Up for your consideration is one of the most exquisite Opening Day programs that we have ever had the priviledge of offering to the public.
This is an extremely scarce example of a 1906 St. Louis Browns program from their opening day battle against the Cleveland Naps.
This example shows front cover wear on the bottom right and is missing the back cover, however displays magnificently.
We were able to easily identify the date of this program by scouring through old newspaper articles and matching the lineups and pitchers up.
One of the only time in which Howell and Hess faced off that year was Opening Day April 17th. Along with that, the Naps lineup matches exactly while the Browns lineup is close.
These teams also played at St. Louis on June 22nd and 23, September 9th and 16th, and October 10th. The lineups do not come close to matching up for both teams in almost all instances, and when they do the starting pitchers are both incorrect.
Cleveland went on to take this game 3-1 behind the bat of Nap Lajoie as he and Jackson both collected 2 hits each.
This program is absolutely loaded with Hall of Famers such as Nap Lajoie, Elmer Flick, Addie Joss and Bobby Wallace.
A true historical baseball artifact from a time when baseball was just a game.
$590
