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- CIRCA - 1929
- PRINTING COMPANY - M.B. Brown C0., N.Y.
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- SIZE - 3-3/8" x 1-1/4" (stub)
- PRICE GUIDE - $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Very Good - Excellent condition (stub)
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This "First Game Played at Yankee
Stadium" V.I.P. ticket stub is
attributed to the Opening Day game
played on April 18, 1929. The scheduled April
16 home opener was postponed because of
rain. Home game No. 2, April 17, was
also washed away. It was reported that
the rain might end by game time but the
field at the stadium was too soggy. The
"V.I.P" ticket was issued by Jacob Ruppert, to showcase the New York
Yankees to potential advertisers,
businessmen or clients for season box
seats. The ticket was issued as a
formal invite, and was honored
for the "first game played" at Yankee
Stadium in 1929.
The official Home Opener played on April 18, marks the
first game the New York Yankees
wore
uniform numbers. In 1929 the Yankee and
the Cleveland Indians became the first
teams to wear uniform numbers on their
back. The numbers were issued to
players based on their position in the
lineup. The starting players would be
numbered 1-8, and the backup catcher
number 9. The Yankees had two back up
catchers, the 3rd, Bill Dickey was given
number 10. Dickey won the starting
catcher job, and the following year in
1930 Dickey was issued number 8, which
was later retired by the Yankees in
honor of Dickey, along with Yogi Berra. The pitchers were given
numbers 11-19 excluding unlucky 13.
Babe Ruth number 3, batted third and Lou Gehrig number 4, batted fourth.
Both players hit home runs,
historically attributing this game to
the first Home Runs hit by both players
debuting in a numbered uniform. Ruth hit
career home run 471 in the 1929 Home
Opener against the Boston Red Sox.
Gehrig Hit career home run 112. Babe
Ruth, a newlywed, hit his home run
during his first at bat in the bottom
of the first. Sort of a wedding gift
for his bride of a day that was in attendance.
The April 17, wedding of Babe Ruth and Claire
Hodgson took place on what was supposed to be the
2nd attempt to
open the 1929 baseball season at
Yankee Stadium. However rain canceled
that game as well. The
pregame ceremonies for the
opening day game that was finally
played on April 18, included baseball
commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Landis who was on hand to present the
New York Yankees with their World
Championship wristwatches. Colonel
Jacob Ruppert, and L.S. Barnard,
President of the League, then led
members of both teams to the flag pole
where the American Flag, the American
League, and World Championship banners
were unfurled and the ball game was
played.
The extremely rare V.I.P. tickets
written in
ornate script, closer resemble a
wedding invite for two, than a ticket
to a ball game. The rain check portion
of the ticket Stub Reads: "Rain Check,
to be detached by Gateman Good only for
the first game played Yankee Stadium
Season 1929, Jacob Ruppert. President"
The ticket portion reads: "A formal invitation is extended by the ,
American League Base Ball Club, of New
York, to M.................and lady, to
witness the opening game of the
American League Championship Season, at
The Yankee Stadium, 161st Street and
River Avenue, 3:30 P.M. Tuesday, April
16, 1929, Jacob Ruppert., President,
Main entrance only 157th St. and
Ruppert Place"
It was stated in one Newspaper: "The numerals on the backs of the home
players made the expected big hit.
Everybody got the Yanks' number but
Bill Carrigan." (Boston's manager)
Another comment on the
numbers..."Leo Durocher's number is 7.
Here's luck kid! ....."The Red Sox
haven't any player on the score card
numbered 13!" said a fair young person
in the mezzanine, with the air of
having made a discovery. "They're all
13 on that club" declared her escort
simply.
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1929 First Game Played at
Yankee Stadium V.I.P. Ticket
Stub |
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Back of 1929 Opening Day V.I.P. Ticket stub. |
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April 17, 1929 Newspaper
clipping on
postponements. |
1929 First Game Played
at Yankee Stadium
Full V.I.P. Ticket |
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The
full ticket pictured above was
altered for an example. It was
taken from a 1927 sample but
the first two words were
missing. "A Formal" was added
before "invitation is extended"
The addition is an assumption.
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Babe Ruth Get's Married
before Opening Day
Rainout |
Babe Ruth Hit's First
Home Run
wearing uniform
number 3 |
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