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All-Star Games and Inter-League Play
Inter-league play started in 1997. Table 1 below shows the wins and losses for the AL year by year along with AL runs scored and NL runs scored. I found this data using the Split Finder at Stathead (part of Baseball Reference). Click here to go to that search.
Table 1
|
Year |
AL W |
AL L |
AL W-L% |
AL R |
NL R |
|
1997 |
97 |
117 |
0.453 |
994 |
1007 |
|
1998 |
114 |
110 |
0.509 |
1089 |
1078 |
|
1999 |
116 |
135 |
0.462 |
1246 |
1374 |
|
2000 |
136 |
115 |
0.542 |
1278 |
1233 |
|
2001 |
132 |
120 |
0.524 |
1175 |
1175 |
|
2002 |
123 |
129 |
0.488 |
1127 |
1097 |
|
2003 |
115 |
137 |
0.456 |
1239 |
1267 |
|
2004 |
127 |
125 |
0.504 |
1252 |
1210 |
|
2005 |
136 |
116 |
0.540 |
1230 |
1056 |
|
2006 |
154 |
98 |
0.611 |
1336 |
1115 |
|
2007 |
137 |
115 |
0.544 |
1352 |
1172 |
|
2008 |
149 |
103 |
0.591 |
1249 |
1014 |
|
2009 |
138 |
114 |
0.548 |
1206 |
1061 |
|
2010 |
134 |
118 |
0.532 |
1168 |
1098 |
|
2011 |
131 |
121 |
0.520 |
1074 |
993 |
|
2012 |
142 |
110 |
0.563 |
1142 |
1034 |
|
2013 |
154 |
146 |
0.513 |
1286 |
1197 |
|
2014 |
163 |
137 |
0.543 |
1298 |
1189 |
|
2015 |
167 |
133 |
0.557 |
1398 |
1169 |
|
2016 |
165 |
135 |
0.550 |
1427 |
1313 |
|
2017 |
160 |
140 |
0.533 |
1452 |
1346 |
|
2018 |
142 |
158 |
0.473 |
1254 |
1330 |
|
2019 |
134 |
166 |
0.447 |
1338 |
1497 |
|
2020 |
149 |
149 |
0.500 |
1378 |
1420 |
|
2021 |
167 |
133 |
0.557 |
1383 |
1346 |
|
2022 |
152 |
148 |
0.507 |
1329 |
1285 |
|
Totals |
3634 |
3328 |
0.522 |
32,700 |
31,076 |
Using runs scored (AL R) and runs allowed (NL R), the AL's Pythagorean winning pct is .525, very close to the actual .522.
Table 2 has the results of the All-Star games since 1997.
Table 2
|
Year |
Winner |
AL R |
NL R |
|
1997 |
A.L. |
3 |
1 |
|
1998 |
A.L. |
13 |
8 |
|
1999 |
A.L. |
4 |
1 |
|
2000 |
A.L. |
6 |
3 |
|
2001 |
Tie |
4 |
1 |
|
2002 |
A.L. |
7 |
7 |
|
2003 |
A.L. |
7 |
6 |
|
2004 |
A.L. |
9 |
4 |
|
2005 |
A.L. |
7 |
5 |
|
2006 |
A.L. |
3 |
2 |
|
2007 |
A.L. |
5 |
4 |
|
2008 |
A.L. |
4 |
3 |
|
2009 |
A.L. |
4 |
3 |
|
2010 |
N.L. |
1 |
3 |
|
2011 |
N.L. |
1 |
5 |
|
2012 |
N.L. |
0 |
8 |
|
2013 |
A.L. |
3 |
0 |
|
2014 |
A.L. |
5 |
3 |
|
2015 |
A.L. |
6 |
3 |
|
2016 |
A.L. |
4 |
2 |
|
2017 |
A.L. |
2 |
1 |
|
2018 |
A.L. |
8 |
6 |
|
2019 |
A.L. |
4 |
3 |
|
2021 |
A.L. |
5 |
2 |
|
2022 |
A.L. |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Totals |
118 |
86 |
There were 25 games (no game in 2020 due to Covid). There was a tie in 2002. In the remaining 24 games, the AL has a 21-3 record for a .875 winning pct. That is far above the .522 pct it has in inter-league games. So it is possible that the leagues can be fairly even during a long period when one dominates the All-Star game.
The AL's Pythagorean pct for the All-Star games is .653. Not as dominant as .875, but still much higher than the .525 for regular season inter-league games. See All-Star Game History and Leaders from Baseball Reference.