Here is a look at the inaugural All-Star Game, which was staged at Comiskey Park on this date (July 6) in 1933.

First, a look at the White Sox representatives …

*AL SIMMONS: Started in center field, played the entire game and went 1-for-4 after collecting the most votes (346,291) in fan balloting. … Singled to left field off the Cubs’ Lon Warneke in the fifth inning. … Batted fifth behind Lou Gehrig and in front of teammate Jimmy Dykes. … Handled four chances without an error in center field before moving to left field for the ninth inning.

*JIMMY DYKES: Started at third base, played the entire game, batted sixth behind teammate Al Simmons and in front of Joe Cronin and went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run. … Walked in the second inning off National League starter Bill Hallahan and scored the first run in All-Star history on a single to center by Lefty Gomez. … Singled to left off Warneke in the second inning for the first hit by a White Sox player in an All-Star Game. … Singled to left field off Carl Hubbell in the seventh inning. … Handled six chances without an error (two putouts, four assists).

Here are some notes on the game …

*The American League prevailed 4-2 before a Thursday afternoon crowd of 47,595

*Dubbed “the game of the century,” the contest was conceived by Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Arch Ward to coincide with the city’s Century of Progress Exposition. Fair officials had asked local sports editors to come up with an athletic event that would bring fans to Chicago.

*The game took 2 hours and 5 minutes

*Babe Ruth hit the first All-Star Game homer. His blast with the Tigers’ Charlie Gehringer on first off the Cardinals’ Bill Hallahan extended the American League lead to 3-0 in the third inning

*Frankie Frisch, the “Fordham Flash,” hit the National League’s first All-Star homer in the sixth inning

*Lefty Gomez was the winning pitcher and Lefty Grove got the save

*Future Sox player and coach Tony Cuccinello, representing Brooklyn, was the game’s final out on a strikeout by Grove.

*The game featured 15 future Hall of Fame players