May Pickups

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by rholmes

I managed to get the early NY Giants ticket lot in the recent REA auction, this era NYG being my main focus it was great to add 5 tix at once...hard enough doing it one at a time. But the gem of the lot, not really remarked upon it the lot description, is this stub from July 19, 1902...NY vs the Phillies at the Polo Grounds. This year/month was a watershed moment for baseball culminating in John McGraw leaving Baltimore in the AL and signing to be manager/player with the NL Giants. This game, July 19th, was his first as manager of the Giants. Coming with him from Baltimore were Joe McGinnity, Roger Bresnahan, Dan McGann, and Jack Cronin. On the 19th McGraw played shortstop, McGinnity pitched, Bresnahan caught, and McGann was at 1b...all playing their first games as Giants. If you had asked me what early NYG ticket I'd most like to have, this would have been it but I'd never have believed it even a remote possibility. But here it is. Remarkable that it's a printed-date ticket as well.

Awesome pickup Ray! As a Matty and early Giants collector, I love it. Nice!!

[rholmes]

Thanks Paul!

[mcgwirecom]

Originally Posted by pherbener

Awesome pickup Ray! As a Matty and early Giants collector, I love it. Nice!!

Wow! So tough to find a dated ticket from that era let alone one with significance!

[DeafSports]

Such a beauty ticket. I had to check the box score to see if Luther "Dummy" Taylor pitched that game but didn't see any game played on July 19, 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...e-scores.shtml

Game got postponed?

How much did it cost you? I would love to obtain Taylor's game played tickets.

Best,
Danny

[rholmes]

Hey Danny,

The game was played on the 19th as scheduled. Joe McGinnity lost to the Phillies 3-4 in his first start in a Giants uniform.

Good luck (sincerely!) finding a ticket from a Taylor pitched game. Pre-1910 regular season tickets are tough enough, and finding one dated and 100% attributable to a specific game/pitcher/event is generally impossible. But this 1902 stub proves the odd impossible thing does turn up, so...

Originally Posted by DeafSports

Such a beauty ticket. I had to check the box score to see if Luther "Dummy" Taylor pitched that game but didn't see any game played on July 19, 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...e-scores.shtml

Game got postponed?

How much did it cost you? I would love to obtain Taylor's game played tickets.

Best,
Danny

[pherbener]

Here's a boxscore from that game. Bottom right of the page. I love the comments, " The new manager and the Baltimore recruits"!

http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3919008.pdf

[rholmes]

Thanks Scott!...

...and thanks for the SL link, Paul. Most news accounts had the crowd at the Polo Grounds at numbers above 10,000. The game was a huge deal in NY. 1902 was a pretty interesting year in baseball, with the events leading up to July 19th reshaping and defining the leagues going forward, setting the stage for an AL team in New York, etc.

[calvindog]

I'd love to see (buy) more Chase notes if anyone has one.