Sanford Baseball Association Game Ticket

Sanford Baseball Association Game Ticket

Baseball Game Ticket

Baseball--Florida

Tickets--Florida

Sanford (Fla.)

Sanford Baseball Association game ticket to the first game played on August 27, 1908. 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.

Sanford Base Ball Association

Original ticket by the Sanford Base Ball Association: "Sanford Base Ball Association." August 27, 1908: Library and Archives, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.

1908-08

1908-08-27

Digital reproduction of original ticket by the Sanford Base Ball Association: "Sanford Base Ball Association." August 27, 1908.

Library and Archives, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.

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

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Sanford, Florida

28.802701, -81.25551

1908-08-27/1908-08-27

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SS.K.A.1.2; SS.K.A.2.5; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.1.C.3.2; SS.2.C.3.2; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.2; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.912.A.1.2; SS.912.W.1.3

History Teacher

Originally created and owned by Sanford Base Ball Association.

Courtesy of the Orange County Regional History Center. Copyright to this resource is held by the Orange County Regional History Center 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.

Sanford Base Ball
Association
First Game August 27, 1908
Admission 25 cts.

1 ticket