Let's see some early or historic scorecards

[68Hawk]

They played the 18th Oct game in Philly....
It looks to me like the writing suggests the 'Union Grounds' along the top before the date, which is back in NY.
Would they have traveled up for an exhibition game directly after the last game of the year, especially considering the Athletics would have been celebrating their efforts to win the first year of the National Association of Professional Baseball players league....?

[insidethewrapper]

Being a Detroit Wolverine Collector, this is my favorite Scorecard from the 1887 "World Series". This is from Game 5 @ Brooklyn on October 14, 1887.

[GaryPassamonte]

Good questions, Hawk.

Great scorecard, Mike.

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Being a Detroit Wolverine Collector, this is my favorite Scorecard from the 1887 "World Series". This is from Game 5 @ Brooklyn on October 14, 1887.

Great scorecard Mike!

[jerrys]

1903-04.jpg

[jerrys]

Doesn't help much Gary

1005a.jpg1871scra.jpg

1881scfa.jpg1881scra.jpg

[GaryPassamonte]

Thanks, Jerry. Sometime I'll learn how to make my scans better and larger.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

Apologies for the awkward scan sizes. The intent was to make the score card bigger. But...I do not know the date of this game. The players, written in pencil, are difficult to read.

[ramram]

Originally Posted by 68Hawk

They played the 18th Oct game in Philly....
It looks to me like the writing suggests the 'Union Grounds' along the top before the date, which is back in NY.
Would they have traveled up for an exhibition game directly after the last game of the year, especially considering the Athletics would have been celebrating their efforts to win the first year of the National Association of Professional Baseball players league....?

Even though there was an established league at this point, these NA teams still played a large number of non-league games against all-comers. It wouldn’t surprise me at all that they made a home and away game at the end of the year even though the second game wasn’t a league game.

Great scorecards everyone!

Rob M

[ramram]

Just found this on Retrosheets exibition list. (Sorry, crappy quality. However, it confirms the game on Friday 10/20/1871).

Rob M

040797E7-BCA7-4682-A027-F2ADF3F442AF.jpg

Edited -
75B29E84-68C1-4496-8A06-9E68123C01B1.jpg

Edited again. (Dang, I can't get any photo of larger size when uploading with an ipad. Had to go to my computer).

game.jpg

[68Hawk]

Thanks ramram for the confirmation, even though my crappy eyes can't read it!

[Dewey2007]

I'm not much of a program collector but I recently picked up these Yankees programs even though they were not in the best shape. Vintage baseball history trumped condition in this case.

May 5, 1936: NY Yankees vs St. Louis Browns
The Yankees beat the Browns 8-2 in front of only 8,000 fans this day. A young Joe DiMaggio, wearing #9, plays in his second career game ever and gets 3 hits and 2 RBI's. Lou Gehrig, on his way to an MVP season, has 4 hits in the game too.

1936 Yankees Scorecard.jpg
May 5 1936 Yankees Scorecard.jpg
The_Los_Angeles_Times_Wed__May_6__1936_.jpg
The_Des_Moines_Register_Wed__May_6__1936_.jpg

August 3, 1937: NY Yankees vs Chicago White Sox (Game 1 of DH)
The Yankees beat the White Sox 7-2 on the strength of three HR's in the game by future HOFers Gehrig, Lazzeri & DiMaggio. I didn't know at the time I purchased it that this was also game 1,900 of Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak and it was "Lou Gehrig Day" at Yankee Stadium as the team presented him with his 1936 MVP trophy between games.

1937 Yankees Scorecard.jpg
August 3 1937 Yankees Scorecard.jpg
The_Philadelphia_Inquirer_Wed__Aug_4__1937_.jpg
Lou Gehrig Getty I.jpg
Lou Gehrig Getty II.jpg

[doug.goodman]

Those are great, Dewey.

[ramram]

From the official Shibe Park scorebook is this historic 1945 game in which Pete Gray pinch hits for catcher Frank Mancuso. First time in major league history where a guy is sucking so bad that they put in a one-armed guy to bat for him.

Rob M

(15) St. Louis Browns game - Pete Gray.jpg