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Bert Sugar Collection - Vintage Baseball Guides, Annuals
5 Lots
 Lot 470. 20+ Baseball Guides and Other Annuals and Publications Spanning 1906-59. The earliest publication is “Napoleon Lajoie’s Official Base Ball Guide” from 1906. Lacking covers, it is otherwise complete and contains Van Oeyen and Horner photos. The premier publication in the group is “Who’s Who in Major League Baseball,” the wonderful 1933 hardcover edited by Harold (Speed) Johnson. The covers of this copy remain connected but are detached from the interior. At least 20 leafs (40 pages) have been cut, removing photos of Foxx, Gehrig, Gomez, Grove, Hubbell, Medwick, Ruth, Ruffing, Terry, Cobb, Mathewson, Marquard, Bresnahan, Bender, Plank, Baker, Waddell, Young, Alexander and others. Generally, the information on these players remains; photos and biographical sketches of more than 400 players are present. Here is a list of the other publications – “Baseball Bat Bag”: From “Baseball Magazine,” featuring “Forty Years of Odd Baseball Records,” 1925 g-vg and 1924 vg. “Batting Averages at a Glance”: From “The Sporting News” by Paul A. Rickart, 1962, vg+ to ex. “Famous Slugger Yearbook”: 1936, Lou Gehrig and Mel Ott cover, vg-ex, and 1947, Musial and Vernon, g-vg. “Heilbroner Baseball Blue Book”: 1946 Abridged Edition, vg. In 1909, Heilbroner established the first commercial statistical organization focusing on baseball. “Knotty Problems of Baseball”: By Billy Evans, American League Umpire, published by “The Sporting News,” 1950, f-g. “Major League Baseball (Whitman Publishing)”: 1941, Bob Feller cover, vg; 1942, Ted Williams cover, g+ to vg; 1945 and 1946, both poor; 1948, Williams, two copies, one vg+ and one f. “Official Baseball (A. S. Barnes)”: 1945, stained covers, otherwise vg, and 1946 vg. “Official Base Ball Rules Adopted by the National and American Leagues”: Revised for 1939 and written by John B. Foster, ex. “Official Baseball Rules, 1959 Edition”: Published by “The Sporting News,” vg-ex. “Sporting News Record Book”: 1936, Hank Greenberg cover, vg+, and 1940, g. “Who’s Who in Baseball”: 1980 reprint of the 1926 edition, Max Carey cover, nm And “Who’s Who in the Major Leagues” (Callahan-Carmichael): 1937, no cover, pages probably missing, p; 1948, hardcover, vg-ex; and 1952, hardcover, vg-ex. A letter signed by Mrs. Sugar is included; it verifies that these items are from Bert Sugar’s collection.
Minimum Bid $75.
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 Lot 471. 1922 “The Baseball Cyclopedia” by Ernest J. Lanigan, the “Patron Saint of SABR.” Sportswriter Fred Lieb canonized Lanigan, who was not only a fellow sportswriter, but the leading baseball statistician of his era. Lanigan told Lieb that watching baseball didn’t especially interest him. “All my interest in baseball is in its statistics. I want to know something about every major league ball player, not only what he is hitting, but his full name with all middle names and initials, where they were born, and where they live now.” His 1922 “Cyclopedia,” a 208-page softcover, provides a history of baseball and various records – batting and base stealing champions, World Series statistics and a listing of more than 3,500 major league players. Subsequently, updates, or “Supplements,” to the “Cyclopedia” were issued annually. The 1922 supplement is part of the book, and the 1923 and 1924 supplements are included. There are some notes written on the title page of the book, and the back cover is almost separated. The inside of the front cover has advertising for “Baseball Magazine” posters. Late in his career, Lanigan served as curator of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and then as its historian. A letter signed by Mrs. Sugar is included; it verifies that this item is from Bert Sugar’s collection.
Winning Bid $30.
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 Lot 472. 41 Different Issues of “The Sporting News Baseball Guide,” 1942-81 and 2003. These annuals come with a letter of authenticity, signed by Mrs. Sugar, saying they are from the Bert Sugar collection. “TSN” published its first “Guide” in 1942; both the regular edition, g+ to vg, and the radio edition, ex, are present. Each remaining year of the 1940s is represented: 1943, radio edition, edges taped, g+ to vg; 1944, covers loose and separted, p-f; 1945, g; 1946, Newhouser cover, vg; 1947, g+ to vg; 1948, radio edition with Red Barber cover, g+ to vg, and 1949, Boudreau cover, vg. The 1951 “Guide” is missing from the 1950s; 1950 is vg; 1951, Musial cover, front and back covers loose, g; 1953-56 and 1959, average vg; and 1957 and 1958, ex. Mickey Mantle is on the 1957 cover, and Ted Williams, on the 1958 cover. Three 1960s issues have Willard Mullin covers – 1960, 1962 and 1963. The issues from 1960-64 average vg, and from 1965-69, ex. The front cover of the 1979 edition is loose, and the 2003 edition is g+ to vg. The other issues average ex to ex-m. Each “Guide” provides statistics and useful information on the preceding season. Many of these annuals contain post-it notes marking pages for Bert Sugar.
Winning Bid $50.
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 Lot 473. Bert Sugar’s TSN “Baseball Register” Collection – 31 Issues from 1946-2003. Even with the increase in information on the Internet, the “Register” from “The Sporting News” remains a valuable resource, providing player minor and major league statistics in a single “file.” The earlier copies from Sugar’s shelves of reference materials are especially well used. Some still contain his post-it notes used to mark pages: 1946, g; 1950, Joe DiMaggio cover, p-f; 1951, vg; 1952, ex+; 1955, back cover loose, g+; 1956, vg-ex; 1957, p; 1959, g+; 1961, edges taped, vg; 1963, vg; 1964, vg-ex; 1966, Koufax cover, vg-ex; 1967, Frank and Brooks Robinson cover, vg+; 1968, vg+; 1969, ex+; 1971, Mays cover, vg+ to ex; 1972, Torre cover, ex-m; 1973, ex; 1974, Rose cover, vg-ex; 1975, Hunter, vg-ex; 1976, Palmer, ex-m; 1977, Joe Morgan, nm; 1978, Carew, vg+; 1979, vg-ex; 1980 Yastrzemski, 1981 Brett, 1982 Valenzuela and 1983 Sutter, all ex to ex-m; 1985 vg+; 1986, Mattingly, vg+ to ex, and 2003, Bonds and others, vg. This group comes with a letter of authenticity, signed by Mrs. Sugar, saying it is from the Bert Sugar collection.
Minimum Bid $40.
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 Lot 474. 46 Issues of “Who’s Who in Baseball” from “Baseball Magazine,” 1926-2010. These handy references are from the library of Bert Sugar. They come with a letter of authenticity, signed by Mrs. Sugar, saying they are from the Bert Sugar collection. The issues are from 1926 (Max Carey cover), 1937 (Lou Gehrig), 1938 (Ducky Medwick), 1940, 1944 (Stan Musial), 1946 (Hal Newhouser), 1947, 1948 (Ralph Kiner and Johnny Mize), 1949 (Lou Boudreau), 1950, 1951, 1952 (Musial), 1954, 1956 (Duke Snider), 1957 (Mickey Mantle), 1958 (Warren Spahn), 1961 (Roger Maris), 1962 (Whitey Ford), 1963 (Don Drysdale), 1964 (Sandy Koufax), 1965-67, 1968 (Carl Yastrzemski), 1969, 1970 (Tom Seaver and others, 2 copies, blue cover and red cover), 1972, 1973 (Nolan Ryan and others), 1975, 1976, 1977 (Thurman Munson and Joe Morgan), 1978-83, 2002, 2004-07, 2009 and 2010. Here is a breakdown of the issues by grade: P: 2004. G: 1926, 1951, 1957 and 1963. G-vg: 1952 and 2002. Vg: 1937, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968 and 2006. Vg-ex: 1944, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 2007 and 2009. Ex: 1949, 1970 (red cover), 1976 and 1979. Ex-m: 1964, 1970 (blue cover), 1975, 1977, 1981 and 1982. Nm to nm-m: 1971, 1978, 1980, 1983, 2005 and 2010.
Winning Bid $138.
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