Gameday Postmark - This Day in Baseball

Boston Red Sox v St Louis Browns

May 9, 1939 Sportsman's Park, St Louis, Mo

Red Sox 10-8 Browns

Red Sox RBI: Jimmie Foxx 3 (HR); Ted Williams 3 (HR); Doc Cramer 2; Jim Tabor; Jim Bagby

Browns RBI: Beau Bell 3 (HR); Billy Sullivan 2 (HR); George McQuinn 2; Myril Hoag

Pitchers: Joe Heving (W-Red Sox) Ed Cole (L-Browns)

Baseball Card Show : Philadelphia

1984-Jan-28 Philadelphia, Pa - Mid-Winter Baseball Collectors Show

Del Ennis - Philadelphia Phillies

1985-Feb-16 Lancaster, Pa

Jeff Stone - Philadelphia Phillies

1984-Jun-30 Philadelphia, Pa

Juan Samuel - Philadelphia Phillies

1984-Jul-07 Bensalem

Juan Samuel - Philadelphia Phillies

1984-Jul-28 Valley Forge Show, King of Prussia, Pa

Glenn Wilson - Detroit Tigers

1984-Dec-01 Delaware Valley Show

Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox

 

Tampa Bay Rays (Devil Rays)

CEO Sports official commemorative cachet

Tampa Bay Rays (Devil Rays 1998-2007)

After three decades of unsuccessfully trying to bring a franchise to the Tampa Bay area, an ownership group led by Vince Naimoli was approved on March 9, 1995

All-Star Game - 2015 Cincinnati

 

July 14, 2015 Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati, Oh

American League 6-3 National League

Mike Trout: MVP

Attendance: 43,656

AL RBI: Prince Fielder (2); Brian Dozier (HR); Mike Trout (HR); Lorenzo Cain; Manny Machado

NL RBI: Andrew McCutchen (HR); Jhonny Peralta; Brandon Crawford

Starting pitchers: Dallas Keuchel (AL)  Zack Greinke (NL)

New York Mets - 2021

April 8, 2021 Citi Field, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3-2 Miami Marlins

Mets RBI: Michael Conforto, Dominic Smith, Jeff McNeil (HR)

Marlins RBI: Corey Dickerson, Jesus Aguilar

Pitchers: Edwin Diaz (Mets-W) Anthony Bass (Marlins-L)

In their 2021 home opener, the Mets win on a controversial call at home plate. With bases loaded and the gscore at 2-2 Michael Conforto was barely hit by the pitch. Home plate umpire Ron Kulpa awarded Conforto 1st base, bringing in the winning run. He later stated "The guy was hit by the pitch in the strike zone. I should have called him out."

Willie Stargell

 

Aug 5, 1994 Los Angeles Dodgers

25th Anniversary of Willie Stargell's blast out of Dodger Stadium, clearing the right field roof

The Pirates would defeat the Dodgers 11-3

Hall of Fame Induction - July 31, 1988

Pittsburgh pictorial commemorative postmark

Willie "Pops" Stargell - left field and first base:

Pittsburgh Pirates 1962-1982

Batting ave: .282

Hits: 2,232

RBI: 1,540

Home Runs: 475

7-time All-Star

2-time World Series Champion

NL MVP - 1979

NLCS MVP - 1979

World Series MVP - 1979

2-time NL Home Run Leader

NL RBI Leader - 1973

Roberto Clemente Award - 1974

Pittsburgh Pirates retired jersey #8 - 1982

Baseball Hall of Fame - 1988

New York Mets - Old-Timers Day

 May 20, 1989 Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the 1969 Mets World Series Championship

May 20, 1989 Flushing, NY - Shea Stadium

NY Mets lose to the San Francisco Giants 3-0

SF Giants RBI: Will Clark (HR), Ken Oberkfell, Kevin Mitchell (HR)

Pitchers: Mike Krukow (SFG-W)  Bob Ojeda (NYM-L)

Ferguson Jenkins

May 25, 1982 Chicago - 3,000 Strikeouts

Chicago Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres 2-1 at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego

Jenkins took the loss, while striking out 4

Ferguson Jenkins

Philadelphia Phillies (1965-1966) -  - Chicago Cubs (1966-1973, 1982-1983)

Texas Rangers (1974-1975, 1978-1981) -  - Boston Red Sox (1976-1977)

• 3-time All-Star
• NL Cy Young Award - 1971
• 2-time wins leader - 1971, 1974
• NL Strikeout Leader - 1969
• Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame - 1987
• National Baseball Hall of Fame - 1991
• Ontario Sports Hall of Fame - 1995
• Canada's Walk of Fame - 2001
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame - 2004
• Chicago Cubs #31 Jersey retired - 2009

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame - 1987

Cy Young Award - 1991

Nov 13, 1991 New York, NY

Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox) and Tom Glavine (Atlanta Braves) announced as Cy Young Award winners

Clemens wins his 3rd Cy Young with an 18-10 record, 2.62 ERA and 241 strikeouts

Glavine won his first Cy Young with a 20-11 record, 2.55 ERA and 192 strikeouts

Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball. first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young

Hall of Fame - 2002 : Smith

July 28, 2002 Induction Day, Cooperstown, NY

Ozzie Smith

San Diego Padres (1978-1981)

St Louis Cardinals (1982-1996)

Baseball Card Show : Raritan, NJ

1990-April-01 Edison, NJ

1990-October-27/28 Edison, NJ

1992-Oct-26 Edison NJ

1992-March-29 Edison, NJ

1992-October-24 Edison, NJ