If You Collect Scorecards or Programs, Show 'em Here!
 

I did a search, and it doesn't appear that there have been any threads dedicated to scorecards or programs for some time; the few that popped up in the last 7 years or so stopped after 1 page. Let's see if there are still some proud scorecard and program collectors out there that have some items or new acquisitions to share with the group.

I'll start, and admittedly this first post is nothing to get too excited about unfortunately. But it is my latest acquisition and didn't set me back too much. It's a program from Jim Brown's last regular season game, in which he was ejected for fighting, but not before scoring his final career TD and wrapping up another rushing title. Thought there might be more pictures of Brown inside, but there was only one small pic and write-up. Still, it was a program I wanted to add to my collection for a couple of years...so here it is!

1959 NFL Championship program
 

This was Ted Patterson's it is signed by almost everybody on both teams.. not just on the outside the inside is loaded.
Second Program Is Babe Ruth's HR 701. Written on cover is The most exciting game I ever Witnessed won in 9th inning by rhe fighting Tigers 12 to 11.
This 1897 NY Giants is very nice. Ny faced Clevland Spiders and Cy Young..
More to come.

programs
 

Federal league programs

Ruth & Cobb
 

Matty - those are beautiful.
Jonathan - I love period notes on old programs / scorecards
Jethrod - Brown's last TD is pretty darned cool, thank you for this thread, I love scored programs


Here's my (first) post to this (hopefully) long running thread :

Sept 11, 1928 Yankee Stadium

The Babe hits #49 of the year and #465 of his career, while knocking in what prove to be the game winning runs. In response, Mr. Mack send two members of the 3000 hit club to start a rally in the 9th, but alas, Cobb pops to short in his last career at bat, and Collins does the same (he had 15 more at bats).

I'm going to love this thread, apologies in advance for posting too much, but I have over 6000 potential submissions...

Doug "giddy like a school girl" Goodman

Here are a few of mine.
 

Here are a few of mine.

Babe Ruth Bows Out w Ticket inside (Uncle Jimmy Collection).

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Here are a few DiMaggio items.
56 game hit streak end.
Minor league 61 game hit streak with photo taken after game.

Spectacular start to this thread! I've seen a few Federal League programs in various threads in this forum but never had the chance to thumb through one myself. The Ruth 701 scorecard is amazing, and the scorecard for Cobb's last at bat---not many of those can possibly exist! I'm sure we'll see some "Holy Grail" items if the thread runs long enough!

I like the scorecards from the 40s and 50s best, especially if they're signed.

I have a collection of early Red Sox programs - here are a few of my favorites (along with a 1904 Browns vs. Boston Americans program)....

Matty The Federal league programs are fantastic. Doug always nice to see anything from your 6k program collection. And the Final day Streak progeams are over the top.. Thank you all for for sharing.
Andy nice group but dig a little deeper and share some of the other Great programs in your collection.
The 48 Babe is a great program from a sad day at the Stadium.
Jonathan

Here's a Ruth program that is 1 less amazing...

Great programs / scorecards don't have to be older than my parents...

Here is my scorecard from Aug 12, 2018 when the Cubs beat the Nationals on a David Bote Ultimate Grand Slam.

For those who don't know, an Ultimate Grand Slam is when the home team is losing by three runs with two out in the bottom of the 9th and one swing wins it.

This scorecard embarrasses me a bit as I look at it now, as I usually keep a pitch count, and I'm surprised I didn't fill in all the final stats.

It was a pretty amazing moment to see happen,
Doug

May 27, 1871. From the first few weeks of the National Association. Thanks, Jonathan.

I collect programs related to my areas of collecting focus.

One of my favorite areas are barnstorming games.

The Mays All-Stars is from the 1955 All-Star tour led by Mays and Don Newcombe. Many other greats including Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Larry Doby and others. In this particular game, Mays hit a walk-off HR.

The 1945 program is from a game that Satchell Paige and Bob Feller faced off. After the game, Feller famously made comments about his belief that he didn't think that Jackie Robinson (who played in the game) was a Major League player. It led to negative feelings for Jackie towards Feller for many years.

Orioles minor league affiliates
 

I'm an Baltimore Orioles collector working on a labor of love to acquire programs/scorecards of all the O's minor league affiliates since 1954.

Here's a few of my more obscure minor league programs


1954 Americus-Cordele Orioles & 1954 Pine Bluff Judges

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1955 Fayetteville Highlanders & 1957 Phoenix Stars

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1959 Amarillo Gold Sox & 1960 Leesburg Orioles

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1961 Ardmore Rosebuds & 1961 Tri-Cities Braves (Atoms)

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Here's what I have left. Programs can be scored and condition isn't an issue.
Any help with even one program is appreciated.

Aberdeen Pheasants 1962, 1965
Ada Herefords/Cementers 1954
Anderson Rebels 1954
Batavia Trojans 1966
Bluefield Orioles 1987, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009
Cordele Orioles 1955
Dublin Orioles 1958
Fitzgerald Orioles 1957
Fox Cities (Appleton) Foxes 1965
Kingsport Orioles 1957
Lubbock Hubbers 1956
Marion Marauders 1954
Meridian Millers 1955
Paris Orioles 1955, 1956, 1957
Pensacola Dons 1958, 1959
Phoenix Stars 1956
Pine Bluff Judges 1955
Stockton Ports 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971
Texas City Texans 1956
Thetford Mines Miners 1954, 1955
Thomson Orioles 1956
Tri-City Atoms 1965
Tri-City Braves 1960
Wilson Tobs 1958
Wytheville Statesmen 1954

1969 Expos vs Pirates program Signed by Roberto Clemente

Wow. Wow. Wow.

This one is for sale. Yogi Berras last game as a player

Cardinal scorecard from September 28, 1930. On the final day of the regular season Dizzy Dean makes his major league debut, pitching a 3-hit complete game victory with five strikeouts as the N.L. champion Redbirds defeat the Pirates 3-1. Dean adds a single and scores a run. He doesn't return to the majors until 1932.

Here is 1927 WS Game 4 from the Newman collection.
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Gary please share some other of your NA and early NL scorecards.

Doug Yes your scorecard from the previous day was HR 700 which exited the stadium and was picked up on the street. Yes Scorecards from games you attended are extra special.

This is yet another benefit of reading fantastic posts---one can get impressed, inspired, and learn at the same time. I forgot they are called Ultimate GS's. And your post reminded me of a game that I'd attended in which A-Rod hit a walk-off grand slam in 2007. I was in NY for business but at Yankee Stadium for pleasure that day, and I know I kept both the ticket and the program from that game, and I thought for sure the visitors were down by 3 runs. But...a little research indicated that was not the case. Still, it was great to watch the YouTube video and re-live that walk-off GS again!

October 2nd 1972 at Jarry Park Bill Stoneman's 2nd no-hitter

Programs (and yearbooks/media guides) are the part of my collection that I enjoy the most. I collect mostly Orioles, Baltimore Colts, and NY Rangers items in addition to ephemera related to games that interest me.

A few years ago I tracked down a program from the first game I attended with my Dad, a 1960 doubleheader at Yankee Stadium versus the White Sox.

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This one is from a 1951 exhibition game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the International League Orioles. The Dodgers barnstormed their way north from spring training. The O's were a Phillies farm club in 1951.

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Dodger lineup for the game:
Don Thompson CF
Carl Furillo LF
Duke Snyder RF
Jackie Robinson 2B
Gil Hodges 1B
Roy Campanella C (the scorer listed him as 'Campy', I love that)
Pee Wee Reese 3B
Rocky Bridges SS
Preacher Roe P

What a kick it must have been for the locals to see those Dodgers stars in person.

Here's a pretty beat-up 1953 IL Orioles program, their last year as a AAA club (if you don't count some of those 1990s Orioles teams! :rolleyes:

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Lastly my oldest hockey program, from a Rangers game in 1943. I picked it up because of the cover art.

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The awesome US Armed Forces content was a nice bonus.

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Some amazing ones

Especially love those Federal League Ones

This is my one and only from Ruth’s 1915 season

1962 (first year), 1963 & 1964 New York Mets Opening Days Programs & Tickets.

How about a little basketball!

Nolan Ryan !st Win
 

Nolan's first of his 324 Wins

Here you go, Jonathan. First year of National League, 1876. The color of each Chicago player's cap is listed below his name. The different cap colors allowed the players to be identified. There was no team identifier on the uniform and numbers were many years away.

The Zollner Pistons have entered the discussion via a neat NBL program!

Those of us that kept the tix or programs from our first games (or who have been able to track them down later in life) are pretty lucky!

The Newark Bears won the Junior or Little world series 3 times 1932 1937 ( The Wonder Bears ) 1940.

What a great thread. Not a boring post yet, besides this one.

I particularly love that Expos no-hitter and the Mets openers...

How about Warren Spahn's 300th win. The most undervalued player in baseball.

September 1, 1971 Danny Murtaugh fields the first all minority starting lineup: Sanguillen, Ellis, Oliver, Cash, Hernandez, Stennett, Stargell, Clines, and Clemente.

Also part of my NJ program collection and Because Doug will like it here is my 1950 Trenton Giants with Willie Mays.

Gary very nice 1876 with Spaulding!!

Possibly the earliest known Expos program and ticket April 5th 1969 in Omaha Nebraska, 3 days before their inaugural game on April 8th 1969 at Shea Stadium

That’s for sure. I have quite a few tickets from games I attended and publications I picked up back then but not many from those early 60s games. I keep looking for that first game stub on eBay. One day I’ll get lucky

Great thread and posts everyone. Here's a first night game scorebook / program where the original owner / attendee pasted their ticket to the front cover.

You guys are killing me! Now I TOTALLY want to get into programs too. Some of the cover artwork and/or images are just awesome!

I know this is a silly/hard question but what should I expect from a budget POV compared to cards from the same era? Trying to figure out if my scrawny card budget can afford a few cool programs.

Great thread!

Amazing scorebooks!
 

Wow! What a great thread so far!!
I can't believe that no one has ever started a scorebook thread before...

FWIW, I have nowhere near the collection that Doug Goodman has (who does LOL?)

But, I do have a pretty extensive collection of vintage no-hitter game programs, but rather than post the obvious, I thought I would post a few of the others that I like in my collection.

Here is a scored program to HOF Sandy Koufax's NL record of 382K's in a single season in 1965. Mack Jones was K #382.

I also have a scored program to Nolan Ryan's ML single season K record of 383K's in 1973. Rich Reese of the Minnesota Twins was K #383.

A scored program to HOF Nolan Ryan's ML debut on 9/11/1966.

Finally, a scored program to Ryan's 3509K game where he passed Walter Johnson for the All Time ML strikeout record.
Tim Blackwell was 3508 which tied WaJo and Montreal's Brad Mills was K # 3509.
This scored program is signed by both Blackwell and Brad Mills. Pretty cool!
Yes, Guy Bourque, this post is for you! ;)
Love the Stoneman 2nd no-hitter scorebook, Guy!

Programs are often quite affordable. Generally much more affordable than tickets, and likely more affordable than vintage cards.

There are obviously exceptions, but with the history and artwork and detail (love the old ads etc), I think they are shockingly affordable.

+1......yes affordable and documented history

One of my favorites..
My personal scorecard from 1977 when the Mets played the Cubs and the blackout in NYC happened. We were at the game when it all went dark

From the sweet science:

- Gunboat Smith vs Georges Carpentier for World White Heavyweight Championship, July 16, 1914 in London
- Duane Bobick vs Kallie Knoetze for World White Heavyweight Championship, January 28, 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Cassius Clay vs Sonny Liston I for World Heavyweight Championship, February 25, 1964 in Miami, Florida

It's a tough question but also I think it's a great question! Especially when one considers what the next big thing in collecting might be. It might as well be programs and scorecards! Personally I hope that programs and scorecards are where tickets were 5 (or so) years ago---somewhat underappreciated and affordable but then ready to take off in the not-to-distant future. I do, however, think you can get common scorecards from the 40's and 50's (featuring some but not all teams) that would be graded NM that would run about the same price as, or even less than common cards from that era in that condition (certainly less than the high series cards).

I may have the quantity, but I'm thinking Scott has the quality.

Here's a a beat up one I like (with a ticket)...

LOL, what was the artist smoking when they drew that cover for the game that ended up being the Koufax perfect game??

Programs / scorecards are very affordable and lots of fun, especially when scored, that's why I have so many of them.

Absolutely!
I must admit, that is by far one of the wildest cover art that I've ever seen on a program! :D

Doug, that scored program and ticket combo to Sandy's perfecto is quite an artifact. Awesome! :cool:

I recall that I found my Koufax 382K scorebook in an antique mall that was within walking distance of my condo in Orange, CA in the early 1990's.
The seller had no idea about the significance of the game and I think I paid under $20 for it. It had my name written all over it! :D

Great... how can I get started? What would you experienced collectors advise in terms of what to look for?

- era to explore first?
- cover art matters a lot, I'd assume?
- how do you evaluate condition and reasonable price/value?
- big name player in the score card and/or a specific historic game adds a lot, i'd assume?
- scorecards vs. programs vs. yearbooks... where to focus first?


I still love my cards... but this sounds like a nice, affordable tangent to explore

Thanks all (and if you're selling some cool items, PM me!) I love great cover illustrations

Jeff

Don Larsen Perfect Game

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I think collecting score cards and the like is very personal to the collector. If you're not that familiar with them, my recommendation is that you think about what theme of collecting would appeal to you (team, era, player, event (WS, AS game, etc.)) and jump in. And you don't even need a theme other than what "sparks joy" for you. Also, keep in mind that prices for many of them on eBay can be all over the place for essentially the same item (unless they're WS or AS game programs).

Jeff Collect whatever appeals to you the most. Favorite era , player, Team.. 100% Best advice I ever got or gave is collect what you love. I will share some of my favorite covers.

Always good advice... i think I may start with pre-war scorecards and see how that journey goes!

agree go with what you enjoy

also go vintage and keep an eye out for interesting photos, advertising etc that might catch your eye

1938 Princeton vs Penn. Notice the eyes.. one of the few Programs that I display( because when I got it it was in the frame). And a couple basketball. There are jump shots and then there are Jump Shots.. the least attractive is from the First game the Philadelphia 76ers.

From Stan The Man's five home run doubleheader in 1954 - both scorecards, nicely scored. Plus an original wirephoto from between games. Mr. Musial signed both scorecards for me and hearing him talk about that day was like a religious experience. "I should have had six" he laughed (he pinned Mays against the center field wall in the 3rd inning of the second game). He said he never tried to hit home runs but he wanted one in his last at bat and popped out to first. An incredibly genuine and nice man. I treasure the conversation with him as much as the scorecards.

Beautiful scorecards. Very cool!! :cool:

Those are also some good questions. I think it's like a few have already said: Everyone is gonna be different. For me, this is my "great wide open" of collecting. Generally I buy what strikes my fancy (sometimes I buy for the covers, sometimes for the historic event, sometimes for a player, and always from the games that I go to). But for me, condition and eye appeal don't figure prominently into my decision to buy, even though those factors might figure prominently for my card or even ticket purchases.

I prefer my scorecards to be scored, but I think there are some purists that prefer unscored minty scorecards, though admittedly it's difficult to then track them to specific games unless the dates are printed on the scorecards themselves. One such scorecard with a date listed is shown below. Not very pretty, but one of my faves, because it's from the game in which a future home run king hit his first home run!

Start on ebay where there are thousands of them available, very many of them for very cheap.

Buy what you like. There is no right and no wrong way to collect.

I prefer scored ones, I used to love figuring out the date using the box scores in my Sporting News collection (which I only collected to date my scorecards), now it's so easy for me to figure out the date from Retrosheet that I would like to sell my TSN collection (shameless plug).

I once bought 7 Reds scorecards from the early 1960s on ebay for $20 including postage and in the process of figuring out the dates found that I had bought Pete Rose's ML debut game.

That kind of stuff happens a lot still.

Finally, a scored program to Ryan's 3509K game where he passed Walter Johnson for the All Time ML strikeout record.
Tim Blackwell was 3508 which tied WaJo and Montreal's Brad Mills was K # 3509.
This scored program is signed by both Blackwell and Brad Mills. Pretty cool!
Yes, Guy Bourque, this post is for you! ;)
Love the Stoneman 2nd no-hitter scorebook, Guy![/QUOTE][/B]

Very cool program Scott your collection is amazing!

One of my favorite Expos program in my collection is from Oct. 3rd 1981, after coming real close in both 1979 and 1980 The Expos clinch their 1st...and only post season berth of their history, I remember this game like it was yesterday, we were celebrating my parents 22nd wedding anniversery in a bar and watching the game on TV, when Wallace Johnson (added photo of me and Wallace 40years later) pinched hit a 2 run triple to put the Expos up for good in the top of the 7th every body went crazy in the bar. A moment I will never forget

+!......keep that passion

Hank Aaron's debut in the Braves starting lineup
 

The Green Bay Packers first game in Milwaukee
 

My addition to this thread:

I just received this wonderful and in fantastic shape 1969 Washington Senators Opening Day scorecard. Scored too. Another really cool part of this is that my sister went to this game with her boyfriend at the time.

AND I HAVE THE TICKETS TOO!! She got both of the tickets and the one picture shows the front of one ticket and the back of the other one with her writing of April 7, 1969. The date is also scribed on the front of the score card. Regrettably the Senators lost to the Yanks 8-4 on that day but Hondo smacked career home run #243.

And Little Tavern made the best damned hamburger you ever bit your teeth into. I so miss that place.

WOOT!

Butch

That is super cool Butch

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1964 World Series program signed by each of the starting eight for the Cardinals plus Bob Gibson. I got the Ken Boyer and Bill White autographs at a department store opening when I was ten years old. They were the first signatures I ever received. Didn't get the others until forty years later.

1926 World Series game 4. Three home runs by the Babe.

I don't have anything nearly as vintage as what the majority of you have shared here, but I thought you might like to see this photo I took during the 2015 World Series, inside the merchandise tent outside Citi Field, showing a table with stacks of programs (both national and Mets cover variants), with a fan grabbing a copy as I got the shot.

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We can only wonder if these will be memorabilia items that people will write about 50 or 100 years from now. Hope so!

They will be, but to me they won't be as much fun because pretty much none of them will be scored...

Great scorecards and a better conversation/dialog with a HOFer

Butch, great backstory.......those were the days.....GREAT days

5-Tools and Doug,

Thanks for the comments. I am pretty jazzed with this recent pickup.

Butch

Well you should be because it's f'n great!

Cmon Doug..... post some more..

GARY P love the first year NL ...any scorecard with Spaulding pitching is special.

Couple early ones. Most of the early programs I come across are from Boston so this from Providence was a happy find. Lots of Hall of Famers is nice too.