Opening Day : 1991 - Houston Astros v Cincinnati Reds

1991-Apr-08 Cincinnati OH

Houston Astros 2 - 6 Cincinnati Reds

HOU RBI: Steve Finley, Craig Biggio (HR)

CIN RBI: Tom Browning 3, Hal Morris, Barry Larkin (HR), Chris Sabo

HOU pitching: Mike Scott L(4-innings)

CIN pitching: Tom Browning W(8.1-innings)

Los Angeles Dodgers

1998-Apr-07 Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles

Arizona Diamondbacks 1 – 9 Los Angeles Dodgers

ARI RBI: Karim Garcia

LAD RBI: Todd Hollandsworth 3 (HR), Eric Young Sr 2, José Vizcaíno 2, Thomas Howard (HR), Todd Zeile

Pitching: ARI – Willie Blair (L 3.2-innings) LAD – Chan Ho park (W 6-innings)

Play Ball!

Play Ball! Another Home Run Season

2003-Mar-31 Perth Amboy NJ

Postmark was also used in Brick NJ, Flemington NJ, Red Bank NJ

San Diego Padres : 2002

2002-Apr-08 Qualcom Stadium San Diego CA

Padres opened the season on the road with a 2-5 record

Arizona Diamondback 0 – 8 San Diego Padres

SDP RBI: D'Angelo Jimenez 2(HR); Phil Nevin 2(HR); Brian Lawrence; Mark Kotsay

ARI pitching: Brian Anderson L(4-innings)

SDP pitching: Brian Lawrence W(9-innings complete game)

New York Yankees - 2003

2003-Apr-08 Yankee Stadium Bronx NY

Yankees started the seasons on the road with a 3-4 record

Minnesota Twins 3 – 7 New York Yankees

MIN RBI: Torii Hunter 2; Matt LeCroy

NYY RBI: Hideki Matsui 4(HR); Robin Ventura 2(HR); Raúl Mondesí

MIN pitching: Joe Mays L(5-innings)

NYY pitching: Andy Petitte W(5.2-innings)

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)

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)

Baltimore Orioles : 1993

1993-Apr-05 Oriole Park at Camden Yards - Baltimore

Texas Rangers 7 – 4 Baltimore Orioles

TEX RBI: Dean Palmer (HR) , Juan Gonzalez (HR), Rafael Palmeiro

BAL RBI: Cal Ripken JR 2, Mike Devereaux 2

Pitching: TEX – Craig Lefferts (W 6-innings) BAL – Rick Sutcliffe (L 6-innings) 

St Louis Cardinals - 2006 : Opening Day

2006-Apr-10 Bush Stadium - St Louis Mo

Milwaukee Brewers 4 – 6 St Louis Cardinals

Attendance: 41,936

MIL RBI: Bill Hall 2(HR), Rickie Weeks, Prince Fielder

STL RBI: Mark Mulder 2 (HR), Scott Rolen 2, Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols (HR)

Pitching: MIL – Tomo Ohka (L 4-innings) STL – Mark Mulder (W 8-innings)

Mulder had 2 hits in 3 AB, with 1 BB

The stadium opened on 2006-April-04 with an exhibition between the minor league Memphis Redbirds and Springfield Cardinals (both affiliates of the St. Louis Cardinals) 

 

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

Opening Day : 1968 Twins v Senators

1968-Apr-10 DC Stadium Washington DC

Minnesota Twins 2-0 Washington Senators

MIN RBI: Harmon Killebrew (HR), Bob Allison (HR)

Pitching: MIN Dean Chance (W 9-innings) WAS Camilo Pascual (L 8-innings)

 

Opening Day : 1975 Dodgers v Reds

1975-Apr-07 Cincinnati Oh - Riverfront Stadium

Los Angeles Dodgers 1-2 Cincinnati Reds

LAD RBI: Steve Garvey

CIN RBI: George Foster; Dave Concepción

Pitching: LAD Charlie Hough (L 1.2-innings) CIN Pat Darcy (W 2-innings)

 

Cincinnati Reds - 1982

April 5, 1982 Cincinnati, Oh - Opening Day

Riverfront Stadium

Cincinnati Red 2-3 Chicago Cubs

Reds RBI: Mike Vail, Ron Oester

Cubs RBI: Keith Moreland 2 (HR), Bump Wills (HR)

Reds Pitching: Mario Soto (start -L 7 innings)

Cubs Pitching: Doug Bird (start - W 7 innings)

Toronto Blue Jays - 1995 Spring Training - Opening Day

April 3, 1995 Dunedin, Fla

April 26, 1995 Toronto, Ont, Canada

signed by Galen Cisco (1961-1969 Boston Red Sox, New York met, Kansas City Royals)

Following his playing career Galen Cisco joined the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987 as a pitching coach until the end of the 1995 season

Found several envelopes with dual Dunedin and Toronto postmarks, all signed by various ballplayers at Heritage Auctions. Intrigued by the meaning behind these covers I looked further.

Dunedin is the home of the Toronto Blue Jays minor league team the Dunedin Blue jays as well as the spring training site for the Toronto team.

Spring training started with replacement players as the Major League players were on strike. After an agreement settled on April 2. This pushed the start of "official" spring training to April 3 with the regular season starting on April 26

April 26 - The Toronto Blue Jays opened the 1995 when they hosted the Oakland Athletics at the Skydome

I can therfore determine that this collector had attended spring training in Dunedin, obtained postmarks and autographs, and then had the Toronto postmark applied on opening day 

New York Yankees -1989

 

1989-Apr-07 Yankee Stadium - Bronx NY

Cleveland Indians 4 – 2 NY Yankees

CLE RBI: Joe Carter 3 (HR); Brook Jacoby

NYY RBI: Don Slaught 2

Pitching: CLE – Rich Yett W(8.1-innings) - - NYY - John Candelaria L(7-innings)

1989-Apr-30 Yankee Stadium - Bronx NY

Chicago White Sox 5 - 2 NY Yankees

CHW RBI: Ron Karkovice (HR)

NYY RBI: Don Slaught 3; Hal Morris; Steve Sax

Pitching: CHW - Melido Perez L(4.1-innings) NYY - John Candelaria W(5.1-innings)

1989-Sep-30 Yankee Stadium - Bronx NY

Detroit Tigers 2 - 9 NY Yankees

DET RBI: Fred Lynn, Doug Strange

NYY RBI: Álvaro Espinoza 3; Don Mattingly 2 (HR); Brian Dorsett 2; Luis Polonia; Steve Sax

Pitching: DET - Kevin Ritz L(5-innings) -- NYY - Andy Hawkins W(6-innings)

Cincinnati Reds - 1986

April 7, 1986 Cincinnati, Oh - Opening Day

David C cachet

Cincinnati Reds 7-4 Philadelphia Phillies

Reds RBI: Eric Davis (3 - HR), Dave Parker (HR), Ron Oester, Dave Concepcion, Bo Diaz

Phillies RBI: Von Hayes, Mike Schmidt (HR), Glenn Wilson

Reds Pitching: Mario Soto (start - W 5.2 innings)

Phillies Pitching: Steve Carlton (start - L 4 innings)

Los Angeles Dodgers - 1994 Opening Day

1994-April-05 Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, Ca

Florida Marlins 3-4 LA Dodgers

Marlins RBI: Kurt Abbott (2-HR), Jeff Conine (HR)

LAD RBI: Mike Piazza, Brett Butler, Jeff Treadway, Eric Karros

Marlins pitching: Charlie Hough (Start-6 innings) Jeremy Hernandez (L)

LAD pitching: Orel Hershiser (start-6 innings) Jim Gott (W)

Raul Mondesi, right field 0-4, rookie season

Mondesi appeared in 42 games in 1993 for the Dodgers

Batting ave .291, OPS .811, RBI - 10

He did not meet rookie eligibility for the 1993 season

Mondesi played 13 seasons for the LA Dodgers (1993-1999) Toronto Blue Jays (2000-2002)

New York Yankees (2002-2003) Arizona Diamondbacks (2003) Pittsburgh Pirates (2004)

Anaheim angels (2004) Atlanta Braves (2004)

• National League Rookie of the Year - 1994
• All-Star - 1995
• 2-time Gold Glove Award - 1995, 1997
• 2-time 30-30 club

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."

New York Yankees - 1993

1993-Apr-12 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

Yankees home opener brings a 4-3 road record to the Stadium

Kansas City Royals 1-4 NY Yankees

Royals RBI: George Brett

Yankees RBI: Paul O'Neill, Kevin Maas, Wade Boggs

Pitching: Jim Abbott (W) David Cone (L)

New York Yankees - 1988

1988-Apr-05 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - Opening Day

Minnesota Twins 0-8 NY Yankees

Rick Rhoden pitched a complete game shutout, giving up 3 hits, striking out 4 and walking no batters

Yankees RBI: Mike Pagliarulo 3 (HR), Rickey Henderson 2 (HR), Don Mattingly, Joel Skinner, Dave Winfield

Frank Viola took the loss for the Twins

1988-Sep-25 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

Boston Red Sox 6-0 NY Yankees

Boston RBI: Mike Greenwell (HR), Dwight Evans (HR), Jody Reed

Roger Clemens (W) pitched 7-innings giving up 5 hits, striking out 7, walking 2

Rick Rhoden (L) pitching 8-innings giving up 9 hits, 5 strikeouts, 4 walks