East-West All Star Baseball Classic Comiskey Park Official Souvenir Program (1948)

This game program was from the East West All-Star game that was played at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois on August 22, 1948. The center section of the program has preprinted lineups for both teams. This souvenir program also has numerous pictures of the players and league officials.

The East West All-Star games were played from 1933 to 1950. These games featured the best players in Negro League baseball. The game was always the highlight of the Negro League season. There were 42,000 fans in attendance at the game played in 1948 at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Jose Fernandez managed the 1948 East All Star squad. The starting lineup for the East All Star team was:

Buck Leonard       Homestead Grays      first base

James Gilliam    Baltimore Elite Giants second base

Thomas Butts      Baltimore Elite Giants  short stop

Orestes Minoso   New York Cubans      third base

Robert Harvey    Newark Eagles        right field

Luis Marquez      Homestead Grays     enter field

Luke Easter          Homestead Grays    left field

William Cash        Philadelphia Stars     catcher

Rufus Lewis         Newark Eagles        pitcher 

The starting team for the West All Star team was:

Artie Wilson      Birmingham Black Barons short stop

Herb Souell         Kansas City     third base

Piper Davis    Birmingham Black Barons second base

Willard Brown       Kansas City       left field

Robert Boyd       Memphis Red Sox       first base

Quincy Trouppe     Chicago American     catcher

Jose Colas             Memphis Red Sox      center field

Samuel Hill          Chicago American     right field

Bill Powell            Birmingham Black Barons  pitcher     



The West All Star team won the game 3-0 behind the pitching of William “Bill” Powell (Birmingham Black Barons). Bob Boyd (Memphis Red Sox) was the hitting star with two hits and one run batted in.