SF Giants List of Bat Days 1960s/70s - Day of Issue?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by obcbeatle

Also ... does anyone remember if they used to issue more than one player bat during bat days at the stadium ... back in the 1960's/early 1970's? I just don't remember :-(

I think (not sure) they would have various bats. Not sure how these kids all managed to get three bats each.

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

I think (not sure) they would have various bats. Not sure how these kids all managed to get three bats each.

I think your right Rob. Now that I think about it ... it doesn't make sense only one player bat. Must be many player bats. Funny ... I saw that same pic in my yearbook and thought the same thing. How'd they get three bats when always only got one! :-) Maybe they got them from park attendants or something as they were leaving the game.

In case anyone else cares ... here are all the bat day dates from 1966-1971 at "The Stick":

Saturday, April 30,1966
Saturday, May 13, 1967
Saturday, June 29, 1968
Saturday, April 26, 1969
Saturday April 25, 1970
Saturday, April 17, 1971

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by obcbeatle

In case anyone else cares ... here are all the bat day dates from 1966-1971 at "The Stick":

Saturday, April 30,1966
Saturday, May 13, 1967
Saturday, June 29, 1968
Saturday, April 26, 1969
Saturday April 25, 1970
Saturday, April 17, 1971

More:

Sun. 4/23/72
Sat. 4/14/73
Sat. 4/6/74
Sun. 4/27/75
Sun. 5/1/77
Sun. 4/23/78

Couldn’t find 1976

[bigfanNY]

At Yankee Stadium each year there is one players bat given away.

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

At Yankee Stadium each year there is one players bat given away.

Hmmm ... maybe they DID only give away one player bat at Candlestick during the 1960's. One bat I have is of Bob Burda. I'm trying to picture 20,000-40,000 Bob Burda bats at the stadium that day ... actually ... that would be pretty cool :-) Unfortunately I have no Willie Mays bat. But I do have a McCovey ... which is really just as cool as I was a big "Stretch" fan!

[bobw]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

At Yankee Stadium each year there is one players bat given away.

When we were going in the late 60s-early 70s, they had different players.

Our first year going... 1968??, my brother got a Mantle bat and I got a Roy White..

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bobw

When we were going in the late 60s-early 70s, they had different players.

Our first year going... 1968??, my brother got a Mantle bat and I got a Roy White..

My buddy’s Giants hoard has more bats than Bat Days...

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

My buddy’s Giants hoard has more bats than Bat Days...

:-) Just remembered a story my Dad used to tell about taking my Cub Scout Troop to a Giants bat day. My Dad was a pretty easy going guy but he said he couldn't relax to watch the game for one minute for fear that one of us scouts was going to clobber some fan in the head with one of our bats. I guess we were practicing our swings during the game :-)

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by bobw

When we were going in the late 60s-early 70s, they had different players.

Our first year going... 1968??, my brother got a Mantle bat and I got a Roy White..

I have an Al Kaline I thought I'd gotten at a Giants bat day, but not positive. It looks like my other bat day bats. Maybe I got it at an A's bat day. We saw a few A's games including at least one game in 1968. I still have the program .. with a photo of Reggie :-)

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

More:

Sun. 4/23/72
Sat. 4/14/73
Sat. 4/6/74
Sun. 4/27/75
Sun. 5/1/77
Sun. 4/23/78

Couldn’t find 1976

Thanks Rob. I think the turf changed at Candlestick around 71/72? Don't know what made me think of that other than when I see those dates I can picture all those astroturf stadiums of the 1970's!

[ooo-ribay]

My Giants collecting buddy has a bunch...

The following all have a cursive signature and are center labeled "Made in USA":
Jesus Alou
Bobby Bonds (2 sizes of sig)
Orlando Cepeda
Dick Dietz
Tito Fuentes
Tom Haller
Ken Henderson
Dave Kingman
Harold Lanier*
Gary Maddox
Dave Marshall
Gary Matthews
Jack Hiatt

cursive, "Made in Canada":
Bob Burda
Dick Dietz
Ken Henderson
Ron Hunt
Don Mason

block letters, all are "Made in USA":
Jim Davenport
Bob Barton
Jim Davenport
Jim Ray Hart*
Willie Mays*
Willie McCovey

All say "Approved Little League ~ San Francisco Giants (usually block; sometimes cursive) ~ player name," although the order (top, middle, bottom) changes. * denotes players with "Approved Little League" seen in different orders.

Go get 'em!

P.S.he has some duplicates if you're interested...

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

My Giants collecting buddy has a bunch...

The following all have a cursive signature and are center labeled "Made in USA":
Jesus Alou
Bobby Bonds (2 sizes of sig)
Orlando Cepeda
Dick Dietz
Tito Fuentes
Tom Haller
Ken Henderson
Dave Kingman
Harold Lanier*
Gary Maddox
Dave Marshall
Gary Matthews
Jack Hiatt

cursive, "Made in Canada":
Bob Burda
Dick Dietz
Ken Henderson
Ron Hunt
Don Mason

block letters, all are "Made in USA":
Jim Davenport
Bob Barton
Jim Davenport
Jim Ray Hart*
Willie Mays*
Willie McCovey

All say "Approved Little League ~ San Francisco Giants (usually block; sometimes cursive) ~ player name," although the order (top, middle, bottom) changes. * denotes players with "Approved Little League" seen in different orders.

Go get 'em!

P.S.he has some duplicates if you're interested...

Wow ... that's a lot of bats! Not interested in picking up anymore at the moment. Hoping this weekend to clean up what I have and start researching them a little. I was hoping to maybe figure out what game each bat was given away so I'd know what game I attended. Having the list of bat days is a start :-)