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Baseball Yearbooks, Scorecards and Programs
10 Lots
 Lot 17. 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenies Scorecard with Billy Sunday and Pud Galvin. Actually, only the front half of “The Blue Score Card” is present, and it contains Pittsburgh’s pre-printed lineup: Sunday, Carroll, Maul, Dunlap, Fields, Dalrymple, Kuehne, Smith and Galvin. The Alleghenies were one of eight teams in the National League, and pencil notes on the scorecard indicate that Philadelphia was the opponent. The scorecard is neatly and partially scored in pencil. There is writing in pen and pencil on the cover. Uncommon relic from the early days of Pittsburgh and Pirates baseball.
Winning Bid $125.
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 Lot 18. Rare Sporting Life Scorecard for an 1893 Yale-Harvard Game at the Polo Grounds. The color covers of this magnificent scorecard, which carries an 1889 copyright, present images representing baseball, riding, track, bicycling, hunting and fishing. Inside, it has the pre-printed lineups for the two schools and is neatly scored in pencil for a game played July 1, 1893. According to the scoring, Harvard won, 7-4. At least one participant subsequently played in the majors. Yale shortstop William “Yale” Murphy was a utility player for the New York Giants 1894-95 and in 1897. The scorecard is folded slightly off center and has a few light creases and a small chip in the lower right corner. You’ll do a lot of searching to find a finer example of a 19th century scorecard!
Winning Bid $220.
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 Lot 189. 1908 St. Louis at Pittsburgh Scorecard Program for a Game at Exposition Park. Rare program with photos of Hall of Fame members Honus Wagner, Fred Clarke and Barney Dreyfuss. The program is neatly scored for a Sept. 8 game, which Pittsburgh won- 2-0. The pre-printed lineup has Wagner, Clarke, Leach, Wilson, Gibson and Camnitz playing for Pittsburgh. The eight-page program plus covers isn’t exactly a thing of beauty, but it has plenty of character. It was folded vertically and horizontally. The covers have tape and chips; the spine is taped, and a newer staple has been added to it. Besides the photos of the Hall of Famers, the inside has an ad for a jeweler featuring a baseball diamond, a vintage car ad, and an ad for Coca-Cola. The 1908 season was the Pirates last full season in Exposition Park. The next year, they moved to Forbes Field. The 1908 team narrowly missed capturing the N.L. pennant, finishing one game behind the Cubs. Programs from 1908 are rarely seen in any condition.
Winning Bid $113.
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 Lot 198. 8 Brooklyn Dodgers Yearbooks, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952-54, 1956 and 1957. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball. Generally, these examples are collector-reader copies. The 1947 yearbook, Baseball’s Beloved Bums by Joe Hasel, has extensive pencil writing on the covers and slightly more than one-half of the pages. Fortunately, an inserted page noting Jackie Robinson’s addition to the team is free of writing. The copy is complete, and absent the writing, the pages are ex. The 1949 edition has a vg appearance, but writing on almost every page, including Robinson’s. The 1950 edition, fourth printing, escaped the prolific pencilist and has a vg Willard Mullin cover with ex pages. The pencil, and an occasional pen, returned for 1952; otherwise, vg. The 1953 issue is vg-ex with a small “B” on the cover, 1954 poor (and we mean it!) with many pages cut, 1956 ex with an autograph of broadcaster Al Helfer in pencil (large gem mint 10) on the front cover and 1957 ex-m, a very nice issue with a small crease in the upper right corner. (Helfer called the Dodgers’ final game in Brooklyn and introduced the players to the crowd.) These eight issues are accompanied by The Dodgers 1941, which has the characteristics of a yearbook, p-f, complete, water stained, some pages torn. The issues for 1950, 1953, 1956 and 1957 are very collectible and well worth our
Winning Bid $198.
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 Lot 199. 42 Brooklyn Dodgers Scorecards – 1936, 1949-57. The 1936 example is neatly scored for Game 2 of a doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals. The pages, separated along the spine, are brittle with various chips and small tears. The breakdown of the 1949-57 programs follows. 1949 (2), actual scorecard absent from both, otherwise f. 1950 (3), scorecard missing from two, one with covers missing scored for a game with St. Louis. 1951 (1), scored vs. Phils, 1 ½” tear and tape on front cover. 1952 (2), vs. Giants, Cards, vg. 1953 (2), vs. Phils, Reds, one scored with date on the cover, vg-ex. 1954 (9), vs. Cards (2), Braves (2), Cubs, Pirates (3) and Reds, all scored, five with news clips or writing on the covers, otherwise they average vg. 1955 (8), vs. Yankees (exhibition), Pirates (4, including opening day, Clemente on the roster with No. 13, and May 30, Clemente in the pre-printed lineup), Phils (2) and Braves, all scored, all with the date on the cover, otherwise vg-ex overall. 1956 (6), vs. Yankees (exhibition), Reds (2), Giants (2) and Braves, all scored, four with the date on the cover, one g and the others ex. 1957 (9), vs. Cubs (2), Reds (2), Braves, Pirates and Giants. One of the nine is missing the actual scorecard, and one that grades p does not have lineups printed. The seven that are scored average ex; four have the date written on the cover. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $240.
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 Lot 207. 7 Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series Programs or Scorecards, 1949-56. Five Dodgers and three Yankees programs. The 1949 Dodgers program is poor, missing pages 23-28. The portion that is present, which includes photos and biographical sketches of Jackie Robinson and Joe DiMaggio, has an f-g appearance. The 48-page 1952 Dodgers program is vg with the owner’s 3” x 3 ½” label on an inside page. The Yankee version, neatly scored for Game 4, is poor (and we mean it) with water damage and pages sticking together. For 1953, a two-panel Dodgers scorecard is partially scored, and “Gilliam” is misspelled in the pre-printed lineup; g with a 1” tear. A 1953 Dodgers program scored for Game 4 has a p-f front cover with writing on it and vg-ex pages. The 1956 Dodgers program has a torn cover with writing on it and vg-ex pages with miscellaneous writing on eight of them. The Yankees’ version of the 1956 program is ex-m, neatly scored for Game 4. Two pages behind the scored pages do show some ink transfer. These programs are accompanied by four reprint World Series programs: 1916 Dodgers-Red Sox, 1920 Dodgers-Indians and 1947 and 1956, Dodgers-Yankees. The 1956 reprint shows scoring for Don Larsen’s perfect game. The reprints average ex-m. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $113.
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 Lot 208. Cincinnati Reds First Three Yearbooks - 1947-49. The 1947 yearbook, which has Bucky Walters and Ewell Blackwell on the cover, is rare and vg-ex; there is a 1” split at the top of the spine. Rookie Ted Kluszewski is among the players pictured. The 1948 (vg) and 1949 (vg+, owner’s name inside) also are uncommon. These three offerings are the key to a Reds yearbook collection.
Winning Bid $198.
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 Lot 209. Run of 41 Cincinnati Reds Yearbooks - 1951-91. The Reds did not issue a yearbook in 1950. This run is complete from 1951 through 1991. The 1951 and 1952 editions are comparatively scarce. They grade, respectively, vg and ex with a corner crease. Other issues from the 1950s grade: 1953 (the Reds are now the Red Stockings) ex, 1954 (yearbook pictures Chuck Harmon and Nino Escalera, the team’s first African-American players) vg, 1955 (the Red Stockings become the Redlegs) g+, 1956 (Frank Robinson and Curt Flood yearbook debut) ex-m, 1957 ex-m+, 1958 g-vg, and 1959 (the Reds are back) vg. From the early 1960s: 1960 vg, 1961 nm, 1962 ex-m+ (1/4” split at top of spine), 1963 (Pete Rose debut) vg and 1964 vg+. Issues from 1965-91 are generally nm or better with a few less. The 1950s issues make this collection of yearbooks well worth our
Winning Bid $354.
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 Lot 210. 12 Cincinnati Reds Scorecards, 1924-62. collection includes at least one scorecard from five decades: 1924, vs. Pittsburgh, 28 pages, neatly scored, vg+. Includes a photo of the Reds team. HoFers in the pre-printed lineups are Roush, Rixey, Carey, Traynor and Maranville. 1930, vs. Boston, two panels, neatly scored, vg+. 1947, vs. St. Louis, four panels, vg. 1948, vs. the Giants, 16 pages, small cover tear, otherwise vg-ex. 1949, vs. Giants, 12 pages, Ted Kluszewski profiled, scored, ex. 1950, vs. Giants, eight pages, Ewell Blackwell profiled, partially scored, vg. 1957, vs. Phils, two panels, scored, ex. 1960, vs. Pittsburgh, vg+ to ex. Autographed in pencil on the front cover by Harvey Haddix, Virgil Trucks and Dick Schofield; mint 9 signatures. 1961, vs. Chicago, scored, toned inside from a news clipping, ex. Vs. Dodgers, g-vg. Vs. Dodgers, scored with Koufax pitching, two tickets stubs stapled inside, ex. 1962, vs. Cards, scored, toned inside from a news clipping, folded vertically, vg. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $225.
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 Lot 211. New York Mets Run of 24 Yearbooks from the First (1962) Through 1984. The Mets’ yearbook for their inaugural season in 1962 features Willard Mullin artwork on the cover. Vg cover, ex interior with owner’s name on the first page. Mullin also provided the covers for yearbooks from 1964-68. 1963 Revised, vg+ to ex. 1964 Revised, ex. 1965, McGraw rookie, ex-m cover, pencil writing on some pages. 1966 Final Edition, ex-m+. 1967 Second Revised Edition, Tom Seaver debut year, ex-m+. 1968 Revised Edition, Mullin artwork of Gil Hodges on the cover, some color photos, Nolan Ryan debut season, ex-m. 1969, championship season, ex, stray ink mark on front cover. 1970, ex-m to nm, small stain on back cover. 1971, 1972 Revised Edition, 1973, 1974 N.L. Championship World Series Edition, all nm or nm-m. 1975, Seaver cover, edge chips on the front cover; otherwise, nm. 1976, ex-m+, light foxing on the front cover. 1977, Torre cover, and 1978, nm + 1979, ex+. 1980, 1981 with Bill Gallo cover, 1982 and 1983, grades range from nm to nm-m. 1984, ex+. Also: Oversized 6” x 9” postcard featuring Shea Stadium and promoting the Mets and the Jets, small edge stain; otherwise, vg-ex. 1984 Padres at Mets program, ex-m. And The Incredible World Champion Mets, 1969 paperback by Maury Allen, vg.
Winning Bid $393.
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