1876 Champion Chicago White Stockings National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Title: Chicago champions. Date Created, Published: c1877. Medium: 1 print : engraving. Summary: Print showing bust portraits of the 1876-77 Chicago White Stockings baseball team, shown clockwise from the top are: R. Barnes, J. Peters, C. Anson, G. Bradley, C. Waitt, P. Hines, C. McVey, J. Glenn, and center is Al Spalding.

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876.

New York City on February 2, 1876, the National League was established with eight charter members:

* Chicago White Stockings
* Philadelphia Athletics
* Boston Red Stockings
* Hartford Dark Blues
* Mutual of New York
* St. Louis Brown Stockings
* Cincinnati Red Stockings
* Louisville Grays

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-18390 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-931 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: PGA - Barbeck & McRay--Chicago champions (A size) [P&P] Other Number: H4274. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Notes:

* H4274 U.S. Copyright Office.
* Title from item.
* Copyright April 12, 1877.

Subjects:

* Baseball players--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880.

Format:

* Engravings--1870-1880.
* Portrait prints--1870-1880.

Collections:

* Popular Graphic Arts

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax

In June 1959, Koufax set the record for a night game with 16 strikeouts. On August 31, 1959, he surpassed his career high with 18 strikeouts, setting the NL record and tying Bob Feller's major league record for strikeouts in one game. Born: December 30, 1935 (1935-12-30) Brooklyn, New York Batted: Right Threw: Left MLB debut June 24, 1955 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Last MLB appearance October 2, 1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Description: Publicity still photograph. Source: N.Y. Public Library Picture Collection. Date: circa 1965. Author: publicity still

This work is irrevocably in the public domain in the United States because it was first published in the United States without copyright notice prior to 1978. See Copyright.

Career statistics

Win–Loss record 165–87
Earned run average 2.76
Strikeouts 2,396

Career highlights and awards

* 7× All-Star selection (1961, 1961², 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
* 4× World Series champion (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965)
* 3× Cy Young Award winner (1963, 1965, 1966)
* 1963 NL MVP
* 2× World Series MVP (1963, 1965)
* 4× NL TSN Pitcher of the Year (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
* 2× Babe Ruth Award (1963, 1965)
* 3× Triple Crown winner (1963, 1965, 1966)
* 1966 Hutch Award
* Pitched four no-hitters
* Pitched a perfect game on September 9, 1965
* Los Angeles Dodgers #32 retired
* Major League Baseball All-Century Team

Sandy Koufax: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Christy Mathewson

Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty". Lineup for Yesterday: M is for Matty, Who carried a charm. In the form of an extra brain in his arm. Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949)

# World Series champion (1905)
# 373 career wins (3rd all-time)
# 2.13 career ERA (8th all-time)
# 1.059 career WHIP (5th all time)
# Won 20 games or more 13 times, won 30 games or more 4 times.
# Pitched 79 shutouts (3rd all time)
# Won NL Pitcher's Triple Crown in 1905 and 1908
# Five-time ERA champion (1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913)
# Five-time strikeout champion (1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908)
# Pitched back to back no-hitters.

Title: Mathewson of N.Y. Nat. Creator(s): Thompson, Paul, photographer. Date Created, Published: c1910 Dec. 14. Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. Summary: Photograph shows Christy Mathewson, pitcher for the New York Giants, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-13527 (digital file from original print)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. JPEG (32kb) || JPEG (88kb) |

Call Number: LOT 13830, no. 3 [P&P] Other Number: J148724. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print.

Notes:

* J148724
U.S. Copyright Office.
* Title from item.
* Handwritten on verso: Mathewson of N.Y. Nat.
* Stamped on verso: Copyright by Paul Thompson, 10 Spruce Street, New York.