Harry Wright Scorebook

[Keith H. Thompson]

WTB or any information pertaining to: Harry Wright Scorebook No. 2 1890

[ramram]

Was that 1890 full year scorebook pulled apart and sold in sections like most of the others? I’ve got one of the 1883 sections. I wondered if any of the full year scorebooks that Wright had bound together even remain intact.

Rob M

[doug.goodman]

Ugh

[Keith H. Thompson]

I own the complete Harry Wright 1889 scorebook which covers spring training through post season exhibition games.
At one time the 1889 season was bound together with three "booklets" of the 1890 season. Written in Harry's hand at top are

No. 1 - 1890 / Feb 20th to March 26th 1890
No. 2 - 1890 / March 27th to April 28th 1890
No. 3 - 1890 / April 29th to May 21st 1890

I bought No. 1 at Lelands in 1991
I bought No. 3 at Sloates in 1998

Somewhere out there is No. 2. I believe it was sold as Lot 431 of the Mastro July 16,17 1998 auction, but under a careless and incorrect description, for the accompanying picture is of No. 1. Assuming Mastros did have one of the pamphlets for sale, it could not have been either No. 1 or No. 3, for both were on my library shelf at the time.

[Keith H. Thompson]

"ugh" was not the answer I was hoping for, but probably reflects Doug (never met a scorecard he didn't like) Goodman's realistic assessment of finding No. 2.

[ramram]

Doug needs to move his collection deep into the caverns of an underground mine for safekeeping.

I, like many others, was very disappointed when those books were torn apart in order to sell the individual booklets but I guess I became an accomplice when I purchased mine. I felt the damage was already done and it was a nice addition to my scorebook collection. Oh well.

Keith - I always wondered if any of those 1889 exhibition games included Kansas City as an opponent (I’m a KC guy)?

Rob M

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Keith H. Thompson

"ugh" was not the answer I was hoping for, but probably reflects Doug (never met a scorecard he didn't like) Goodman's realistic assessment of finding No. 2.

Keith - I'm very happy to hear that you have 1889 and the two parts of 1890.

My "ugh" was because I thought they had all been separated, glad that you "saved" them.

Doug "is there a scorecard not worth liking?" Goodman