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Old 05-16-2020, 07:28 AM
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Alan Strout
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Default Sunpapers Scorecards

In the 1950's and 60's, it was common for local papers to provide scorecards to it's readers. I assume, many people used them to keep score while listening to games on the radio.

The Baltimore Sun issued two styles over the years. The first style was more like a booklet that could be used to score many games. They weren't dated, but the covers varied over time.

1957 Sunpapers Scorebook.JPG 1960's Sunpapers Scorebook #1.jpg

1960's Sunpapers Scorebook #2.jpg 1960's Sunpapers Scorebook #3.jpg

The second type were scorecards for individual games and included rosters on the back. They were printed from 1960-67. The covers didn't change much over the years. There were some color changes, but often the best way to determine the year are the rosters on the back. Since rosters changed during the summer, most years have a variety of backs. I posted a scan of two different 1965 backs. A friend of mine went through all of the Orioles roster moves each year and can actually give you the date range from each back.

1960

1960 Sunpapers.jpg

1961

1961 Sunpapers.jpg

1962

1962 Sunpapers.jpg

1963

1963 Sunpapers.jpg

1964

1964 Sunpapers.jpg

1965

1965 Sunpapers.jpg

1965 Sunpapers #1.jpg 1965 Sunpapers #2.jpg

1966

1966 Sunpapers.JPG

1967

1967 Sunpapers #2.jpg
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