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

Don Baylor : New York Yankees

Aug 29, 1985 New York - Yankee Stadium

Don Baylor set the American League record of most times hit by a pitch with 190, when he was hit by Kirk McCaskill

The Yankees defeated the California Angels 4-0

Don Baylor - Batting ave .260, 338 home runs 1,276 RBI

• Baltimore Orioles 1970-1975
• Oakland Athletics 1976, 1988
• California Angels 1977-1982
• New York Yankees 1983-1985
• Boston Red Sox 1986-1987
• Minnesota Twins 1987
• Colorado Rockies - Mgr 1993-1998
• Chicago Cubs - Mgr 2000-2002

Dennis Martinez

1991-July-28 Los Angeles - Dodger Stadium

Dennis "EL Presidente" Martinez pitched a perfect game as the Montreal Expos defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.  The first Nicaraguan to play in the majors, Martinez is the first Latin pitcher to throw a perfect game. Martinez threw 96 pitches, 66 for strikes with 5 strikeouts

Martinez played from 1976-1998 for the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves

Career:

• W-L record 245-193
• ERA 3.60
• Strikeouts 2,149
• 4-time All-Star
• MLB Wins Leaders 1981
• MLB ERA Leader 1991
• Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame - 2002
• Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame - 2016

Benito Santiago : San Diego Padres

September 26, 1987 Los Angeles -  Dodger Stadium

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the San Diego Padres 4-3

Benito Santiago, catcher for the Padres set an all-time rookie record hitting in 28 straight games

October 2, 1987 San Diego - Jack Murphy Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers 10 - San Diego Padres 3

Santiago established a new rookie record of 34 game hitting streak

Santiago played from 1986-2005 for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs

Career: batting ave .263, 920 RBI, 217 home runs

Ryne Sandberg : Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs

1997-Apr-26 Chicago IL

267th Career Home Run

Ryne Sandberg played major league baseball for 16 years for the Philadelphia Phillies and  Chicago Cubs (1981-1994, 1996-1997)

Sandberg made 10 consecutive appearances in the All-Star Game (1984-1993) and won 9 consecutive Gold Glove Awards (1983-1991)

• NL MVP (1984)
• 7-time Silver Slugger Award (1984, 1985, 1988-1992)
• NL Home Run Leader (1990)
• 282 Career Home Runs
• 1,061 RBI

Baseball Hall of Fame - 2005
Cubs retire #23 - Aug 28, 2005

Don Mattingly : New York Yankees

1984-Sep-30 - Yankee Stadium - New York, NY

Mattingly wins Batting Title with .343 average

1985-Oct-03 - Yankee Stadium - New York

Breaks Roger Maris RBI record

1985-Nov-20 New York, NY - American League MVP

1986-Oct-04/05 - Fenway Park - Boston, Ma

Record for most hits and most doubles in a season

1987-Jul-19 New York, NY - Gold Glove presentation for 1986 season

1987-Jul-18 - Arlington Stadium - Arlington, Texas

8 consecutive games with a home run

1987-Sep-29 - Yankee Stadium - New York, NY

Records 6-Grand Slams in a single season

1988-Dec-07 New York, NY

Voted his 4th consecutive Gold Glove Award

Don Mattingly spent his entire 14-year career with the New York Yankees, earning the nicknames "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hit Man"

6-time All-Star (1984-1989)

AL MVP (1985)

9-time Gold Glove Award (1985-1989, 1991-1994)

3-time Silver Slugger Award (1985-1987

AL Batting Champion (1984)

AL RBI Leader (1985)

New York Yankees retired his #23 - 1997-August-31

Nolan Ryan

1980-July-04 Houston, Tx. Cincinnati, Ohio, New York postmarks

Riverfront Stadium - Ryan earns 3,000 career strikeout in a loss against the Reds

1981-Sept-26 Astrodome - Houston, Texas

5th career No-hit game, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers

1983-Apr-27 Olympic Stadium - Montreal

3509th career strikeout

1985-July-11 Astrodome - Houston, Texas

4,000 career strikeout, defeating the New York Mets

1989-Aug-22 - Arlington Stadium - Arlington Tx

5000 strikeouts

1990-June-11 - Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (postmarked the following day)

6th Career No-hit game

1990-July-31 - Milwaukee - County Stadium

300th Career Victory.

I had originally sent some envelopes to Arlington, Texas prior to Ryan's first attempt at the 300th victory. Unfortunately he did not win. On his next attempt at Milwaukee I sent some envelopes there. I was pleasantly surprised to see the Postmaster at Arlington held the covers and canceled them on the day Ryan pitched his 300th career victory.  the result is a pair of envelopes canceled at Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee.

1990-Jul-31 Milwaukee Wi

300th Victory - Gateway silk cachet

1992-June-16 Anaheim, Ca

The California Angels retire Nolan Ryan's jersey

December 13, 1993 Alvin, Tx

Alvin Express Station - Home of Nolan Ryan

1996-Sept-15 Arlington, Tx

Rangers Retire Ryan's Jersey - - Bevil cachet

1996-Sept-29 Houston, Tx

Astros Retire Ryan's Jersey

Geerling and Zaso silk cachets

1999-July-25 Arlington, Tx commemorative cancel for Nolan Ryan's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Collection of Ryan related cachets