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On July 13, 2027, Wrigley Field will join old Yankee Stadium and Cleveland Municipal Stadium as the only ballparks to host the All-Star Game four times. Explore the three previous Wrigley classics, every Cubs All-Star selection by year, and the complete league-vs.-league archive since 1933.
Through the 2026 game, the American League holds a four-game lead in the all-time series. The archive counts the extra games played from 1959 through 1962 and the two ties in 1961 and 2002.
The American League won all three previous All-Star Games at Wrigley. Each game reflected a different era of the Friendly Confines — a wind-aided pitching duel in 1947, the last of baseball's two-game experiments in 1962, and a rain-delayed night game in 1990.
The NL led on Johnny Mize's homer, but the AL tied it in the sixth and scored the winner in the seventh. Fans selected the starting position players for the first time in All-Star history.
Cubs selections: Phil Cavarretta and Andy Pafko.
Read the MLB recap ↗Wrigley hosted Game 2 on July 30. Pete Runnels, Leon Wagner and Rocky Colavito homered as the AL won the final contest of the four-year, two-games-per-season experiment.
Cubs selections: George Altman, Ernie Banks and Billy Williams.
Read the MLB recap ↗A 68-minute rain delay interrupted a scoreless game before Julio Franco delivered the decisive two-run double. The NL managed only two hits, then an All-Star Game low.
Cubs selections: Andre Dawson, Shawon Dunston and Ryne Sandberg.
Read the MLB recap ↗Wrigley will host for the fourth time and Chicago for the eighth. The game returns after the ballpark and Wrigleyville underwent major modernization while retaining the park's historic character.
The 2027 Cubs representatives will be added when rosters are announced.
Official MLB feature ↗The game began as a one-time Chicago attraction and became one of baseball's defining annual traditions. These are the format changes and moments that shaped the event.
Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward promoted the game for Chicago's Century of Progress exposition. The AL won 4-2 at Comiskey Park, with Babe Ruth hitting the first All-Star home run.
The All-Star Game was not played during the final summer of World War II. It returned in 1946 at Fenway Park.
Fan balloting selected starting position players for the first time — the same year Wrigley Field first hosted the game.
MLB staged two All-Star Games each summer for four seasons, with proceeds from the second game supporting the players' pension fund. The experiment ended after Wrigley's 1962 game.
Maury Wills and Leon Wagner became the first All-Star Game MVPs, winning the award in the two 1962 games.
After a period when players, coaches and managers handled selections, fans again began choosing the starting position players.
The first FanFest was held in Toronto, helping turn the game into a larger week of baseball events and fan experiences.
Both teams ran out of pitchers after 11 innings in Milwaukee. The controversial tie led MLB to change roster and game-management rules.
The league winning the All-Star Game received home-field advantage in the World Series. Beginning in 2017, the better regular-season record determined home field instead.
The scheduled Dodger Stadium game was canceled during the pandemic-shortened season. Los Angeles hosted when the event returned there in 2022.
After a 6-6 tie through nine innings, the NL won the first All-Star swing-off; MLB records the final as a 7-6 National League victory.
The fourth Wrigley All-Star Game places the Friendly Confines alongside old Yankee Stadium and Cleveland Municipal Stadium as four-time hosts.
Choose a season to see every Cubs selection recorded by the team's official history page. Starter, top vote-getter, game number and did-not-play distinctions are preserved.
* Starter · + Top vote-getter · DNP Did not play · (1)/(2) identifies the first or second game in years with two All-Star Games.
Search every completed game by year, league or ballpark. The table includes 96 games; 1945 and 2020 are explained in the history timeline because no game was played.
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