Old Hoss Radbourne pitching for Providence. Sweet! :D

I was thinking that John's Spring Training Hank Aaron debut scorecard probably trumps my 1st home run scorecard in terms of scarcity!

And then I got to thinking a little more....that if I went to the National for another 20 years, it's unlikely that I'd ever see most of the scorecards and programs that have already been shown in this thread!!

Here's another Spring Training program that probably represents the earliest Fergie Jenkins and Dick Allen sightings I've ever seen. Fergie wouldn't go on to play for the Phils in the regular season until a couple years later (Sept. 1965), while Allen would make his regular season debut for the Phils in Sept. 1963.

Edited for apologies: I have no idea why the photos are posting sideways! Will try to correct at next posting!

Well, since you're twisting my arm, here are a few from Mr. Aaron :

MLB debut game

HR #1

HR #2 (and Musial #260)

HR #300

HR #500

HR #600
Aaron 2-5 2B HR; Mays 4-6 2B.
This was the first game in nearly 43 years where 2 members of the 3000 hit club (since some guys named Cobb, Speaker and Collins did it a bunch of times) had extra base hits.

HR #661 (no cover, just the scoresheet)

HR #714

HR #715

Last career run scored (with thanks to Scott the GrayGhost)

If I'm counting right, I have scored programs / scorecards for 167 of his homers.

Doug

Uh oh, here we go... Look out! ;)
Awesome, Doug! :D

Clemente 1954 Minor League Program
 

1954 Rochester Red Wings Program with Roberto Clemente on the roster of the Montreal Royals (the Brooklyn Dodgers affiliate).

Apologies for the non scorecard but this Ball was signed By Aaron as the Braves played 2 preseason games vs the Red Sox in South Carolina. The Boston Braves had played their Cross town Rivals for 50 years 1901 to 1952 when the Braves left for Milwaukee. They played in 53 in Milwaukee but game lost money so the tradition died. But in spring of 54 they decided to meet up a couple days before the season started. Ball is signed by both Red Sox and Braves. There is a quote from Ted Williams who commented after hearing the sound of Aaron's bat. I belive it was at these games. ( I promise I will get back to scorecards )

I'm working on a run of World Series programs and tickets from 1930 to 1980 (but i also pick up an occasional scorecard or ASG program). This gave me a nice excuse to get them out.

It's Bob Uecker's 89th birthday, so in honor of the event, here's his Sept 30, 1962 first career homerun...

That 1936 World Series program....I mean, I like the NYY version a lot, but....could they have made the image of the Buffalo Nickel any larger, LOL? Also, why the Buffalo Nickel?

It's always nice to go through your collection and stumble upon something you forgot you had. I did just that today, and stumbled on a 1960 Washington Senators opening day program/scorecard, annotated to reflect the thing that distinguishes it from other Senators opening day programs: Ted Williams hit his 493rd home run that day, tying him with Gehrig. The program came with a ticket stub stapled (unfortunately) to the scorecard. But hey, I like Williams and I'd buy it again if I had the chance, without question!

Well the fact that the Ticket is stapled is not the best option but...it is a full opening day ticket that is most likely worth more than the program given the Ted Williams HR. Any way you look at them a great pair of items.

I agree with you John. I do think that one day, scorecards and programs might start to be appreciated for their worth as much as tickets are now. But we aren't there yet IMO. I did think about whether it was a full ticket or stub. From the wording on the raincheck and the coupon, I don't think it's a full ticket. There's also a perforated end on the left side, so unless it came from a season ticket coupon book, that almost always means the ticket had another segment to it. A quick Google search didn't provide anything definitive.

Boy, I hope not.

I like collecting stuff that the investors and the opinion sellers don't generally care about.

Doug 'You call me cheap, I call it more fun' Goodman

1960 World Series GAME 7 program. Scored right up until the Mazeroski HR...

I just got back from a show in Vegas. I picked up this Senators Yearbook to add to the collection along with some other items.

HOF Jim Palmer 200th win scored program
 

This is a pretty cool scored program to HOF Jim Palmer's 200th career win that I recently picked up on eBay.

Not only is it neatly scored, but the patron sent it to Palmer and asked that he sign it, which he did. IMHO, what takes this to the next level is that it also included the fan note requesting the autograph. Apparently he also attended Palmer's no-hitter in 1969 and scored that program as well. :)

Nice one Scott.

Here's his 5th career win...

Here's a scorecard from the "Rick Monday Saves the U.S. Flag" game, with accompanying ticket stub.

Very good, Joe! ;)

Thanks Scott. Ya know, a couple of years ago before I started really getting into tickets, I would have dismissed this as just a regular ticket stapled to just a regular scorecard!

If you collect vintage basketball, give us a hell yeah !!!

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August 4th 1969 Orlando Cepeda 300th HR scored program

That's a great one!

How about half an 1875 scorecard.

Well, half a scorecard is better than no scorecard at all! And that is one petite scorecard!

The program below is from when Unitas threw his 100th TD pass. He became the fastest to throw 100 passing TDs, and accomplished this in his 53rd game, during his streak of 47 consecutive games in which he threw at least 1 touchdown pass. Marino would later become the fastest to 100 TD passes in 1986, needing only 44 games to do so.

In honor of Tim McCarver, here is his third career game, his second appearance at catcher, and the first time he caught Bob Gibson. This was the first time the team won with him behind the plate, and it was Gibson's second career win, versus five losses.

Many of us have heard the story of McCarver going out to the mound when Gibson pitched and being told by the pitcher to get back behind the plate. "The only thing you know about pitching," Gibson said, "is how hard it is to hit."

It's quite possible that at some point during this 6-4 win, which ended with McCarver 0-10 at the plate so far in his career, Gibson said exactly that to McCarver first the very first time.

Note that while the person who scored this game shows McCarver getting singles in the 5th and 9th, both were actually fielder's choice outs where he ended up at first base.

Aaron 3000th hit
 

Hank gets his 3000th hit in the first inning

3000th Hit
 

So, I don't have lots of scorecards, but these are cool. I got these when my father bought part of Ken Smith's collection back in the 1980's. These are Puerto Rican winter league programs 1954-58. I have 7 or 8 of them. lots of notes about players in the margins. A few are scored including this one from 1954. You might recognize a couple guys on this team

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If you want to see the rest of them, I have them in this flickr album..
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I was at that game at Crosley Field! Hammerin' Hank's 3,000th hit was a little dribbler up the middle that somehow found its way through the infield. It was the second game of a double-header (The Reds won Game 1, thanks to homers by Rose and Perez).

Still an unforgettable moment in which Hank was greeted and congratulated by Stan Musial, who was in the crowd that day. Awesome Program!

Can you possibly post a photo of the Reds lineup page? I think Perez had 5 consecutive hits in the nightcap to help the Reds to a comeback victory. But my memory may be playing tricks on me.

Thanks so much for posting this!

Perez was 5-5 thru the 10th, but grounded out in the 11th and struck out in the 13th.

Here's mine

Aaron 3000th hit
 

PerezFan...enjoy !

September 11th 1970 , Greg Luzinski 1st career Hit

Tommy Lasorda only start as a Dodgers

Thanks so much, Doug and 5-Tool Player!

Great to see both examples, and how much differently their "scorekeepers" handled recording it. Very cool that you both have one! :D

Always a nice bonus to have a ticket accompanying a scorecard, and you scored a double-bonus with those 2 tix to the Lasorda game, Doug! Did you know they were there when you bought the scorecard or was it a complete surprise?

Clemente auto........WOW, great pick up

I don't remember. I don't really specifically collect tickets so I don't really pay much attention to them. It's all about the scored program for me.

This program and ticket stub are from Bobby Orr’s NHL debut. I also have this scored program from an early Dummy Hoy game.

Have quite a few others from hockey and early baseball, happy to share later on. I love the feel of culture back in those days that you get from the programs. And many are still quite reasonable in price as others have stated. A really great collectible.

Great display........and show us MORE !

This is an incredibly rare program from the Jackie Robinson All-Stars game against the Creoles All-Stars.

The Jackie Robinson All-Stars generally had generic programs which could be used for any game. This is the only game-specific program from the JR All-Stars that I have ever seen (although I imagine others exist).

I ran across an old Dodgers program/scorecard & ticket stub combo that I finally had time to look at and research a bit. The date based on the scorecard indicates nothing of significance happened in that game (7/21/74). But I did find something interesting about the program that motivated me to post a couple of pics and share with the group.

Apparently the Dodgers must have accepted baseball-related personal ads to run in some of their programs to generate revenue. Below is one such ad (from the 7/21/74 program) from an early collector of memorabilia the type of which would be of obvious interest to those that have contributed to this thread or a sister thread on tickets/stubs. One can only wonder what responses the person got, and if he/she held on to any of the items that they received from placing the ad!

Padres Programs
 

3 from the PCL Days and 1 from 1985 Spring Training, signed by Gwynn and Garvey.

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1910 Cardinals at Giants

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Had these signed-- I was like a kid at a candy store!
Willie Mays signed for me,, Casey started to walk away with my fathers pen, but returned it when he realized his error, "" note where Rose signed on the score card on the left""--

Pete Rose Only 3 HR Game - 4/29/78
First Major League HR Chipper Jones - 5/9/95

I would never have guessed that Pete would have hit 3 homers in a game, but the evidence is there in the scorecard!

Those nice, I particularly like that Rose game.

I just picked this program up. It was from a 1967 Charity Testimonial Banquet hosted in Eerie PA. First time I have come across one of these. The honorees were the MLB MVP Clemente and NFL MVP Bart Starr. Pirates manager Harry Walker was in attendance as well as was HOF member Garo Yepremian who had just completed his rookie season that saw him set an NFL record six Field Goals in a single game. Bob Prince was the MC. Each one of them signed this program. I found a photo of Clemente and Starr at the event. If you look at Starr’s left hand he is holding a copy of this program.

Whoops I stand corrected Garo is not in the NFL HOF. How embarrassing for both of us.

Beautiful rare program, Mike, and all the more rarer with those signatures!

Thanks I am very happy with it

Very cool, Mike! Congrats :D:cool:

Here's a scorecard from Nolan Ryan's 1st complete game. In his very next start, he'd strike out 14 batters!

Nice one!

Null

This is very cool … Greg Luzinski was my high school baseball coach. Great guy.

But who is that listed behind him in the order? That should be John Vukovich. There is no #30 on the roster

My only program of any value … ‘55 WS with a few autos. Might put on B/S/T at some point, I’m really just a pennant collector.

1962 St Cloud Rox Lou Brock Autographed cover. Possibly unique. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...79c88552d6.jpg

I started this thread with a program from Jim Brown's last regular season game, and I was happy to recently add to my collection a program from Jim Browns first regular season game. It's got a little writing on the Willard Mullin cover, but these programs don't surface too often, so condition wasn't all that important in this case. Interestingly, the photo of Brown in the program appears to be the exact same photo used for his 1958 Topps rookie card!

The first attachment failed to load in the previous message. Here's a pic of the cover of Jim Brown's first professional game.

Nolan Ryan CG
 

Thank You.....great find

Keep searching

The search is the life, isn't it...kind of? :)

Keeping the Nolan Ryan theme, here's his first career start, with his first career decision.

Good one, Doug!
Note that Nolan wore uniform #34, not #30 in 1966.
When he pitched in 1968, as a rookie with the Mets, he started wearing #30.

Another great scorecard, Doug! Ryan got shelled in the first inning of the first game of a doubleheader, with the recorded attendance being less than 15,000. Again, you gotta wonder how many of these scorecards survived! The attendance for the card I posted for his first complete game was less than 10,000. I'm sure more are out there, but I certainly haven't seen any other examples of either!

One of the reasons I enjoy scored programs / scorecards is that each is a 1 of 1, to use the lingo of the modern collector. There are probably more of them out there somewhere, but each will use a different language to tell the same story.

Here is the same, yet different program that 5Tool posted previously from Nolan's first career win

Ryan 1st ML start
 

Hi Doug,
Here is an extremely rare ticket stub that is a match to your scored program to Nolan's 1st ML start game in 1966. ;):cool:

That looks super nice, Doug...

But with those tightly cropped images, I am left wondering about the background of this program. :confused:

Stanly cup
 

My First Hockey post a 1926 Stanley Cup Final program from 1926. It was the last year a non NHL team played in the cup Finals. Babe Siebert and the Montreal Maroons won their first cup 3 games to 1. They beat the defending champion Victoria team

Very cool program, Jonathan. I live in Victoria and less than a mile from the site of the Patrick Arena where the Cougars played. Following the 1926 season they became the Detroit Cougars and eventually the Detroit Red Wings. The attached snaps are of a commemorative cairn on the grounds of Oak Bay Secondary across the street from the old rink. The other is a display at the municipal hall to which I contributed some old hockey postcards. The Cougars remain the only team from British Columbia to have won the Stanley Cup. Still waiting on the Canucks.

Well, it's a cardboard flat box used to ship, of course.

Every scorecard deserves a matching ticket whenever possible!

With any post of a Ryan game there's a good chance of Scott having a ticket...

Hey All.

Wow, some killer scorecards/programs on here. I don't get on Net54 much these days so I missed this post. I can throw a few out there but they come by way of scoreBOOKS instead. Hopefully they are a close enough fit.

This one meshes with Jonathan's post (above). It's one of Harry Wright's personal scorebooks from 1883 while managing the Providence team. It contains about two months of games and includes Hoss Radbourne's no-hitter. The last pic shows Wright holding one of these scorebooks (online pic, not mine).

Rob M

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This is a scorebook from 1867. It contains several games from the New Bedford, Massachusetts area. You'll note the name "Delano" on one of the teams. This was a great uncle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as they were from the Fairhaven area.

Rob M

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Wow Rob. Beautiful. If that one ever needs a new home...

This is from an 1895 Scorebook for the strong minor league Hagerstown team. Three of their games are against the barnstorming Cuban Giants including the best Negro player (and HOFer) of the 1800's Frank Grant. This is one of their scored games.

Rob M

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