| Southern League All-Star Game | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Varies (see prose) |
| Inaugurated | July 13, 1964 (Rickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama, United States) |
| Most recent | June 18, 2019 (MGM Park, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States) |
| Previous event | June 19, 2018 (Regions Field, Birmingham, Alabama, United States) |
| Participants | Southern League minor league baseball players |
| Organized by | Southern League |
| Website | Official website |
The Southern League All-Star Game was an annual baseball game sanctioned by Minor League Baseball between professional players from the teams of the Double-A Southern League. Each division, North and South, fielded a team composed of players in their respective divisions as voted on by the managers, general managers, and broadcasters from each of the league's eight clubs.
From the first All-Star Game in 1964 through 1998, the event predominantly consisted of a single team of the league's All-Stars versus a Major League Baseball team. The division versus division format was used from 1999 to 2019. No game was held from 1991 to 1995 as the Southern League and the other two Double-A leagues, the Eastern League and Texas League, participated in the Double-A All-Star Game instead.
Traditionally, the game took place during the three-day All-Star break between the first and second halves of the season.[1] The game was meant to mark the halfway-point in the season with the first 70 games being played before and the remaining 70 after.[1] Some additional events, such as the Home Run Derby and All-Star Fan Fest occurred each year during this break in the regular season.[2]