There was a time in major league history that there were two all-star games played during the season. From 1959 to 1962, there were a pair of games for four seasons to aid the pension fund for the players. However, that was not the first time there was more than one contest played. In 1942, […]
Tag: American League
Records may be made to be broken, but there are some that may never realistically be challenged. Lefty Gomez, who pitched for the New York Yankees at the time, holds one of those marks. In 1935, Gomez tossed six innings during the all-star game at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, which remains as the most ever for […]