1970 Gillette All Star Sign

This is a vintage 1970 official All-Star game ballot Box Display sign, Sponsored by Gillette. The sign was inserted into the top of a retail store ballot box. The Ballot (shown below) could also be sent in by mail. The ballot features boxes to be punched out to vote for the player to be chosen. This was the first year the vote was entrusted to the fans since 1958. Between 1933, and 1958 ballots were printed up by local newspapers, and publications to make it easier for the fans to vote. Each position player was to be written in, and placed into a ballot box or mailed.

In 1933 Arch Ward, the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, put together the first All-Star Game as a part of Chicago's Exposition that year. The All-Star Game managers selected the entire lineups from 1933 to 1946. Starting in 1947 the fans were entrusted with selection of the starting lineups until 1957 when the Cincinnati Reds fans stuffed the ballot box and selected seven Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Enquirer had printed up pre-marked ballots and distributed them with the Sunday newspaper to make it easy for Reds fans to vote often.

Commissioner Ford Frick stepped in and, "benched" George Crowe in favor of Stan Musial, Wally Post for Hank Aaron, and George Bell for Willie Mays. in 1958, balloting was taken away from the fans and given to major league players, coaches, and managers. Voting was restored to the fans in 1970 and has been entrusted to them ever since.

The top of the 1970 ballots reads: "Baseball Fan's Official Ballot. 1970 All-Star Election." This is the first and only ballot that refers to the "Baseball Fan's official Ballot" from 1970 to 2014, when in 2015, MLB stopped printing paper ballots which were replaced by online voting. Gillette Sponsored the All Star Game ballots from 1970-1985.

1970-2014 Official All-Star Game Ballot Checklist

1970 Official All-Star Game Ballot Box Sign


1970 Official All-Star Game Sign Front	1970 Official All-Star Game Sign Back

1970 Baseball Fan's Official All-Star Game Ballot

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