<P> Starting in 2017, home field advantage in the World Series goes to the league champion team with the higher regular season win - loss record . </P> <P> Eighty - eight All - Star Games have been played (including two games per year from 1959--1962), with each league winning forty - three plus two ties . The All - Star Game has seen several "eras" in which one league tended to dominate . From 1933 to 1949, the American League won 12 out of the first 16 . The National League dominated from 1950 to 1987, winning 33 of 42 with 1 tie . This included a stretch from 1963 to 1982 when it won 19 of 20, including 11 in a row from 1972 to 1982 . Since 1988, the American League has dominated, winning 23 of 30 with 1 tie, including a 13 - game unbeaten streak (12--0--1) from 1997 to 2009 . </P> <P> Each league has scored 361 runs overall . </P> <P> The longest All - Star Game, in terms of innings, lasted 15 innings, which has occurred twice: 1967 and 2008; the latter of which was the longest game, with a total time of 4 hours and 50 minutes . </P>

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