Stamp Show - Stamp Expo : California

1981-Jul-24 Anaheim CA

1989-Oct-28 Anaheim Ca - Stamp Expo

1990-May-26 Pasadena, Ca - Stamp Expo

1990-Apr-06 Loas Angeles - Stamp Expo

1990-June-30 Pasadena, Ca - Stamp Expo

1992-Sep-20 Anaheim - Stamp Expo

1993-June-19 Anaheim - Stamp Expo

Italy - Italian Baseball League : 2013

2013-June-04 Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy - Open Championships

BBC Mastiff Grosseto v New Black Panthers Ronchi

New Black Panthers are a men's baseball team from Ronchi dei Legionari, a municipality in the province of Gorizia

Grosseto Baseball Club was relegated to Series C after the 2011 season due to financial troubles. As a result, the franchise shut down after 60 years. In 2012 a new team was established to replace the old one under the name Grosseto Baseball.

The 2013 season concluded on September 22 when San Marino Baseball Club defeated Rimini Baseball Club for the Championship

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

 

Hall of Fame - 2014 : Cox, Maddux, Torre, Glavine,Thomas, La Russa,

July 27, 2014 Induction Day, Cooperstown, NY

Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Joe Torre, Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox

Norman Rockwell - Baseball in the Arts

Norman Rockwell's Three Umpires and The Rookie

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture, many of which depicted baseball.....

Richie Ashburn - In Memoriam

Don Richard Ashburn (March 19, 1927 – September 9, 1997)

American center fielder in Major League Baseball. 

One of the famous "Whiz Kids" of the National League champion 1950 Phillies, Ashburn spent 12 of his 15 major-league seasons as the Phillies' center fielder (1948–1959). Chicago Cubs (1960–1961) New York Mets (1962)

He sported a .308 lifetime batting average, leading the National League twice, and routinely led the league in fielding percentage.

One of the most beloved sports figures in Philadelphia history, his jersey #1 was retired and was inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame in 1979

He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 

World Series - 1953 : Brooklyn Dodgers v New York Yankees

1988-Oct-02 Brooklyn NY

35th Anniversary - 1953 World Series

1998-Oct-05 Brooklyn NY

45th Anniversary - 1953 World Series

The 50th edition of the World Series, it matched the four-time defending champions New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series, and the fourth such matchup between the two teams in the past seven seasons

Yankees defeat the Dodgers 4 games to 2

MVP - Billy Martin (NYY)

 

Billy Martin - In Memoriam

Billy Martin (May 16, 1928 - December 25, 1989)

Funeral services held December 29, 1989

Billy Maartins was known as a scrappy infielder who made considerable contributions to the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s. 

Career:

• New York Yankees (1950-1953, 1955-1957)
• Kansas City Athletics (1957)
• Detroit Tigers (1958)
• Cleveland Indians (1959)
• Cincinnati Reds (1960)
• Milwaukee Braves (1961)
• Minnesota Twins (1961)

As a manager he brought 5 teams to a first place finish, winning the World Series once with the Yankees.

During his multiple tenure with the Yankees, Martin was fired by team owner George Steinbrenner or resigned usually as part of a publicized scandal

• Minnesota Twins (1969)
• Detroit Tigers (1971-1973)
• Texas Rangers (1973-1975)
• New York Yankees ( 1975-1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1988)
• Oakland Athletics (1980-1982)

Mark McGwire -

 

June 28, 1987 Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland Stadium

Oakland Athletics 10 - 0 Cleveland Indians

McGwire hits 5 Home Runs in 2-days

OAK RBI: Jose Canseco 4 (HR); Mark McGwire 2 (HR2); Tony Phillips; Terry Steinbach; Reggie Jackson (HR)

OAK Pitching: Steve Ontiveros (W complete game)

CLE Pitching: Tom Candiotti (L 7-innings)

August 14, 1987 Anaheim, Ca -- Anaheim Stadium

Oakland Athletics 7 – 6 California Angels

August 14th, in 1987, Mark McGwire broke the rookie home run record set by Al Rosen with his 39th homer

OAK RBI: Mark McGwire 2 (HR); Carney Lansford 2; Terry Steinbach 2 (HR); Mike Davis

CAL RBI: Bob Boone 2; Gus Polidor; Dick Schofield; Darrell Miller; Brian Downing (HR)

OAK Pitching: Rick Rodriguez (W 0.1-innings)

CAL Pitching: DeWayne Buice (L 2.2-innings)

August 5, 1999 St Louis, Mo - Busch Stadium II

San Diego Padres 10 – 3 St Louis Cardinals

McGwire hit his 500th Home Run

SDP RBI: Trevor Hoffman 2; Chris Gomez 2; Phil Nevin 2; Tony Gwynn 2; Wally Joyner

STL RBI: Mark McGwire 2 (HR); Edgar Renteria

SDP Pitching: Andy Ashby (W 7.2-innings)

STL Pitching: Larry Luebbers (L 5-innings)

Mark McGwire - American former professional baseball first baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2001 for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He won two World Series championships, one with Oakland as a player in 1989 and one with St. Louis as a coach in 2011. One of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, McGwire hit 583 home runs during his career. He set the major-league career record for at bats per home run ratio (10.6), and is the former record holder for both home runs in a single season (70 in 1998) and home runs hit by a rookie (49 in 1987)

Pinch hitting - Missouri

August 10, 2021 Jefferson City, Missouri

The state is named for the Missouri River, which was named after the indigenous Missouria, a Siouan-language tribe. French colonists adapted a form of the Illinois language-name for the people: Wimihsoorita. Their name means "One who has dugout canoes"

Missouri is home to two Major League Baseball Teams : St Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, formerly home to the St Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics

 

Cuba - History of Baseball : 1974

1974 - Cuban History of Baseball

Issued as a set of 5 stamps, the images are of 1c- Indians playing baseball; 3c - First official game; 8c - Emilio Sabourin with Cuba's First Pro League; 10c - modern players; 13c - modern stadium

Baseball is my life for additional stamps 

European Baseball Championships : 1987

July 17-26, 1987 Llobregat, Spain

The 1987 European Baseball Championship was held in Spain - The Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet is a football stadium located in the Feixa Llarga district of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain

Netherlands - Gold; Italy - Silver; Spain - Bronze

Olympic Baseball : 2004 Athens

 

Baseball postmark - Helliniko Olympic Complex 15–25 August 2004

Cuba – Gold; Australia – Silver; Japan - Bronze

Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on two separate diamonds within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. For the second time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available

Helliniko Olymppic Complex postmark

Available at a temporary postal facility, accessible to ticket holders

The Greek Post Office (ELTA) introduced 35 hand postmarks to celebrate the sporting disciplines of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, which were available at Olymphilex from August 12-22,  2004. After 22 August, the postmarks were available from the Philatelic Centre in Athens

Olymphilex 2004 commemorative (non-baseball) cover

Cuba - 130 Anniversary

 

December 27, 2004 Havana, Cubs

130th Anniversary of First Official Baseball Game

First day cover with 10c - Braudilio Vincent and 75c - Victor Mesa stamps

Additional stamps in the set include:

5c - Ray Vincent Anglade; 15c - Rogelio Garcia; 65c - Luis G Casanova

and a $1 souvenir sheet with Martin Dihigo on the stamp and Emilio Sabourín, Jose de la Mendez, Armando Marsans, Adolfo Luque, Conrad Marrero, Santiago Mederos, Jose A Huelga in the overall design 

XI South Pacific Games : 1999

May 20, 1999

The 1999 South Pacific Games, held in Santa Rita, Guam from 29 May to 12 June 1999, was the eleventh edition of the South Pacific Games. 

Little League Baseball Championship - Philippines : 1978

April 11, 1978 Tuguegarao, Philippines

Philippines First National BSP Little League Baseball Championship

 

Baseball World Cup : 1998

The 1998 Baseball World Cup was the 33rd international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the third time, in Italy, from July 21 to August 2. The final was a repeat of the previous BWC tournament, with Cuba again defeating South Korea in the final, winning its 22nd title

Wladimir "Coco" Balentien - 56 HRs : 2013

December 2, 2013 Curacao

Wladimir “Coco” Balentien is a Curaçaoan-Dutch professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

The record of 55 home runs in a single season was originally set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and later tied by Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera. On September 10, 2013, Balentien (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) hit his 55th home run, braking the record, hitting his 56th and 57th home runs, on September 15, 2013 at home against the Hanshin Tigers, ultimately finishing the season with 60 total home runs and 131 RBI in 130 games