Baseball Card Show : Brooklyn Dodgers

1983-Oct-08 New York NY

Boys of Summer Spectacular - Brooklyn Dodgers

Top: Duke Snider

Bottom: Sal Maglie, Clem Labine, Eddie Miksis, Gene Hermanski Shotgun Shuba

Cairo Sturgill - artist

Recent eBay finds reasonably priced - hand-drawn envelopes by Cairo Sturgill, signed by the ball player.

found many cachet by Sturgill, but no specific biography

RODY II - West Warwick, RI

1985-May-25 - RODY II West Warwick, RI

 

Whitey Ford - Hall of Fame Anniversary

June 12, 1979 Cooperstown, NY

40th Anniversary Baseball Hall of Fame

Ed "Whitey" Ford "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees. He was a 10-time All-Star and 6-time World Series champion. In 1961, he won both the Cy Young Award and World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Ford led the American League (AL) in wins three times and in earned run average twice. 

• Career win 236
• shutouts 45
• games started by a pitcher 438
• Yankees Monument Park and jersey #16 retired August 3, 1974 
• Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974

 

Baseball Related postmarks

Claude Osteen

(1957-1975 Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators, LA Dodgers, Houston Astros, StLouis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox)

Claude, Tx and Osteen, Fla postmarks - 1963

Wayne Garrett

(1969-1980 New York Mets, Montreal Expos, StLouis Cardinals, Chunichi Dragons)

Wayne, Ok and Garrett, Wy postmarks - 1969

These are often found on eBay and auction sites: covers with related player autographs and postmarks. This collector took time to obtain postmarks to spell out a ballplayers name and then obtain the related autograph. There are many of these found, however there are also autographed envelopes with postmarks that are difficult to relate, most likely the time and place the autograph was obtained

Herman Franks

(1939-1949 StLouis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Athletics, NY Giants)

postmark Salt Lake City, Utah - date possibly 1963 - Franks lived in Salt Lake

Joe Garagiola

(1946-1954 StLouis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, NY Giants)

postmark St Louis, Mo 1957 - Garagiola was born in St Louis

Hall of Fame - 1970 Boudreau, Combs, Frick, Haines

 

July 27, 1970 Cooperstown, NY

The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Lou Boudreau (1938-1952 Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox - Mgr: Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago Cubs)

The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to select : Earle Combs (1924-1935 NY Yankees), Ford Frick (writer & executive) and Jesse Haines (1918-1937 Cincinnati Reds, StLouis Cardinals)

cover postmarked on 1970 induction day signed by Don Sutton, elected to the Hall of Fame 1998

(1966-1988 Los Angeles, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, California Angels)

Jim Kaat - 1970 Topps card #75

Baseball Hall of Fame - 2022

Felipe Alou - 1970 Topps card #434

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame - 2015

Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame - 2016

Camilo Pascual - magazine photo paste-on cachet

Examples of Do-It-Yourself covers with the 1970 Cooperstown Hall of Fame Induction day postmark, all internet action finds

Hall of Fame - 1971 Paige, Bancroft, Beckley, Hafey, Hooper, Kelley, Marquard, Weiss

 

August 9, 1971 Cooperstown, NY

The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected no one.

The Veterans Committee met in closed door session to select from older players, executives, managers and umpires and selected seven : Dave Bancroft (1915-1930 Philadelphia Phillies, NY giants, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Robins), Jake Beckley (1888-1907 Pittsburgh Alleghenys-Burghers-Pirates, NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds, StLouis Cardinals), Chick Hafey (1924-1937 StLouis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds), Harry Hooper (1909-1925 Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox), Joe Kelley (1891-1908 Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Superbas, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Doves), Rub Marquard (1908-1925 NY Giants, Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves), George Wiess (executive)

June 12, 1979 Cooperstown, NY

Commemorating the 40-year career of Stachel Paige, who was inducted into the Hall in 1971

A newly formed committee on the Negro Leagues selected Satchel Paige (1926-1965 Chattanooga Black Lookouts, Birmingham Black Barons, Baltimore Black sox, Cleveland Cubs, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Bismarck Churchills, Kansas City Monarchs, Trujillo All-Stars, New York Black Yankees, Memphis Red Sox, Philadelphia Stars -- Cleveland Indians, StLouis Browns, Kansas City Athletics)

Steve Stone - 1981 Donruss #591 card

Do-It-Yourself cachet by pasting a card to the envelope, postmarked on the 1971 induction day 

Charlie Keller - Local Hero : 1998

September 26, 1998 Middletown, Md

In Memory of Charlie Keller Local Hero

Charles "King Kong" Keller (1916-1990) born Middletown, Md - left fielder for the New York Yankees (1939-43, 1945-1949, 1952) Detroit Tigers (1950-1951)

• Batting average : .286
• RBIs : 760
• Home Runs : 189
• 5-time All-Star
• 4-time World Series Champion

Charlie Keller signed commemorative show cover

January 13, 1985 JFK International Airpot, New York

Queens Baseball Card and Sports Show - Paso silk cachet

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

Ricky Horton - St Louis Cardinals

 

December 3, 1984 Greenville, Il

Benefit for the American Cancer Society

Ebay find: looks like a photo-copied cachet for a benefit fund raiser for the American Cancer Society, featuring St Louis Cardinals' Ricky Horton

Horton was a pitcher with the St Louis Cardinals (1984-1987, 1989-1990) Chicago White Sox (1988) Los Angeles Dodgers (1988-1989). 1984 won a career high 9 games as a rookie. Appeared in the 1985 and 1987 World Series  with the Cardinals and the 1988 World Series with the Championship Dodgers

Achieved his first major league hit off Nolan Ryan on May 21, 1984

Win-Loss records: 32-27, ERA 3.76, Strikeouts 319

Chicago Cubs - 1939 Baseball Centennial

1939-Jun-12 Cooperstown, NY

unofficial first day cancel, signed by 14 members of the 1939 Chicago Cubs, The starting 9 on the front, with an additional 5 on the back

Found at Lofty auction site

Lofty

Rick Ferrell - Detroit Tigers

April 9, 1987 Detroit River Sta, Detroit, Mi

ebay find of a Rick Ferrell graded autograph. Most likely a one-of-a-kind item. I put this up for reference

April 9, 1987 was the 3rd game of the season for the tigers, facing the NY Yankees at Tiger Stadium, Detroit.. the tigers would defeat the Yankees 9-3

Rick Ferrell

St Louis Browns 1929-1933

Boston Red Sox 1933-1937

Washington Senators 1937-1941

St Louis Browns 1941-1943

Washington Senators 1944-1945, 1947

Hall of Fame inductions 1984

Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center official cachet

USPS color first day postmark

signed by Larry Berra and Paul Borghese (portrayed Yogi in the film 61*)

Tim Berra, Bruce Harper (NY Jets), Rick Cerone

Also in attendance at the ceremony were Willie Randolph, members of Larry Doby's family, members of Whitey Ford's family

2021-Jun-24 Little Falls NJ

 

Inside the Park - Somerset Patriots

2003-Sep-03 Somerset Patriots, Bridgewater, NJ

smudge of dirt from home plate

signed by Robinson Cancel (Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets), Norm Hutchins

1990 World Series - Reds commemorative

Dec 18, 1990 Cincinnati, Oh

Point of reference: eBay find Marge Schott, Reds owner autographed envelope postmarked Dec 18, 1990

Upper corner has typed information regarding 1990 World Series

Reds defeated the Oakland Athletics in a 4-game sweep

Tris Speaker

April 7, 1987 Hubbard, Tx

Tris Speaker (1888-1958 born Hubbard, Texas) is considered to be one of the best offensive and defensive centerfielders, compiling a career batting ave of .345. 3,514 hits, 792 doubles. His 449 outfield assists gave rise to his glove being known as the place where triples go to die!

After playing in the minors in Texas and Arkansas, Speaker would premiere with the Boston Americans (Red Sox) 1907-1915. He would go on to play for the Cleveland Indians (1916-1926) Washington Senators (1927) and Philadelphia Athletics (1928)

Career highlights -

• 3-time World Series champion
• AL MVP - 1912
• AL batting champ - 1916
• Baseball Hall of Fame - 1937
• Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame - 1951
• Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame - 1995

Tris Speaker signature on envelope. Having seen many of these on auction sites, I can image the collector would receive the signature and then have the envelope postmarked at the location to signature was obtained. The postmark is Aug 4, 1954 Minneapolis, Mn. The reverse has the return address of Sigurd Burg, Minneapolis, Mn

PSACard

Speaker was featured along with Babe Ruth, George Alexander, Everett Scott on a set of transfers (the image is reversed) produced in Germany 1923

1927 Rinkydink stamps - printed as part of the Winnie Winkle comic strip. The family's adopted son Perry and his friends were known as Rinkydinks, therefore the Sunday color comics featured the set of Rinkydink Stamps

The Rinkydink stamp would be printed within the comics banner

Tris Speaker was also featured as one of the stamps issued in 1939 as part of the Baseball Centennial celebration. The set included 25 stamps (15 portraits and 10 key events) along with a 36-page album

Speaker would also be honored as part of the USPS 2000 Legends of Baseball issue

Baseball Card Show : National Sports Card Show 1983-1989

July 8-9, 1983 Rosemont, Ill

Andre Dawson

Aug 11, 1984 Parsipanny, NJ

July 1986 Arlington, Tx

July 1987 San Francisco, Ca

July 1988 Atlantic City, NJ

July 1989 Chicago, Ill