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Properly
Dating
a New
York
Yankees
April
17,
1951
Opening
Day
Grandstand
Ticket
Stub
"Mickey
Mantle
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BUYER BEWARE! A Yankees Grandstand ticket mistakenly dated by SGC and attributed to Home Game No. 1, opening day, April 17, 1951, Mickey Mantle Debut, has surfaced in the market. This article will show without dispute that the "Game No. F" ticket stub was absolutely printed in 1954, and cannot be from 1951. The unique pricing on the ticket because of
a newly-enacted admissions tax cut alone, is conclusive proof that the "Game No. F" ticket cannot be mistaken for any year, other than 1954. We can stop here and keep it short, but for argument sake lets do the homework. Here is the long side of the story.
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First
lets
address
the
Letter
"F"
used
for the
game
number.
Fact I: Tickets for games that were rained out were
voided.
If the
"Make
Up
Game"
for the
rain
out was
added
to
another
scheduled
game to
create
a
double
header,
the
ticket
number
of that
scheduled
game
was
used
for
admission
to both
games.
IF THE
RAIN
OUT
GAME
WAS
MADE UP
ON AN
OFF
DAY,
THE
TICKET
ISSUED
FOR
ADMISSION
TO THAT
GAME
FEATURED
A
LETTER
FOR THE
GAME
NO.
Lettered
tickets
were
printed
before
the
start
of the
season
and
held in
reserve
for; 1.
Unscheduled
make up
games
played
on an
off
day,
and 2.
games
that
the
attendance exceeded
the
seating
capacity
of the
stadium.
The
tickets
were
used to
satisfy
the
overflow
in
attendance.
Fact II
-
Mickey
Mantle's
debut
game
was
played
on
opening
day,
April
17,
1951.
The
ticket
used
for
admission
would
have
been
Game
No. 1.
A
scheduled
home
game
and
with a
paid
attendance
44,860
it is
comfortably
below
the
Stadium's
capacity
of
67,337.
There
would
be no
reason
to use
a
Lettered
Ticket,
for the
April
17th
game.
(Game
No.
"F")
FACT
III
- There
were
three
unscheduled
make up
games
played
on an
off day
in
1951.
May 22,
Sept
19, and
Sept
26.
This
can be
verified
by
simply
checking
the
Yankees
1951
Schedule,
and
cross
referencing
dates
of
games
played.
The
letters
used
for
these
games
were
randomly
chosen,
with no
"rhyme
or
reason."
Three
tickets
with
lettered
game
numbers
have
surfaced
for
1951
games.
Game
No. A,
Game
No. D,
and
Game
No. Z.
None of
the
lettered
tickets
can be
attributed
to a
specific
game.
Further
research
would
be
needed
to
attribute
any
ticket
with a
letter
for a
Game
No. to
any one
of the
three
specific
unscheduled
make up games.
Conclusion:
This
information
confirms
that
there
would
be no
reason
for a
ticket
with a
Game
No.
letter
"F," to
be used
for the
first
game of
the
season,
and
with a
paid
attendance
of
44,860
there
would
be no
reason
to sell
overflow
tickets.
Attributions dating a NY Yankees
Grandstand
ticket
stub to
1951
Fact I: The header that reads "New York Yankees, Inc.
Yankee
Stadium"
replaces
"American
League
Baseball
Club of
New
York"
at the
top of
the
stub,
in
1948,
the
year
Daniel
R.
Topping
took
over as
team
president.
The
Yankees
team
President's
signature,
"Larry
MacPhail"
at the
bottom
of the
stub in
1947
(his
last
year)
is
replaced
with
"NEW
YORK
YANKEES
INC."
the
following
year,
1948.
This
line
was
used
until
1951,
when in
1952,
the
ticket
design
was
changed.
The two lines, first and top line reads "New York Yankees, Inc." and the
second
bottom
line
reads
"Yankee
Stadium"
was
used
from
1948-1951
as the
header
until
1952
when
the
design
of the
ticket
was
changed
forcing
the
header
to
three
lines.
Top
line
reads
"New
York
Yankees"
second
line
"INC."
and
third
line
"Yankee
Stadium"
This
three
line
header
would
be used
in 1952
& 1953
only.
In 1954
the
header
is
changed
and
features
two
lines
that
reads
"NEW
YORK
YANKEES"
at the
top and
"Yankee
Stadium"
below.
This
header
wording
would
be used
for the
following
26
years,
even
after
the
size of
the
ticket
was
enlarged
in
1973.
In 1974
& 1975
"Shea
Stadium"
was
used
for the
bottom
line
below
"NEW
YORK
YANKEES"
Fact II: The ornate "Rain Check" logo design at the top
of the
ticket
stub
was
used on
Yankee
Stadium
ticket
stubs
from
1923-1951.
In 1952
the
design
of the
ticket
stub
was
changed
and
features
a
simple
"Rain
Check"
logo
enclosed
in a
narrow
black
rectangle,
with
the
words
"RAIN
CHECK"
in
block,
upper
case
letters,
in the
color
of the
ticket
stock
used.
This
style
logo
was
until
1972,
when in
1973
the
size
was
changed.
Fact III: Series letters were used on tickets to help the
ticket
taker
at the
gate
distinguish
it from
the
tickets
used
the
year
before,
if the
color
of the
ticket
stock,
price,
and
design,
was the
same.
The
Series
Letter
"D" was
used in
1951.
Ticket
stubs
attributed
to 1948
used
Series
Letter
"A"
1949
used
Series
Letter
"B"
1950
used
Series
Letter
"C" and
1951
Series
Letter
"D" In
1952
the
ticket
design
was
changed
and the
series
number
was
again
reset
to "A."
In 1953
Series
"B" was
used,
but in
1954,
with
the
change
to the
header
wording,
mentioned
above,
the
Series
Letter
was
reset
to "A"
In 1955
and
1956
Series
letter
"A" was
also
used
but the
change
in
color
stock
in both
years
was
used
for the
ticket
taker
to
distinguish
the
difference
from
the
year
before.
Fact IV: The 1951 stub features changes in ticket design
and the
Printing
company
used to
print
the
tickets.
The
pricing
information
dominates
the
Yankees
Logo
watermark.
The
word
"Admission"
is
added
below
"Grandstand."
On the
back
"Terms
and
Conditions"
Replaces
"
Important
Notice"
and
"New
York
Yankees
INC."
is
added
below
the
text
separated
by a
line.
This
"Line"
was
only
used on
the
back in
1951
and
1952.
In 1953
and
thereafter
it is
not
used.
The
printing
company
credit
line
"The
Brown
Ticket
Corp,
New
York
City."
was
used
from
1948-1950.
In 1951
the
Yankees
used a
different
printing
company,
and the
printing
company
credit
line
now
reads
"Ansell-Simplex
Ticket
Co" The
changing
of the
printing
company
is the
reason
for the
change
in
ticket
design.
The
Ansell-Simplex
Ticket
Co. was
used to
print
Yankee
Grandstand
tickets
from
1951
until
1969,
when in
1970
the
printing
of
Grandstand
tickets
was
done by
the
National
Ticket
Co. the
tickets
printed
in 1951
marks a
transition
from
the old
design
Yankee
tickets,
to the
New
design
that
was
used
from
1952-1969.
The
design
was
again
changed
in 1970
with
the
change
of
printing
companies.
Fact V: The 1951 ticket is the last year the tax line
reads
"TAX
PAID."
With
the
exception
of the
last 45
games
in
1928,
through
to
1932,
when
tickets
up to
$1.
were
exempt
from
admission
tax,
"TAX
PAID"
was
used
since
1923,
on all
Yankee
Stadium
Grandstand
tickets.
The
following
year in
1952
the Tax
line
was
changed
to
read:
"FED
TAX"
until
1954,
when in
1955 a
city
tax was
adopted.
City
tax was
added
to the
tax
line
to read
"Fed
Tax.11
City
Tax
.06"
Conclusion:
This
information,
Header,
Rain
Check
logo,
Series
letter,
and the
transitional
ticket
design
unique
to this
single
year
due to
the
change
in the
printing
company,
confirms
without
a doubt
that
this
ticket
was
printed
in
1951.
It
cannot
be
confused
with
any
other
year.
The
pricing
on the
ticket
is also
consistent
with
tickets
sold
from
1946-1954.
The
price
being
changed
to
$1.30
in
1955.
Attributions dating a NY Yankees
Grandstand
ticket
stub to
1954
Fact I: In 1954 the The word "INC." that appeared after
"NEW
YORK
YANKEES"
in the
header,
the
past 6
years
is
removed.
(The
last 2
years,
1952,
and
1953
after
the
modern
ticket
design
with
the
three
line
header)
This
header
without
the
"INC"
abbreviation
would
be used
on
undated
tickets
until
1979.
Fact
II:
On
April
1, 1954
the
newly-enacted
admissions
tax
cuts
went
into
effect.
Baseball
teams
typically
printed
tickets
well in
advanced
of the
season
opener.
The IRS
issued
Guidelines
for
baseball
clubs
that
sold
tickets
prior
to
April 1
for
games
played
after
that
date.
The
Yankees
chose
the
option
to
over-stamp
the new
price
on the
back,
with
the tax
applicable
after
April 1.
The IRS
said
it's up
to the
patron
either
to
accept
the
ticket
or to
receive
a full
refund
for it.
You can
read
more
details
here.
All tickets regardless of the seating plan, for games 1-20 featured the
tax
adjustment
on the
back.
The
original
grandstand tickets
printed
for
games
1-20
had an
"Estimated
Price
$1.04"
"Fed
Tax
.21"
for a
total
price
of
$1.25.
The
same
pricing
used
since
1946.
The
corrected
over-stamp
on the
back
had the
adjusted
tax at
"Estimated
Price
$1.14"
"Fed
Tax
.11"
for a
total
price
of
$1.25.
Tickets
sold
for
Games
21-77
were
printed
with
the
correct
pricing
"Estimated
Price
$1.14"
"Fed
Tax
.11"
for a
total
price
of
$1.25.
This
pricing
on the
front
is
unique
to 1954
Games
21-77
only.
Fact
III:
The
1954
Grandstand
tickets
were
Series
"A"
printed
on red
ticket
stock.
In 1955
Series
"A" was
reset,
and the
ticket
takers
used
the
blue
ticket
stock,
and
price
change
to
$1.30
to
differentiate
the
tickets
from
the
year
before.
Conclusion:
This
information;
the
change
in the
header,
and
more
important
the
newly-enacted
admissions
tax
cuts
absolutely
dates
these
Grandstand
ticket
stubs
to
1954.
The
"Estimated
Price
$1.14"
"Fed
Tax
.11"
for a
total
price
of
$1.25,
over-stamped
on the
back
for
games
1-20,
and
used
for
tickets
printed
for
games
21-77
is
unique
to
1951,
and
cannot
be
mistaken
for any
other
year.
Overview: The attributes dating the Game No. F ticket
stub is
strong,
and the
unique
Pricing
with
the
newly-enacted
admissions
tax
cuts,
leaves
no
doubt
that
the
ticket
was
printed
in
1954.
Not
1951,
as
dated
by SGC.
Regardless
of the
year
the
"emergency"
ticket
with
the
letter
F as
the
game
no.
cannot
be
attributed
to a
specific
game.
Ticket
Game
No. 1,
would
have
been
used
for
admittance
to
Mickey
Mantle's
debut
on
April
17,
1951.
There
was a
modest
crowd
of
44,860,
comfortably
below
the
Stadium's
capacity
of
67,337.
There
would
be no
reason
to use
a
Lettered
Ticket
for an
over-flow.
The Game No. F ticket stub without a doubt is not from opening day April
17,
1951.
It is
an
"emergency"
reserve
1954
ticket
stub,
printed
after
the
newly-enacted
admissions
tax
cut,
and
used
for one
of the
make up
games
played
on an
unscheduled
off day
between
games
21-77,
as
evident
by the
pricing
on the
front.
(See
1954
Billboard
article
bottom
left
column)
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