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

Ken Griffey - Sr & Junior

1989-April-03  Oakland, Ca - Oakland Coliseum

1989-April-03  Cincinnati, Ohio - Riverfront Stadium

Ken Griffey Jr major league debut with the Seattle Mariners, while his father was playing for the Cincinnati Reds

1990-Aug-31 Seattle, Wa

First father/son teammates to take the field in the same game

1997-May-31 Seattle Wa

Most home runs in first 2 months of the season

1997-Oct-22 New York NY - Gold Glove Award

1997-October-30 Cooperstown, NY

Player of the Year

Bevil cachet #/450

2000-Feb-10  Cincinnati - Traded

2000-April -04  Cincinnati, Oh - Cinergy Field

Wild Horse painted cachet

Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Cincinnati Reds

Griffey's first game with the Reds, 0-4 with 2 strikeouts

2004-June-20 - St Louis, Mo

500th Career Home Run

Ken Griffey Sr played  from 1973-1991 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners. A 3-time All-star, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2004

Ken Griffey Jr followed in his father's footsteps. Junior played 22 years (1989-2010) for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. 

• Batting Ave .284
• RBI - 1,836
• Home Runs - 630
• 13-time All-Star
• AL MVP - 1997
• 10-time Gold Glove
• 7-time Silver Slugger
• 4-time AL Home Run Leader
• AL RBI Leader - 1997
• Seattle Mariners retire #24 - 2016
• Seattle Mariner sHall of Fame - 2013
• Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame - 2014
• Baseball Hall of Fame - 2016

Junior was honored by St Vincent July 23, 1989

Howard Ehmke

May 28, 2004 Silver Creek, NY

Howard Ehmke was a right handed pitcher for the Buffalo Blues (1915) Detroit Tigers (1916-1917, 1919-1920) Boston Red Sox (1923-1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1926-1930)

Career record 166-166, 3.75 ERA. Ehmke achieved great success with the Boston Red Sox, throwing a no-hit game (Sept 7, 1923) and a 23-win season in 1923

Was the surprise starter in the 1929 World Series game 1 for the Athletics at age 35 (old for the time).  Ehmke would pitch a complete game with 13 strikeouts in the 3-1 victory. The Athletics would win the series against the Chicago Cubs

Ehmke was inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, 1983

1939 Baseball FDC (Heritage Auctions website) signed by members of the 1939 Philadelphia Old-Timers including Howard Ehmke (under the word Athletics)

Article announcing Ehmke release from the Athletics -- 1971 Fleer World Series card

Turn of the Century Baseball

Roxbury NY - Turn Back the Century Days, a vibrant part of the Roxbury landscape. The Roxbury Nine revives the national pastime playing the game of baseball as it was in the good old days of 1898

The Holloway Old-timers Baseball Festival, is a 3-day event of food, music, games, rides parades and baseball. The festival began as a reunion for former rail workers who loved to play ball and has grown into a major town event

Old-Timers Day

Old-Timer's Day is a tradition started by the New York Yankees in 1939 with Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day and has continued to this day. It is a gathering of former players who participate in a 3-inning game to the enjoyment of the fans who come to watch their heroes of the past

From 1982 to 1985, an Old-timers Classic was sponsored by Cracker Jack, with games being played at RFK Stadium, Washington DC. 

In 1986 the series sponsorship was assumed by Equitable Life and 26 games would be played at each ballpark from May 17 until September 20

1987-June-29 Washington, DC

National Old Timers Baseball Classic

1989-Aug-05 Minneapolis, Mn

Equitable Old Timers Game

1991 the series would be sponsored by Upper Deck heroes of Baseball, with a 24-game series starting April 14 and ending on September 1. The series would continue until 1995

1983 an old-timers game was played at Comiskey Park prior to the 50th anniversary All-Star game

All-Star Game - 1990 Wrigley Field Chicago

SportsMark Limited Edition - photo by Michael Vagaries

Ron Alexander cachet

Perrone

July 10, 1990 Chicago, Il - Wrigley Field
Ernie Banks threw out the ceremonial first pitch
American League defeats the National League 2-0
Winning Pitcher: Bret Saberhagen (KC Royals) -- Losing Pitcher: Jeff Brantley (San Francisco Giants)
All scoring done in the top of the seventh inning, as Julio Franco hit a double to right to score Sandy Alomar from third and Lance Parrish from first
Texas Ranger Julio Franco was named Most Valuable Player

All-Star Game - 1989 Anaheim

July 11, 1989 Anaheim, Ca

Anaheim Stadium

Angels coach Jimmie Reese threw out the ceremonial first pitch

American League defeats National League 5-3

Winning Pitcher: Nolan Ryan (Texas Rangers) -- Losing Pitcher: John Smoltz (Atlanta Braves)

Home Runs: Wade Boggs (Boston Red Sox) Bo Jackson (KC Royals)

The Royals' Bo Jackson was named Most Valuable Player

Mike Schmidt who retired on May 29, 1989 was elected to the National League team by the fans. He appeared in the opening game ceremonies, but did not play in the game

Catskill Cougars

Catskill Cougars, Mountaindale, NY - Baxter Stadium

The Catskill Cougars were part of the North Atlantic League in 1996 and the Northwest League (later the Can-Am League) 1997-1998, 2000, unaffiliated independent leagues

Cougar home games were played at Baxter Stadium, which opened in 1995 for the Sullivan Mountain  Lions playing in the Northeast League. The team folded after the first season. The field was continued to be used by local high school teams, but by 2005 the field was in decay and torn down

Jim Thome

Aug 18, 2018 Cleveland
Jim Thome Indians Jersey #25 Retirement
The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Cleveland Indians 4-2

Jim Thome played from 1991 until 2012, wearing the uniforms of the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles.

On Aug 18, 2018, the Indians again honored Thome by retiring his Jersey #25, which will be displayed in the upper deck of Progressive Field. The event was commemorated by Thome taking a final "home run trot" around the bases with his son Landon. Thome is current leader in walk-off home runs with 13

Thome compiled an impressive career - 

• 5-time All-Star
• Silver Slugger Award
• Roberto Clemente Award
• NL Home Run Leader - 2003
• Statue erected outside Progressive Field  - 2014
• Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame - 2016
• Phillies Wall of Fame - 2016
• Baseball Hall of Fame - 2018

Baseball Card Show : New York

Don Mueller - New York Giants

Zoilo Versailles - Los Angeles Dodgers

Jim Perry - Minnesota Twins

Billy Pierce - San Francisco Giants

Walt Dropo - Boston Red Sox

Feb 9, 1985 Manhattan Center I, New York

Jan 26, 1985 Madison Ave I, New York

Rollie Fingers - Milwaukee Brewers