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gracecollector
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The seller of this ticket stub did a decent job of listing it. But he missed one interesting fact.
Title: Apr 19 1955 Phillies v Dodger Ticket stub Campanella HR
Desc: Presented is a vintage April 19, 1955 Philadelphia Phillies vs. Brooklyn Dodgers ticket stub from a game at Connie Mack Stadium. Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo and Don Zimmer all hit HR's for the Dodgers while Willie Jones and Bobby Morgan went deep for the phils. Don Newcome upped his record to 2-0 in the young season while Jim Owens took the defeat in the 7-6 loss.
I had been searching for "Don Zimmer" items using title and description, so that's how I found the listing. I noticed the date, April 19 and thought "that's pretty early in the season." And I knew Zimmer had been called up in 1954 but had no HR's that fall. So I used retrosheet.org to look up the boxscore, and sure enough it turns out this was Don Zimmer's first career homerun! So a pretty cool addition to my Zim player collection, and nice to have a piece of memorabilia from the Dodgers 1955 World Series Championship year.
Using retrosheet.org is a great way to look for the dates of milestone HR's and other important games for your player. Just another tool you should be aware of.
Title: Apr 19 1955 Phillies v Dodger Ticket stub Campanella HR
Desc: Presented is a vintage April 19, 1955 Philadelphia Phillies vs. Brooklyn Dodgers ticket stub from a game at Connie Mack Stadium. Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo and Don Zimmer all hit HR's for the Dodgers while Willie Jones and Bobby Morgan went deep for the phils. Don Newcome upped his record to 2-0 in the young season while Jim Owens took the defeat in the 7-6 loss.
I had been searching for "Don Zimmer" items using title and description, so that's how I found the listing. I noticed the date, April 19 and thought "that's pretty early in the season." And I knew Zimmer had been called up in 1954 but had no HR's that fall. So I used retrosheet.org to look up the boxscore, and sure enough it turns out this was Don Zimmer's first career homerun! So a pretty cool addition to my Zim player collection, and nice to have a piece of memorabilia from the Dodgers 1955 World Series Championship year.
Using retrosheet.org is a great way to look for the dates of milestone HR's and other important games for your player. Just another tool you should be aware of.
