New York Yankees - 1979

Apr 5, 1979 Valley Stream, NY

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - Opening Day

Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 NY Yankees

Brewers RBI: Don Money 2, Sixto Lezcano, Charlie Moore, Cecil Coopeer

NYY RBI: Cliff Johnson

Brewers pitching ; Mike Caldwell complete game victory

NYY Pitching: Ron Guidry (L - 5.2 innings)

Aug 2, 1979 Valley Stream, NY

Thurman Munson (June 7, 1947 - August 2, 1979)

during an off-day, Munson died at age 32 while practicing landing his Cessna Citation I/SP airplane at Akron-Canton Airport. The Yankees honored him immediately by retiring his uniform #15 and dedicating a plaque to him in Monument Park

European Cup - San Marino - 2007

2007 European Baseball Championships - September 7-16 held by the national baseball teams of the Confederation of European Baseball

The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain

Netherlands won the tournament

Great Britain finished second with Spain coming in third

 

1972 - Taiwan Little League

Sep 9, 1972

Commemorating the winning of twin championships of the 1972 Little League Worlds series by the Republic of China teams

Overprint of commemorative 143

 

World Baseball Cup : 2009

2009 Baseball World Cup

The 38th international men's amateur baseball tournament, sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation. Games were played in 27 cities across 8 European countries from September 9 - 27. Games were played in Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, San Marino, Spain and Sweden, with Italy host nation

The United States defeated Cuba in the final, Canada finished in third place

Justin Smoak was named tournament MVP

St Louis Cardinals - 140 years

March 25, 2022 St Louis, Mo

The first reported baseball game played in St Louis was on July 9, 1860 between the Cyclones and the Morning Stars, two local clubs

The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (National Association) was founded in 1871 and continued until 1875. In 1875 the league had two teams from St Louis: the Red Stockings and the Brown Stockings. The Brown Stockings continued as part of the National League for two seasons (1876-1877)

By 1882 the Brown Stockings went through several reorganizations until they became a stable organization and joined the American Association. The name was shortened to the Browns for the 1883 season. 1899 the team was renamed the Perfectos. The Perfectos uniform featured cardinal red trim and sox striping. A fan was heard to declare "What a lovely shade of Cardinal", and the nickname was adopted in the 1900 season

1902, an American League team moved from Milwaukee to St Louis taking the name St Louis Browns. 1953 the team relocated to Baltimore as the Orioles

St Louis Maroons - Union Association (1884) National League (1885-1886)

Pan-American Games : 1951 - -

The Pan American (Pan Am) Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games. The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter

October 26, 1959

Panama issued a set of six stamps commemorating the 1959 Pan-American Games, Chicago, Il between August 28 and September 7Baseball at the Pan-American Games consisted of 9 participants. Games were played at Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field, Chicago

Venezuela - Gold; Puerto Rico - Silver; United States - Bronze

The games were originally awarded to Cleveland, but they had to withdraw their bid to host the event. Chicago and Sao Paulo, Brazil came forward to take over the games, with Chicago being selected to host the event

1971 - Cali, Colombia

Cuba - Gold; United States - Silver, Colombia - Bronze

1987 Indianapolis, In

Cuba - Gold, United States - Silver; Puerto Rico - Bronze

Artmaster included the sport of baseball on their cachet for the 1987 Pan Am Games issue, commemorating the games held in Indianapolis, In

1991 Havana, Cuba

Cuba - Gold; Puerto Rico - Silver; United States - Bronze

1999 Dominican  Republic - (Winnipeg, Canada)

Cuba - Gold; United States - Silver; Canada - Bronze

St Vincent - Hall of Fame : 1988-1989

December 15, 1988

July 23, 1989

First day covers for the St Vincent Baseball Hall of Fame series are seen with one of 2 different postmarks

St Vincent and the Grenadines, former British colony in the Winward Islands, has produced stamps since 1861. these featured the British monarchs head or the ER Mongram and crown until 1970. Stamps were then printed with "St. Vincent" until 1992 when stamps began carrying the "St. Vincent and the Grenadines" title

Since 1988 the country has been client of the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC), which has been criticized for inappropriate (stamp subjects not related to the country) and excessive issues. The IGPC represents over 70 different countries

Finlandia - 1995

Paivi Ikola

Female baseball player of the year 1985, 1991

Queen of Progress 1990-1991

Best Top Performer 1987-1988, 1990-1991

12-time East-West match (All-Star)

Team: Ikaalinen Tarmo

Jari Kurri is also featured on the souvenir sheet

Kurri played in the NHL:

Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Colorado Avalanche

Ivan Rodriguez

October 3, 1999 Anaheim, Ca - Angels Stadium of Anaheim

Texas Rangers  0-1 Anaheim Angels

Angels RBI: Tim Salmon (HR)

Pitching: Jarrod Washburn (W-Angels) Mike Morgan (L-Rangers)

Ivan Rodriguez (DH) 0-4, 1 strikeout

Ivan Rodriguez: 1999 .332 BA, 35 home runs, 25 stolen bases, 113 RBI

American League MVP

Career:

Texas Rangers (1991-2002, 2009)

Florida Marlins (2003)

Detroit Tigers (2004-2008)

New York Yankees (2008)

Houston Astros (2009)

Washington Nationals (2010-2011)

• 14-time All-Star
• AL MVP - 1999
• NLCS MVP - 2003
• 13-time Gold Glove
• 7-time Silver slugger
• Texas Rangers #7 retired - August 12, 2017
• Texas Rangers Hall of Fame - 2013
• Washington Nationals Ring of Honor - August 28, 2017
• Baseball Hall of Fame - 2017

Stamp Show - Tupex

Jan 23, 1981 Tucson, Arizona

Tupex Exhibition Station

 

Robbie Ross - Rookie Record

Apr 25, 2012 Arlington, Tx - Ballpark in Arlington

Robbie Ross: Rookie Record 4 victories in 6 relief appearances

His first major league victory came on April 14, 2012 against the Minnesota Twins in relief of You Darvish

2012 - 58 games: 6(W) - 0(L) 2.22 ERA, 47 strikeouts, 23 walks

Texas Rangers (2012-2014) Boston Red Sox (2105-2017)

Career: 16(W) - 12(L), 274 strikeouts, 3.92 ERA

1971 - Taiwan : Little League Champions

stamp ceremony program

Sep 9, 1971

the Taiwan Giants Little Leaguers of the Republic of china won the 25th Little League World Series Championship August 28, 1971

The stamps, originally the Chungshan Building definitive are overprinted with twelve Chinese characters: 

中華少年棒球世界冠軍紀念

meaning "Commemorating the Little Leaguers of the Republic of China winning the Little League World Series" along with an image of a pitcher

the 1.00 value is overprinted in purple, 2.50 and 3.00 overprinted in deep red