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2002 National League All-Star Final Vote winner Andruw Jones was the first National League winner. In 2002, the All-Star game rosters had 30 positions on each team so the fan voting was for the thirtieth roster spot. As a result, the official name of the contest was "The All-Star 30th Man". [9]
The 2021 All-Star Game was held in Denver, home of the NL's Colorado Rockies, as MLB moved the 2021 game from Atlanta in response to a recently-passed Georgia election law, stating "Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box."
A second game was played for four seasons, from 1959 through 1962. The All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was introduced in 1962 and the first recipient was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2008 game featured the longest All-Star Game by time: 4 hours 50 minutes, and tied for innings at 15 with the 1967 game.
The votes are in for the first round of MLB All-Star voting, with fans selecting which players will be finalists to start the All-Star Game on July 16. ... The National League has its All-Star ...
The Phase 1 results will be announced on MLB Network at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Reds' Elly De La Cruz was third at shortstop in the All-Star Game balloting as the first phase of the voting was to end ...
The 2024 MLB All-Star Game rosters are beginning to take shape, with the voting results for Phase 2 of fan voting revealed Wednesday. New York Yankees star Aaron Judge and Philadelphia Phillies ...
MLB announced on July 8 that Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera had been added as the 33rd player for the NL and AL, respectively, in celebration of their career achievements. This was the 11th All-Star selection for Pujols and the 12th for Cabrera.
The NL second base spot is a head-to-head battle between Luis Arraez and the Atlanta Braves’ Ozzie Albies. Marlins’ Luis Arraez moves to Phase 2 of All-Star voting. Here’s what happens next