All-Star Game : 1969 Washington DC

1994-Jul-23 Washington DC

25th Anniversary 1969 All-Star Game (cachet indicates 40th Anniversary)

1969-Jul-23 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium - Washington, D.C.

American League 9 – 3 National League

MVP: Willie McCovey (SFG)

Boston Braves - 1948 Anniversary

1998-Sep-26 Allston MA

50^th Anniversary 1948 NL pennant

In 1948, the team won the National League pennant by capturing 91 games to finish 6.5 places ahead of the second–place St. Louis Cardinals. The pitching staff was anchored by Hall of Famer Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain, who won 39 games between them. The Braves lost the 1948 World Series in six games to the Cleveland Indians (who had beaten the Red Sox in a tie-breaker game to spoil an all-Boston World Series). 

1948 NL pennant was the only one the Braves would win while in Boston. The Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953

Sibby Sister, infielder: Boston Bees / Boston Braves / Milwaukee Braves (1939–1942, 1946–1954)

New York Yankees - 1986

1986-Apr-08 Yankee Stadium - New York NY

Kansas City Royals 2 - 4 New York Yankees

KCR RBI: Hal MacRae 2 (HR)

NYY RBI: Butch Wynegar 3(HR), Willie Randolph

KCR pitching: Bud Black L(7-innings)

NYY pitching: Ron Guidry W (5-innings) Dave Righetti S(1.2-innings)

World Series : 1946 St Louis Cardinals v Boston Red Sox

1996-Oct-15 St Louis Mo

50th Anniversary 1946 World Series

1946-Oct-06/15

St. Louis Cardinals (4) Boston Red Sox (3)

Sportsman's Park (STL) - Fenway Park (BOS)

World Series : 1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates v New York Yankees

1994-Oct-13 Pittsburgh Pa

34th Anniversary Bill Mazeroski's game winning home run in game 7 of the series

1960-Oct-5/13

Pittsburgh Pirates (4) - New York Yankees (3)

Forbes Field (PIT) - Yankee Stadium (NYY)

MVP Bobby Richardson (NYY) 

World Series : 1954 - New York Giants v Cleveland Indians

1994-Oct-02 Cleveland Oh - 40th Anniversary

1954-Sep-29 – Oct-02

Polo Grounds (NYG) - Cleveland Stadium (CLE)

New York Giants (4) Cleveland Indians (0)

"The Catch" occurred during Game 1 of this series, when Giants center fielder Willie Mays snared a long drive by Vic Wertz near the outfield wall with his back to the infield

New York Yankees : 2002

2002-Apr-05 Yankee Stadium - Bronx NY

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 – 4 New York Yankees

NYY RBI: Derek Jeter; Alfonso Soriano; Nick Johnson

Pitching – TBD Joe Kennedy (L5-innings 8-hits 4-Ks) NYY Andy Pettite (W 6-innings 2-hits 6-Ks)

Legends of Baseball : All-Century Team - 2000

2000-Jul-07 Cooperstown NY

Uncle Sam Stamp Club - Troy NY

Valleypex - Buffalo NY : Masonic Baseball

2006-Jun-17 Valleypex Station - Buffalo NY

Masonic Baseball Players

Masons and Baseball

Team picture includes

Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Herb Pennock, Dazzy Vance,Red Rolfe, Rube Walberg

 

Hall of Fame - 2015 : Johnson, Martínez, Biggio, Smoltz

2015-Jul-26 Induction Day - Cooperstown NY

Randy Johnson - 1988-2009

Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants

Pedro Martínez - 1992-2009

Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies

Craig Biggio - 1988-2007

Houston Astros

John Smoltz 1988-2009

Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, St Louis Cardinals

Hall of Fame - 2024 : Beltré, Helton, Mauer, Leyland

National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction

2024-Jul-21 Cooperstown NY

Adrián Beltré - 1998-2018

Los Angeles Dodgers; Seattle Mariners; Boston Red Sox; Texas Rangers

Todd Helton - 1997-2013

Colorado Rockies

Joe Mauer - 2004-2018

Minnesota Twins

Jim Leyland manager - 1986-2013

Pittsburgh Pirates; Florida Marlins; Colorado Rockies; Detroit Tigers

David Ortiz : Boston Red Sox

2015-Sep-12 Tropicana Field - St Petersburg Fl

David Ortiz 500th Career Home Run

Boston Red Sex 10 – 4 Tampa Bay Rays

BOS RBI: David Ortiz 4 (2HR); Dustin Pedroia 3 (HR); Travis Shaw 2 (HR); Mookie Betts (HR).

TBR RBI: John Jaso 2 (HR); Richie Shaffer (HR); Luke Maile

Pitching: BOS – Rick Porcello (W 7-innings) TBR Matt Moore (L 5-innings)

Hall of Fame - 2023 : McGriff, Rolen

National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction

2023-Jul-23 Cooperstown NY

Fred McGriff - 1986-2004

Toronto Blue Jays; San Diego Padres; Atlanta Braves; Tampa Bay Devil Rays; Chicago Cubs; 

Los Angeles Dodgers

Scott Rolen - 1996-2012

Philadelphia Phillies; St. Louis Cardinals; Toronto Blue Jays; Cincinnati Reds

 

Ken Griffey Jr : 2008

2008-Jul-16 Washington DC

Despite being ranked second in the National League All-Star voting for outfielders for most of the first half of the season, Griffey finished fourth with 2,907,746 ballots, 87,000 votes behind Kosuke Fukudome. He was not selected to the All-Star Game as a reserve. At the All-Star Break, Griffey was batting .239 with 12 home runs and 42 runs batted in. "I always have a backup plan... If you can't hit a tough lefty, bunt. If you can't hit a tough righty, bunt. If you can't go to the All-Star Game, go to the Bahamas," Griffey said.

2008-Jul-15 Bronx New York – Yankee Stadium - 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League and the National League, the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. 

 

Hall of Fame - 2006: Sutter

2006-July-30 Hall of Fame Induction, Cooperstown, NY

Bruce Sutter - 1976-1988

Chicago Cubs;  St Louis Cardinals; Atlanta Braves

The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, voting Bruce Sutter into the Hall.

2005-Jul-26 the Hall announced that its board of directors had approved a special election to be held in 2006, by the Committee on African-American Baseball, of Negro leagues and pre-Negro leagues candidates. The Committee selected 17 players and executives for induction: Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, José Méndez, Alex Pompez, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, Jud Wilson, Effa Manley, owner of the Newark Eagles from 1935 to 1948; Cum Posey, owner of the Homestead Grays from 1920 to 1946; J. L. Wilkinson, owner of the All Nations and Kansas City Monarchs teams from 1912 to 1948.

Hall of Fame - 1981 : Gibson, Mize, Foster

National Baseball Hall of Fame

1981-Aug-02 Cooperstown NY

Bob Gibson 1959-1975 - St Louis Cardinals

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Johnny Mize - 1936-1953

St Louis Cardinals; New York Giants; New York Yankees

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Rube Foster - 1902-1914

Chicago Union Giants; Cuban X-Giants; Philadelphia Giants; Leland Giants; Chicago American Giants;  Louisville White Sox

Manager: Leland Giants; Chicago American Giants; Louisville White Sox

Negro Leagues President, founder

198-Aug-02 Cooperstown NY

Ernie Harwell - Sportscaster - Ford C Frick Award

 

Lou Brock Day : St Louis Cardinals

1979-Sep-09 St Louis - Busch Stadium

Lou Brock Day - Jersey Retirement #20

Montreal Expos 4 - 1 St Louis Cardinals

Lou Brock 0-2 (2BB)

MON RBI: Rodney Scott, Larry Parrish, Gary Carter (HR), Ellis Valentine

STL RBI: Ted Simmons (HR)

Pitching – MON: Rudy May (W 5.22-innings) STL Pete Vuckovich (L 7-innings)

At the end of the 1979 season, Brock was named the National League Comeback Player of the Year — the first player to be so named in his final Major League season