East–West All-Star Game

The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords.

[1] Newspaper balloting was set up to allow the fans to choose the starting lineups for that first game, a tradition that continued through the series' end in 1962.

Votes were tallied by two of the major African-American weekly newspapers of the day, the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier.

All games were held at Comiskey Park in Chicago unless otherwise noted.

[3] Other players that were named to multiple games were Leon Day (9), Neil Robinson (9), Quincy Trouppe (8), "Wild" Bill Wright (8), and Bill Byrd (8).