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    The Addie Joss Benefit Game was an exhibition baseball game played between the Cleveland Naps of the American League and an all-star team composed of...
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  • The game resulted in the AL defeating the NL, 4–2, in two hours and five minutes. The first official All-Star Game came 22 years after the Addie Joss Benefit...
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    Adrian "Addie" Joss (April 12, 1880 – April 14, 1911), nicknamed "the Human Hairpin", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the...
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    example, the Addie Joss Benefit Game in 1911 raised $12,914 for the Joss family ($422,288 in current dollar terms). The first All-Star Game was held on...
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    major leagues. This game was known as the Addie Joss Benefit Game that benefited Addie Joss who had died earlier that year. This game pitted the best players...
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  • Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947. Addie Joss Benefit Game Players and box score: Podnieks, Andrew (2000), The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition...
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  • Kelleway 1948, Stan Squires benefit match 1861, Creighton & Pierce 1911, Addie Joss Benefit Game Testimonial Match Benefit Season Sadiford & Vamplew, Keith...
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    Weiss. October 2, 1908: Addie Joss' perfect game, against the Chicago White Sox. July 24, 1911: The Addie Joss Benefit Game is played between Cleveland...
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  • well. Charles Sommers, the owner of the Naps, began to plan the Addie Joss Benefit Game, which was held at League Park in Cleveland on July 24, a mutual...
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  • July 24 – In the Addie Joss Benefit Game, a team of American League all-stars defeats the Cleveland Naps, 5-3, and raise $12,914 for Joss's widow. "San Francisco...
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