All-Star Baseball Game Ticket

All-Star Baseball Game Ticket

Baseball Ticket

Baseball--Florida

All-Star Baseball Game

Tickets--Florida

Sanford (Fla.)

Ticket to an all-star baseball game at Municipal Ball Park in Sanford, Florida on Friday, August 20, 1940 at 8 p.m. The cost of the ticket is 50 cents including tax, but excluding parking. 

Sanford entered the world of pro ball in 1919 with the formation of the Class D Florida State League. In its inaugural season, the Celeryfeds won the first half pennant, finishing in a tie with Orlando for the best overall record. Although the league folded in 1928, it was revived in 1936, and once again included a team from Sanford called the Lookouts, which was part of the Senators family of clubs. This struggling team finally turned around when they acquired former Major League star, Dale Alexander, as manager and first baseman in 1939. In over 80 years of Florida State League history, no team has ever matched their .737 winning percentage that season. The next season, the Sanford Seminoles emerged as the city's baseball team.

Original ticket by the Florida State League: All-star Baseball Game, Municipal Ball Park, Sanford, Florida. Friday, August 30, 1940. Section F, Row 2, Seat 11: Baseball Exhibit, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

1940-08

1940-08-30

Digital reproduction of original ticket by the Florida State League: All-star Baseball Game, Municipal Ball Park, Sanford, Florida. Friday, August 30, 1940. Section F, Row 2, Seat 11.

Baseball Exhibit, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

Sanford Baseball Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Sanford, Florida

28.802701, -81.25551

1940-08-30/1940-08-30

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History Teacher

Originally created and owned by the Florida State League.

Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Marra, Katherine

McCarthy, Kevin. Baseball in Florida. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, 1996.

Singletary, Wes. Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press, 2006.

Section F
Row 2
Seat No. 11
FRIDAY
AUGUST 30, 1940

SECTION F ROW 2 SEAT NO. 11
RESERVED SEAT TICKET
ALL-STAR BASEBALL GAME
MUNICIPAL BALL PARK
SANFORD, FLORIDA
Friday, August 30, 1940
8 P.M.
Price 50c Including Tax
DOES NOT INCLUDE ADMISSION TO PARK

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