Dating of Vintage Baseballs

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

As a collector who enjoys displaying my baseball collection, I recently picked up a Reach Official League Baseball to go with a Spaulding National League Ball that I have had for years.

Since I know far more about cards, I wanted to know if there is a good baseball identification book currently on the market. I haven't seen one, and the sports memorabilia books that I have seen leave much to be desired.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Patrick

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Posted By: Jeff O

Dave Bushing and Joe Phillips put out "Vintage Base Balls", a 20 page guide on dating vintage baseballs. The email address to order copies is glovecol@onramp.net. I don't remember how much I paid, but I think it was around $20.

Jeff
http://www.seattlehockey.net

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Posted By: pomobileclk

Here's a list of league presidents:

American League Term
Ban Johnson 1901-1927
Ernest S. Barnard 1927-1931
William Harridge 1931-1959
Joe Cronin 1959-1973
Lee McPhail 1974-1983
Bobby Brown 1984-1994
Gene Budig 1995-present

National League Tenure
Morgan G. Bulkeley 1876
William A. Hulbart 1877-1882
A.G. Mills 1883-1884
Nicholas Young 1885-1902
Henry Pulliam 1903-1909
Thomas J. Lynch 1910-1913
John K. Tener 1914-1918
John A. Heydler 1918-1934
Ford Frick 1935-1951
Warren Giles 1951-1969
Charles Feeney 1970-1986
A. Bartlett Giamatti 1987-1989
Bill White 1989-1994
Leonard Coleman 1995-present

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

Thanks for the responses Jeff and other poster. Unfortunately, the weirdness of the board deleted your responses.

Jeff please post the address again since I hadn't written it down before the post was replaced with my initial post. Also does the booklet note minor league baseballs.

I have a Spaulding National League ball with a PB Ferrell fascimile signature. Is this a minor league ball or a anniversary copy?

Thanks again, Patrick

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Posted By: Jeff O

I see my original post just fine... but anyway, here's the email address: glovecol@onramp.net.

Jeff