Keywords: 1911 Addie Joss Benefit Game.jpg July 24 1911 as the Cleveland Naps took on the best in the American League in what could justifiably be called the first All-Star Game It was the tragic death from meningitis of Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss that brought the best in the game to League Park the only time prior to the birth of the modern All-Star Game in 1933 that so many different Major League uniforms shared a single diamond <br><br> L to R Joe Birmingham Dode Terry Turner Jack Graney Hank Butcher Art Griggs Fred Blanding Jack Mills Ivy Olson Geo Kaler Cy Young 1937 Shoeless Joe Jackson Bill James Cy Falkenberg Vean Gregg George Stovall Firebrand Willie Mitchell Gues Fisher Nap LaJoie 1937 Syd Smith Tim Hendryx Neal Ball Ted Easterly Heinie Wexler Mascot Clyde Milan Walter Johnson 1936 Gabby Street Bobby Wallace 1958 Franke Baker Home Run 1957 James McAleer Mgr of Allstars Sam Crawford 1957 Tris Speaker 1937 Hal Chase Russell Ford Joe Wood Paddy Livingston Herman Shaefer Germany Ty Cobb 1936 Eddie Collins 1939 Jack Graney of Cleveland 2nd time in photo http //www blackbetsy com/imagefarm/addie-joss-day-panorama-6500 jpg 1911-07-24 Louis Van Oeyen PD-old 1911 in Major League Baseball Jack Graney Cy Young Shoeless Joe Jackson Willie Mitchell Nap Lajoie Clyde Milan Walter Johnson Bobby Wallace Frank Baker Sam Crawford Tris Speaker Hal Chase Ty Cobb Eddie Collins Major League Baseball All-Star Game Addie Joss |