Roberto Clemente

1997-Oct-02 Pittsburgh Pa

25th Anniversary - Roberto Clemente's 3000 hit

1972-Sept-30 : Roberto Clemente's 3000th hit came when he doubled to left field on the first pitch he saw from Mets' starter Jon Matlack in the bottom of the fourth inning of the game

Pittsburgh Pirates : 1997

1997-Apr-11 Three Rovers Stadium - Pittsburgh Pa

Los Angeles Dodgers 7 - 1 Pittsburgh Pirates

LAD RBI: Greg Gagne 3; Raúl Mondesí 2 (HR); Wayne Kirby; Wilton Guerrero

PIT RBI: Mark Johnson

Pitching: LAD Ramón Martínez (W 7-innings) PIT Francisco Córdova  (L 7-innings)

Roberto Clemente (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) 25th Anniversary of Roberto Clemente's final year of play. His last game was October 11, 1972, at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium in the fifth and final game of the 1972 NLCS against the Cincinnati Reds

Babe Ruth - Roberto Clemente - Jackie Robinson

1983-Jul-06 Chicago Ill - Babe Ruth first day

1984-Aug-17 Carolina PR - Roberto Clemente first day

Evanscraft cachet

 

Heroes of Baseball - Argentina

1982-Apr-22 - Roberto Clemente

1982-Jun-12 Ted Williams

1982-Jun-12 Mickey Mantle

Zaso Silk cachet

Roberto Clemente - 1984

Murray cachet

All-Star Fan Fest : 1994 Pittsburgh

1994-July-8/12 Pittsburgh

Upper Deck All-Star Fan Fest

Roberto Clemente - 1984

 

Roy Voctow - Honor Pioneers #7 post card

Elysian Fields - Hoboken New Jersey : 1996

June 19 1996 Hoboken, New Jersey

The Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey were recreational parkland located on the city's northern riverfront in the 19th century. The area was a popular getaway destination for New Yorkers, offering a variety of sports, public spectacles and amusements (Wikipedia)

LS cachet #/100

1845, alexander Cartwright wrote down the rules for a new game that resembled Cricket or the children's game Rounders. He called the game Base Ball. On June 19, 1846, he gathered a group of people and they all hopped the ferry from Manhattan to Hoboken's Elysian Fields to participate in a game of Base Ball according to his written rules. The New Yorks defeated the Kinckerbockers 23 to 1. Cartwright served as the umpire - Project Ballpark

Nicaragua - 1984

Ventura Escalante - Dominican Republic

Daniel Herrera - Mexico

Adelberto Herrera - Venezuela

Roberto Clemente - Puerto Rico

Carlos Colas - Cuba

Stanley Cavasso - Agentina

Babe Ruth - United States of America

Hall of Fame - 1973 Clemente, Spahn, Irvin, Evans, Kelly, Welch

 

August 6, 1973 Cooperstown, NY

The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected : Warren Spahn (1942-1965 Boston-Milwaukee Braves, NY Mets, SF Giants). The BBWAA waived the waiting period for selection to the Hall to allow Roberto Clemente (1955-1972 Pittsburgh Pirates) to be inducted immediately following his death during a humanitarian mission

The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives, managers, umpires and early major league players and selected : umpire Billy Evans, George Kelly (1915-1932 NY giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers) and Mickey Welch (1880-1892 Troy Trojans, NY Giants)

The Negro Leagues Committee met in person and selected : Monte Irvin (1938-1956 Newark Eagles, NY Giants, Chicago Cubs)

Hall of Fame Induction day postmarked envelope used to collect autographs

Dave McDonald (NY Yankees 1969, Montreal Expos 1971)

June 12, 1989 Cooperstown NY - 50th Anniversary

Monte Irin commemorative

Warren Spahn stamp card from WoodsyCustomCards on etsy

B'nai B'rith Philatelic Service

Aug 2, 1982 Cooperstown, NY - Jackie Robinson

honoring Lipman E Pike

July 6, 1983  Chicago, Il - Babe Ruth

honoring Mo Berg

Aug 17, 1984 Carolina, PR - Roberto Clemente

honoring Barney Dreyfuss

June 10, 1989 Cooperstown, NY - Lou Gehrig

honoring Hank Greenberg

April 3, 1992 Atlanta, Ga - Olympic Baseball

honoring Sid Gordon

B'nai B'rith

honoring National League umpire Albert "Dolly" Stark

 

Stamp Show - Walcopex : Wisconsin

1983-Jul-06 Chicago (1982 Walcopex cachet)

1983-Sep-18 Elkhorn Wi - Walcopex Sta

1984-Aug-17 Carolina, PR - Walcopex - Clemente FDC

1989-Jun-10 Cooperstown NY

1989-Sept-17 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin - Walcopex Sta

Legends of Baseball : All-Century Team - 2000

hand drawn cachet by comic strip artist Rick Stromoski, who drew the strip Soup to Nutz syndicated by the Newspaper enterprise Association from 2000-2018. A life-long Pirates fan, Stromoski would publish a strip in honor of Roberto Clemente every year on his birthday

The comic strip focused on the Nutz family, especially the three children, Andrew, Roy-boy and Babs. This is not your very day family
Rick Stromoski

Stamp Show : Orcoexpo - Anaheim

1989-Apr-28 Orcoexpo - Anaheim Ca

1984-Aug-18 Orcoexpo - Anaheim, Ca

Legends Baseball Scrapbook and Stamp Album - USPS 1989

   

  

The USPS produce the Legends Baseball Scrapbook and Stamp Album, on sale 1989-Jun-12 at all post offices that sell philatelic products, all philatelic centers, and by mail order from the Philatelic Sales Division, Washington, DC. Priced at $7.95

The album featured one page about each of the players the USPS issued a stamp for, along with a place on the page for the stamp. The stamps were included in the album. There were an additional 3 pages of photographs of the player. the album measures 8.5 x 11

The album also came with 4 baseball cards that featured the USPS stamp image

Postal Bulletin 6-1—89, 21727