GUIDE to SPRING TRAINING ASSIGNMENTS AND SCHEDULES National Baseball Hall of Fame Library Manuscript Archives National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 www.baseballhall.org Claudette Scrafford November 2015
Collection Number BA MSS 244 BL-713.2015 Title Spring Training Assignments and Schedules Inclusive Dates 1928 1968 Extent 1.23 linear feet (3 boxes) Repository National Baseball Hall of Fame Library 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 Abstract A collection of correspondence relating to spring training assignments and schedules of American League clubs and umpires. Preferred Citation Spring Training Assignments and Schedules, BA MSS 244, National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY Access Available by appointment; please e-mail research@baseballhall.org or call 1-607-547-0330. Property Rights Property rights are owned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Scope and Content Correspondence to and from American League teams discussing dates of spring training games. Correspondence to and from American League umpires relates to their assignments and travel expenses. Included are large charts which have the teams with dates, opponents, and umpire assigned. Replies from umpires are nearly all handwritten. See Also National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY BA MSS 218 Spring Training programs, magazines, yearbooks Subject files Spring training
Controlled Access Terms These records are indexed under the following terms in the National Baseball Hall of Fame s Library catalog. Corporate Names Grapefruit League Cactus League American League of Professional Baseball Clubs National League of Professional Baseball Clubs Personal Names Harridge, William 1883-1971 Frick Ford C. 1894-1978 Connolly, Thomas H. 1870-1961 Chylak, Nestor 1922-1982 Hubbard, Robert Calvin 1900-1977 McGowan, William A 1896-1954 Subject Headings Spring training Schedules Correspondence Baseball umpires Trademarks Content List Box 1 Folder 1 Day-by-day exhibition schedule of AL clubs, Mar 7 Apr 10, 1928 Baseball Blue Book training camp supplement, 1928 Folder 2 Boston Red Sox roster, schedule, hotel headquarters, 1928 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates itineraries, hotels, mileage, 1932, 1935-37, 1939-42 Batting order and roster, April 16, 1937 Folder 3 AL spring training day-by-day schedule, 1929, 1932-1936 Folder 4 AL umpires spring training assignments, 1936-1957 Folder 5 Correspondence re: AL umpires assignments, expenses, Jan Jun 1936 AL team and umpire schedules, Mar 6 Apr 12, 1936 Daniel s Dope editorial c. 1936 Folder 6 Correspondence with teams re: schedules, Jan Feb 1937 Newspaper clippings (2) c. 1937
Folder 7 Correspondence re: AL umpires assignments, Jan Apr 1937 AL umpires assignments, team schedule, Mar 13 Apr 18, 1937 Folder 8 Correspondence with AL clubs, schedule, umpires assignments, expenses Jan May 1938 AL team and umpire schedules, Mar 10 Apr 17, 1938 Newspaper clippings (3) c. 1938 Folder 9 Correspondence with AL clubs re: schedule Dec 1938 Mar 1939 Folder 10 Correspondence with AL umpires, assignments, expenses, Jan Aug 1939 AL team and umpire schedules, Mar 9 Apr 16, 1939 Folder 11 Correspondence with AL clubs, re: schedule Jan May 1940 Folder 12 Correspondence with AL umpires re: schedule, expenses Jan Apr 1940 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 3 Apr 14, 1940 Folder 13 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Dec 1940 Feb 1941 Folder 14 Correspondence with AL umpires re: schedule Jan Apr 1941 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 2 Apr 14, 1941 Folder 15 Correspondence with AL umpires re: expenses Mar Jun 1941 Folder 16 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Nov 1942 Training locations and day-by-day schedule Mar 1 Apr 13, 1942 Folder 17 Correspondence with AL umpires re: schedule Jan Apr 1942 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 2 Apr 13, 1942 Box 2 Folder 1 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Mar 1943 Folder 2 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Feb Mar 1943 Training sites for AL and NL clubs Press release Mar 6, 1943 re: spring training sites Folder 3 Correspondence, E. G. Barrow, pres. NYY to players, staff Jan Mar 1943, typed or handwritten Paul Schreiber Nick Etten Roy Weatherly Oscar Grimes Jim Turner
Bill Dickey Johnny Murphy Johnny Lindell Bill Zuber Charles Butch Wensloff Johnny C. Nee, scout Earl Combs, coach John Schulte, coach Edward Froelich, trainer Folder 4 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Dec 1943 Mar 1944 Commissioner Landis to Wm Harridge re: spring training in the north Telegram Oct 20, 1943 Training sites for AL and NL; umpires assignments AL press release Feb 1944 re: tentative schedule Folder 5 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Feb Mar 1944 Folder 6 Correspondence re: proposal of spring training Apr 1 st start date Feb 1945 Folder 7 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Feb Mar 1945 Training sites and tentative opening dates, AL and NL AL schedule with rail miles Folder 8 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Jan Mar 1945 Folder 9 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Mar 1946 Training sites for AL and NL AL press release 1946 re: day-by-day schedule Folder 10 Correspondence with AL umpires re: schedule, expenses Jan May 1946 Handwritten notes Folder 11 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan May 1947 Folder 12 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Jan Feb 1947 Folder 13 AL press release with day-by-day schedule Jan 28, 1947 Folder 14 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Jul 1948 AL press release Jan 30, 1948 Folder 15 Correspondence with AL umpires re: schedule, expenses Feb-Apr 1948 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 6 Apr 18, 1948 Folder 16 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Feb 1949
Day-by-day spring training schedule Mar 12 Apr 17 Folder 17 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Feb Apr 1949 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 12 Apr 17 Folder 18 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Dec 1949 Apr 1950 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 11 Apr 16 Folder 19 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Oct 1950 Feb 1951 Press release Jan 18, 1951 Folder 20 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Jan Feb 1951 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 10 Apr 15 Box 3 Folder 1 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Apr 1953 Folder 2 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Jan Apr 1953 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 7 Apr 12 Folder 3 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Feb 1954 Press release Jan 24, 1954 Folder 4 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Jan Apr 1954 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 6 Apr 11 Folder 5 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Feb 1956 Folder 6 Commissioner Frick to AL and NL presidents re: incidents in inter-league games Feb 17, 1956 AL bulletin to AL umpires Feb 20, 1956 Folder 7 Correspondence with AL umpires re: assignments Jan Apr 1956 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 10 Apr 15 Umpire Napp to Harridge re: Mar 25 th incident Byrne pitch Umpire Hurley to Harridge re: Mar 17 th incident bad language in dugout Folder 8 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Jan Apr 1957 Folder 9 Commissioner Frick to AL and NL presidents re: incidents in inter-league games Feb 4, 1957 AL bulletin to AL umpires Feb 7, 1957 Folder 10 Correspondence with AL umpires re: schedule Feb Apr 1957 Day-by-day schedule with assignments Charted assignments and schedule Mar 9 Apr 14
Detroit Tigers and KC Athletics B team schedule Folder 11 Correspondence with AL teams re: schedule Dec 1957 Feb 1958 Folder 12 Correspondence with AL umpires re: schedule Feb Apr 1958 Charted assignments and schedule Mar 8 Apr 13 Folder 13 Baltimore Orioles player bulletin Feb 20, 1962 Pitcher questionnaire Cincinnati Reds spring training daily results 1964, 1965 SF Giants memo to PR directors and travelling secretaries 1968