FS: New York Giants 1938/1941 Mel Ott Opening Day HR Ticket Stubs (1 Grand Slam)
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The following are the tickets included in this Lot, which are listed on ebay at: https://www.ebay.com/itm/267241473879:
April 19, 1938 (Opening Day): Boston Bees @ New York Giants; Giants win 13-1; Mel Ott hits career HR #307; Johnny McCarthy and Vince DiMaggio HRs; Cliff Melton complete 7-hit game win.
April 18, 1941 (Opening Day): Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants; Giants win 7-2; Mel Ott hits career HR #389 (Grand Slam); Bob Bowman complete 7-hit came win
September 10, 1959: Pittsburgh Pirates @ SF Giants; Pittsburgh wins 5-3; Vern Law complete game win; Willie Mays hits career HRs #244 and #245; Willie Kirkland HR
The dates for these tickets are listed in the 2025 REA Spring Auction and confirmed by Dan Busby, the acknowledged baseball ticket expert, at page 203-204 of his book "Before and After Babe Ruth," which indicates that the Letters F and J on the tickets denote 1938 and 1941, respectively. The tickets are from the Busby Collection.
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I recently obtained 13 New York Giants baseball tickets from this era. Some have writing/notes on the back I suppose written by the ticket bearer. However, short of sending them to PSA to be positively identified, I cannot accurately identify which ticket goes with which game. I know of no database similar to the keyman one for yankees tickets that provides for this. I may have a ticket or two that fits what you are looking for, but was wondering if you can point me to any such information that helps to identify these tickets...they all have a game number and letter attached..all are either 1.10 price tickets or 1.00 tickets (seemingly from the early 1930s when the price went down.) Thanks in advance.
Sorry for the delayed response as I only just saw your message this morning.
The Dan Busby book has the info at least for the $1.10 Stadium tickets.
Please tell me know what letter is on those tickets or if they do not have the ticket and I can tell you the year and if I need them.
If you are lethimroll guy on ebay do not respond.