which they gave to their mother.
***The game was nearly cancelled due to a player strike, as the owners upped the players' individual share from $60 to $150 before the game could go on.
*1945 West 9 East 6
**Winner: Verdel Mathis Loser: Tom Glover
***Jackie_Robinson, playing for the Monarchs, was chosen shortstop for the West team; he went zero-for-five.
*1946 East 5 West 3 (first game, played in Griffith_Stadium, Washington,_D.C.)
**Winner: Bill Byrd Loser: Vibert Clarke
*1946 West 4 East 1 (second game, played at Comiskey Park)
**Winner: Felix Evans Loser: Bill Byrd
*1947 West 5 East 2
**Winner: Dan_Bankhead Loser: Max Manning
*1948 West 3 East 0
**Winner: Bill Powell Loser: Rufus Lewis
*1949 East 4 West 0
**Winner: Bob Griffith Loser: Gene Richardson
*1950 West 5 East 3
**Winner: Connie_Johnson Loser: Raul Galata
*1951 East 3 West 1 (August 12)
*1952 West 7 East 3 (August 17)
**East 010 001 010 - 3 7 4
**West 106 000 00X - 7 9 1
**Winner: Dick Phillips Loser: Thompson
*1953 West 5 East 1 (August 16)
**East 100 000 000 - 1 6 4
**West 012 000 02X - 5 6 1
**Winner: Sam (Buddy) Woods Loser: Willie Gaines
*1954 West 8 East 4 (August 22)
*1955 West 2 East 2 (July 31)
**East 000 000 000 - 0 2
**West 000 000 20X - 2 2
**Winner: Isiah Harris Loser: Jo Misky Cartledge
*1956 East 11 West 5 (August 12)
*1957 West 8 East 5 (July 28)
**East 010 001 300 - 5 7 3
**West 121 010 03X - 8 11 2
**Winner: Gene Williams Loser: Elliott
*1958 East 6 West 5 (August 31, played in Yankee_Stadium, New_York,_NY)
**East 000 020 220 - 6 6 2
**West 000 230 000 - 5 5 3
**Winner: Willie Harris Loser: Cane
*1959 West 8 East 7, 11 innings (August 10)
*1960 West 8 East 4 (August 21)
**East 200 210 000 - 4 5 5
**West 021 140 00X - 5 5 3
*1961 West 7 East 1 (August 20, played in Yankee_Stadium, New_York,_NY)
**West 100 004 002 - 7 6 2
**East 000 001 000 - 1 1 4
**Winner: Satchel_Paige Loser: Pete Gilliam
*1962 West 5 East 2 (August 27, played in Municipal Stadium, Kansas_City,_Missouri)
==References==
*Holway, John ''Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues'' (Hastings House, 2001)
*Lester, Larry ''Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953'' (University of Nebraska Press, 2001)
*Peterson, Robert W. ''Only The Ball Was White'', (New York: Prentice-Hall Englewood-Cliffs, 1970)
*New York Times. New York, N.Y.: Aug 13, 1951. p. 22; Aug 18, 1952. p. 21; Aug 17, 1953. p. 20; Sep 1, 1958. p. 16; Aug 11, 1959. p. 31; Aug 21, 1961. p. 27
*Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Ill.: Jul 3, 1955. p. A2; Aug 1, 1955. p. C4; Jul 29, 1957. p. C4; Aug 22, 1960. p. C2
*Daily Defender. Chicago, Ill.: Jul 25, 1957. p. 24; Aug 28, 1962. p. 22
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