Baseball Stamps & Postmarks: January 2025

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Detroit Tigers : 2016

2016-Apr-08 Comerica Park Detroit, Mi - Opening Day

The Tigers defeat the New York Yankees 4-0

Jordan Zimmerman pitched 7 innings for the victory, Luis Severino takes the loss

Tiger RBIs: Miguel Cabrera (2 - 1 home run) Anthony Gose, Jose Iglesias

Founded as the Senators in 1901, the team changed names to the Nationals during the 1905-1955 , and then changed back to the Senators from 1956-1960. The names "Senators", "Nationals" and "Nat" were used interchangeably by fans and media. The team moved to Minnesota taking the name Twins in 1961

January 12, 1922 - Washington American League Base Ball Club

August 12, 1930 Washington American Base Ball Club

signed by Walter Johnson

September 10, 1931 Washington American Base Ball Club

signed by Walter Johnson

July 2, 1963 The Senators

Be A Senators Booster

January 23, 1964 The Senators

Season Ticket Plans

St Louis Cardinals : 1983

1983-Apr-05 Busch Stadium - St Louis Mo

Pittsburgh Pirates 7 – 1 St Louis Cardinals

PIT RBI: Jason Thompson (HR), Lee Lacy (HR), Tony Pena, Dale Berra (HR), Lee Mazzilli (HR)

STL RBI: George Hendrick

Pitching: PIT John Candelaria (W 9-innings) STL Bob Forsch (L 5.1-innings)

Jim Kaat entered the game in relief on the 7th inning in his 25th season

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

World Series - 2019 : Houston Astros v Washington Nationals

October 30, 2019 Houston Tx - Washington DC

2019 World Series

Oct 22-30

Washington Nationals (Nationals Park) v Houston Astros (Minute MaidPark)

Nationals defeat the Astros 4 games to 3

MVP: Stephen Strasburg - Nationals pitcher

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

All-Star Game : 2013 Citi Field

2013-Jul-16 Flushing NY - Citi Field

The American League shut out the National League for the third time in All-Star game history; the National League has six shutouts. This game marks the first time that there have been shutouts in consecutive All-Star games

MVP: Mariano Rivera (NYY) - Rivera, who retired at the end of the season, was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. Rivera pitched in the 8th inning and retired all 3 batters he faced. He was the first reliever selected to an All-Star team to ever receive the award, as well as the first pitcher since Pedro Martínez in 1999. Given his pending retirement, the award was given in recognition of his outstanding career

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Oklahoma City Oklahoma - MiLB

1992-April-11 Oklahoma City Ok

Olympic Baseball stamp second day postmark

1980s business envelope

Oklahoma City has been home to professional baseball for all but a few years since 1904, when the Metropolitans (Mets) were established as the city's first team.

Oklahoma City 89ers played from 1962 to 1997. The 89ers played in the Triple-A American Association (AA) in 1962, moved to the Pacific Coast League from 1963 to 1968, and returned to the AA from 1969 to 1997. the 89ers rejoined the PCL in 1998

Oklahoma City Comets (2025–present) - Los Angeles Dodgers

Oklahoma City Baseball Club (2024) - Los Angeles Dodgers

Oklahoma City Dodgers (2015–2023) - Los Angeles Dodgers

Oklahoma City RedHawks (2009–2014) - Texas Rangers, Houstons Astros

Oklahoma RedHawks (1998–2008) - Texas Rangers

Oklahoma City 89ers (1962–1997) - Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Hall of Fame - 1979: Mays, Wilson, Giles

Aug 5, 1979 Induction - National Baseball Hall of Fame

Cooperstown, NY

Willie Mays

New York/San Francisco Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972)

New York Mets (1972-1973)

Hack Wilson

New York Giants (1923-1925) - - Chicago Cubs (1926-1931)

Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1934) - - Philadelphia Phillies (1934)

Warren Giles

President, GM - Cincinnati Reds (1937-1951)

National League President (1951-1969)

Monday, January 20, 2025

Jason Bay

2004-Nov-08 Pittsburgh Pa

Jason Bay - Canadian-American professional baseball left fielder who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball. Initially drafted by the Montreal Expos, he played for the San Diego Padres (2003), Pittsburgh Pirates (2003-2008), Boston Red Sox (2008-2009), New York Mets (2010-2012) Seattle Mariners (2013)

Bay debuted with the Padres on May 23, 2003, getting his first major league hit, a home run, in the ninth inning. Two days later, he suffered a broken right wrist after being hit by a pitch. August 26, 2003, Bay was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, along with Óliver Pérez and Cory Stewart in exchange for Brian Giles. He finished the season with a .287 batting average, four home runs, and 14 RBI in 30 games.

2004: Bay batted .282 in 120 games, leading all major league rookies in home runs (26) and RBIs (82). He led all NL rookies in slugging percentage (.550), extra base hits (54) and total bases (226). With his 26 home runs, Bay broke a Pirates rookies record of 23 set by Johnny Rizzo in 1936 and matched by Ralph Kiner in 1946. Selected as the 2004 NL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News, Bay was the second Pittsburgh Pirates player honored with the award, after second baseman Johnny Ray in 1982. Bay was also the first Canadian player to win the award

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Lou Brock

1979-Aug-13 St Louis – Busch Stadium\

Chicago Cubs 2 – 3 St Louis Cardinals

Lou Brock 2-2 (3,000 hit)

CHC RBI: Mike Vail, Larry Bittner

STL RBI: Gary Templeton, George Hendrick, Keith Hernandez

Pitching – CHC: Willie Hernandez (L 2.1-innings) STL Mark Littell {L 2-innings)

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Missouri

Collins cachet

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Hall of Fame - 2016 : Griffey, Piazza

2016-jul-24 Cooperstown NY Hall of Fame Inductions

Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 6, 2016; Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Hall of Fame.