Washington Senators

April 6, 1970 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC

The Detroit Tigers defeat the Senators 5-0

Mickey Lolich earned the victory for the Tigers in a complete game shutout, giving up 7 hits

Dick Bosman picked up in loss in 5 innings for the Senators

Tigers RBI: Cesar Gutierrez 2, Willie Horton 2, Norm Cash

The Washington Senators (1901-1960 American League) during the 1905-1955 seasons the team was known as the Nationals. In 1960 the franchise moved to Minnesota taking on the name Twins

When the Senators announced their move to Minnesota, Washington was granted an expansion team to start play in 1961, along with the Los Angeles Angels.

The team struggled, which gave new life to an old joke: "Washington: first in was, first in peace an still last in the American League. 1971 would be the final year of the Senators as the franchise moved to Arlington as the Texas Ranges

1964

1963

Perry Brothers - Gaylord & Jim

May 6, 1982 - 300th Career Victory

Gaylord Perry

Right-handed pitcher played from 1962-1983

SF Giants (1961-1971) Cleveland Indians (1972-1975) Texas Rangers (1975-1977, 1980) 

San Diego Padres (1978-1979) New York Yankees (1980) Atlanta Braves (1981) Seattle mariners (1982-1983) KC Royals (1983)

San Francisco Giants Jersey No.36 retired - 2005

314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, 3.11 ERA - Baseball hall of Fame 1991

Jim Perry

Right-handed pitcher played from 1959-1975

215 wins, 1,576 strikeouts, 3.45 ERA

Cleveland Indians (1959-1963, 1974-1975) Minnesota Twins (1963-1972) Detroit Tigers (1973)

Oakland Athletics (1975)

Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame - 2011

Perry Brothers - combined 529 wins

Youth Team Sports

 

Youth Team Sports

May 27, 2000 Lake Buena Vista, Fl

Four images show youth team sports of baseball, soccer, basketball and football

These images capture the action and excitement of team play

Designed by Derry notes, the photographs were taken by Bob Wickley (baseball) Zoran Millich (soccer)  William Sallaz (basketball) Mike Powell (football)

Steve Carlton

April 29, 1981 Veteran's Stadium,  Philadelphia, Pa

Steve Carlton earned his 3,000 career strikeout against the Montreal Expos in a complete game victory 

May 20, 1983 Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia, Pa

Carlton picked up his 3,511 career strikeout 

Carlton took the loss to the San Diego Padres pitching 8 innings, striking out 4

August 6, 1994 Phillies Steve Carlton commemorative postmark

Steve Carlton - left-handed pitcher - St Louis Cardinals (1965-1971) Philadelphia Phillies (1972-1986) San Francisco Giants (1986) Chicago White Sox (1986) Cleveland Indians (1987) Minnesota Twins (1987-1988)

Between 1982-1984 Carlton was involved in pitching duel with Nolan Ryan and Gaylord Perry to see who would be the first to break Walter Johnson's league leading 3,508 strikeouts... Ryan would reach this milestone first

4000K - Carlton collected his 4,000 career strikeout against Eric Davis, Cincinnati Reds in an 11-6 Giants loss, August 5, 1986

Career: 4,136 strikeouts

September 23, 1983 pitching against the St Louis Cardinals, Carlton won his 300th career game

1997 - Paradise Series - SD Padres v StL Cardinals

April 19, 1997 Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hi

The San Diego Padres hosted the St Louis Cardinals in the first of a three game series in the Paradise Series played at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu

The Cardinals defeated the Padres 1-0, Mark Petkovesk picked up the victory, while Sterling Hitchcock took the loss

Cardinals Brian Jordan scored the loan unearned run for the Cardinals

The Cardinals would win the second game 2-1, the Padres won the final game 8-2

MiLB - Sullivan Mountain Lions

June, 1995 Baxter Field, Mountain Dale, NY

May 30, 1997 Mountain Dale, NY

Sullivan Mountain Lions - minor league team played in the Northeast League for one year (1995). Home games were played at Baxter Field

The Northeast League is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, and operates as an independent league.

Wade Boggs

October 2, 1983 Boston, Ma

First of 5 American League Batting Titles with a .361 batting average

From 1982 to 1988, boggs hit below .349 once, batting .325 in 1984. From 1983 to 1989, Boggs had seven consecutive seasons in which he collected 200 or more hits

Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, Md

June 18, 2002 Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, Md

Inaugural game

Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium is home to the Aberdeen IronBirds, class A-affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. The stadium is located in Aberdeen, Md.

Cal Ripken Jr purchased the Utica Blue Sox and moved the team to Aberdeen at the start of the 2002 season

Elston Howard - Monument Park

 

April 5, 1988 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

New York Yankees v Minnesota Twins

Elston Howard played for the Kansas City Monarchs, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox from 1948-1968. 1955 Howard became the first African American player on the Yankees roster, 18-years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Howard would go on to earn many honors and win many fans

• 12-time All-Star
• American League MVP (1963)
• 2-time Gold Glove Award (1963, 1964)
• 6-time World Champion
• Yankees jersey No.32 retired (1984)

On a night when the Yankees honored Elston Howard, the team dominated the Twins

Rick Rhoden pitched a complete game shut-out

Yankee RBI: Mike Pagliarulo 3 (home run), Rickey Henderson (home run), Don Mattingly, Joel Skinner, Dave Winfield

Frank Viola took the loss for the Twins, pitching 5 innings

Walter Johnson

 

April 27, 1983 Montreal, Quebec

Postmarked on the date Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson's all-time strikeout record

Walter Johnson had an overpowering fastball that led to Johnson's success and a fabled strikeout record. His total of 3,508 strikeouts stood for 55 years until Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton and Gaylord Perry all surpassed the mark during the 1983 season

Johnson played for the Washington Senators from 1907-1927, during his career:

2-time American League MVP (1913, 1924)

3-time Triple Crown (1931, 1918, 1924)

6-time American League Wins Leader (1931-1916, 1918, 1924)

5-time American League ERA Leader (1912, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1924)

12-time American League Strikeout Leader (1910, 1912-1919, 1921, 1923, 1924)

No-hit game July 1, 1920

110 career shut-outs

Baseball Hall of Fame - 1936

Major League Baseball All-Century Team

Washington Nationals Ring of Honor - 2010

Trujillo Stadium - Dominican Republic

Trujillo Stadum 1959 Dominican Republic

Trujillo Stadium, the ballpark named for the nation's not so beloved dictator, was nothing more than a band-box of concrete and steel, whitewashed and covered with red and black political posters.

Trujillo, "El Presidente" had built the stadium as a gesture of his everlasting goodwill to his exploited people: he knew they loved baseball...

excerpt from The End of Baseball, Peter Schilling Jr

North East Stamp Club, Philadelphia

 Although not directly a baseball commemorative cover, the design features a play at the plate. The North East Stamp Club of Philadelphia moved to a new location and used the baseball design to show they were safe in their new location.

June 21, 1943 Philadelphia, Pa

The Phillies did not play on Monday June 21, 1943, but they did play a double-header on the previous Sunday against the Boston Braves, in boston

The Phillies won the first game 13-7 with Is Johnson piking up the win

Phillies RBI: Mickey Livingston 2 (home run) Paul Busby, Coaker Triplett, Buster Adams 2, Pinky May, Charlie Brewster, Danny Murtaugh, Ron Northey

Braves RBI: Connie Ryan 3, Chet Ross, Chuck Workman, Bill Brubaker

The Phillies won the second game 7-0, with Schoolboy Rowe picking up a complete game shut-out

Phillies RBI: Schoolboy Rowe (home run), Buster Adams 2, Mickey Livingston, Charlie Brewster, Danny Murtaugh, Jimmy Wasdell

Rod Carew

Gateway and Zaso commemorative cachets for Rod Carew, 3000+ hits

Rod Carew - Minnesota Twins (1967-1978) California Angels (1979-1985)

• 18-time All-Star (1967-1984)
• American League MVP (1977)
• American League Rookie of the Year (1967)
• 7-time American League Batting Champion (1969, 1972-1975, 1977, 1978)
• Roberto Clemente Award (1977)
• Los Angeles Angels Jersey No.29 retired (1986)
• Minnesota Twins Jersey No.29 retired (1987)
• Baseball hall of Fame (1991)
• Los Angeles Angels Hall of Fame (1991)
• Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame (2000)

Considered the greatest contact hitter in Twins history. complied a career batting average .328, reaching his highest average of .388 in 1977

Len Barker - Perfect Game

 

May 15, 1981 Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Oh

Gateway cachet signed by Len Barker

Len Barker threw the 10th Perfect Game in Major League Baseball history, against the Toronto Blue Jays, behind the score of 3-0. Barker never reached a three ball count against any Blue Jay hitter, striking out 11, all swinging

Indians RBIs: Andre Thornton, Jorge Orta (home run), Ron Hassey

Ron Hassey, Indians catcher caught his second Perfect Game, he previously caught Dennis Martinez's Perfect Game in 1991

Hall of Fame - 1980: Kaline, Snider, Klein, Yawkey

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame - 1980

Al Kaline - Detroit Tigers 1953-1974

• 18-time All-Star 
• 10-time Gold Glove Award
• American League Batting Champion (1955)
• Roberto Clemente Award (1955)
• Tigers Jersey No.6 Retired (1980)

Duke Snider - Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1947-1962), New York Mets (1963) San Francisco Giants (1964)

• 8-time All-Star
• National League Home Run Leader (1956)
• National League RBI Leader (1955)
• Los Angeles Dodgers Jersey No.4 Retired (1980)

Chuck Klein - Philadelphia Phillies (1928-1933, 1936-1939, 1940-1944) Chicago Cubs (1934-1936) Pittsburgh Pirates (1939)

• 2-time All-Star (1933, 1934)
• National League MVP (1932)
• Triple Crown (1933)
• National League Batting Champion (1933)
• 4-time National League Home Run Leader (1929, 1931-1933)
• 2-time National League RBI Leader (1931, 1933)
• National League Stolen Base Leader (1932)
• Hit 4-home runs in one game July 19, 1936
• Philadelphia Phillies Jersey retired (2001)
• Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame (1980)

Tom Yawkey - owner Boston Red Sox

Ron Guidry - New York Yankees

Ron Guidry commemoratives

Ron Guidry -- "Louisiana Lightning" "Gator", played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Guidry was also the pitching coach of the Yankees from 2006 to 2007
Guidry's major league career began in 1975. He was a member of World Series-winning Yankees teams in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 1978, winning 25 games and losing only 3. He also won five Gold Glove Awards and appeared in four All-Star games. Guidry served as captain of the Yankees beginning in 1986; he retired from baseball in 1989. In 2003, the Yankees retired Guidry's uniform number (49) and dedicated a plaque to him in Monument Park - Wikipedia

Rogers Hornsby -

Rogers Hornsby - The Rajah

Infielder, manager, coach: played 23 seasons with St Louis Cardinals (1915-1926, 1933) New York Giants (1927) Boston Braves (1928) Chicago Cubs (1929-1932) St Louis Browns (1933-1937)

National League Most Valuable Player (1925, 1929)

Triple Crown (1922, 1925)

National League Batting Champion (1920-1925, 1928)

National League RBI Leader (1920-1922, 1925)

Manager: St Louis Cardinals (1925-1926) NY Giants (1927) Boston Braves (1928) Chicago Cubs (1930-1932) St Louis Browns (1933-1937, 1952) Cincinnati Reds (1952-1953)

Baseball Hall of Fame (1942)

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame (2014)

Rogers Hornsby example of a dual postmarked envelope spelling out a players name, signed by the player

Kenny Z  - Wheat Collector features envelopes with dual player name postmarks

Rogers Hornsby signed Cubs stationery - part of an auction for signed letter with envelope

Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team is named after the Twin Cities area which includes the two adjoining cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul

The franchise was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1901 as the Washington Senators. The team relocated to Minnesota and was renamed the "Minnesota Twins" at the start of the 1961 season. The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. The team played its inaugural game at Target Field on April 12, 2010. The franchise won the World Series in 1924 as the Senators, and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins - Wikipedia

Take Me Out to the Ballgame - 1962 meter cancel

1981

1988

1973 World Series - Oakland As v NY Mets

 1973 World Series : Oakland Athletics v New York Mets

October 13-21, 1973

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum - Shea Stadium

Oakland wins 4 games to 3 over the Mets

MVP: Reggie Jackson - Oakland Athletics

October 13, 1973 Oakland, Ca

Oakland was the defending World Champions and would go on to win their third consecutive championship in 1974

Johnny Vander Meer - No-hit game anniversary

June 11, 1998 Cincinnati, Oh

June 15, 1988 Brooklyn, NY

50th Anniversary commemorative

Johnny Vander Meer, left-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1937-1943, 1946-1949) Chicago Cubs (1950) Cleveland Indians (1951)

• 4-time All-star (1938, 1939, 1942, 1943)
• World Series Champion (1940)
• 3-time NL Strikeout Leader (1941-1943)
• Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame (1958)

Vandeer Meer made his major league debut with the Reds on April 22, 1937 (3-5 season record). June 11, 1938 Vander Meer threw a no-hit game against the Boston Bees in a 3-0 victory. Vander Meer's performance was backed by RBIs from Ernie Lombardi (2 - home run) and Ival Goodman

Danny MacFayden took the loss pitching 8 innings, giving up 6 hits, striking out 4

4-days later Vander Meer threw his second no-hit game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 6-0 with RBIs from Frank McCormick (3 - 2 home runs) Lew Riggs, Wally Berger and Harry Craft

Max Butcher took the loss for the Dodgers

1952 Vander Meer threw a no-hit game for the Tulsa Oilers against the Beaumont Roughnecks in the Tulsa League

Jared Weaver - No-Hit

May 2 2012, Anaheim, Ca

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim v Minnesota Twins

Jared Weaver pitched his first career no-hit game, walking 1 and striking out 9

The Angels backed his performance with 9 runs on RBIs from How Kendrick (3 - home run), Kendrys Morales (2 - home run), Mark Trumbo (2), Erick Aybar and Peter Bourjos

Liam Hendriks picked up the loss pitching 2.1 innings

Prior to the no-hit game, Weaver pitched a 4-hit shutout against the Kansas City Royals, April 6, 2012

Jared Weaver also had a Topps 1962-style stamp issued on 2011, as part of the Topps Heritage series, which mimicked the 1962 release