False Babe Ruth 500th Home Run Ticket - How can PSA date this ticket??????

[Shoeless Moe]

I think for the most part the numbers DO refer to the games. Like the one is question here, 49, refers to home game 49 (prior to the season starting of course) not game 49 after rainouts.

Scott or David might be able to better speak to those funky numbers/letters on the ticket, but I think those are for makeup games. Games added due to rainouts or what have you, or even special event games. Figuring those out is nearly impossible.

[Shoeless Moe]

Also, I would not use Baseball Almanac, it doesn't show rainouts.

[mikehorne]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Also, I would not use Baseball Almanac, it doesn't show rainouts.

www.retrosheet.org > Data downloads > Schedules is a great resource and will show the original schedule (including scheduled DHs), postponed games, and makeup dates.

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by mikehorne

www.retrosheet.org > Data downloads > Schedules is a great resource and will show the original schedule (including scheduled DHs), postponed games, and makeup dates.

here is the actual home game schedule for the Indians In 1929

as you can clearly see Home Game 49 was not played on Aug 11th
just count schedule games JULY 4th D/H was a two ticket game so allocate 2 numbers
April 16 was Game 1 Sept 29th was Game #77
so here is conclusive proof
see picture

[Shoeless Moe]

Here is another error by PSA (so don't go by them either)

http://www.milehighcardco.com/1934_D...-LOT64125.aspx

Ticket is CLEARLY dated July 15.

However, the incident happened on July 13. See Wiki link or go to Baseball Reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...93407130.shtml

"On July 13, 1934, Gehrig suffered a "lumbago attack" and had to be assisted off the field. In the next day's away game, he was listed in the lineup as "shortstop", batting lead-off. In his first and only plate appearance, he singled and was promptly replaced by a pinch runner to rest his throbbing back, never taking the field. A&E's Biography speculated that this illness, which he also described as "a cold in his back", might have been the first symptom of his debilitating disease.[49]"