Description: You are looking at an American League season pass which provided the named bearer and one guest to attend any game at any American League ballpark during the 1959 season. The pass is housed in its original plastic holder as it was issued. The AL issued this pass to Wilfred Wehnes, who was a local businessman and my guess is he may have been involved with bringing baseball to the West Coast. I purchased this many years ago (early 1990s?) at our shop from someone who ended up with personal effects from the family. The 1959 season saw the New York Yankees' juggernaut sublimated in favor of the Go-Go White Sox, who went to the fall classic for the first time since the infamous 1919 series. Future Hall of Famer Jim Kaat made his major league debut for the Washington Senators, while his teammate Bob Allison took the Rookie of the year award. The pale hose took the other major awards - 38 year-old Early Wynn won the Cy Young, and Nellie Fox earned the Most Valuable Player Award. Here is a edited summary of the season courtesy of This Day in Baseball: "The Bronx Bombers, winners of nine American League flags in ten years, were in last place on May 20. New York’s pitching woes weighed the team down and it was never able to join the race, which the White Sox eventually won by 5 games over the Indians. Detroit placed fourth despite the efforts of Harvey Kuenn and Al Kaline, the top two batting men with averages of .353 and .327. Boston and Jackie Jensen, the RBI leader at 112, came in fifth. The ERA champ couldn’t do it on his own, as Hoyt Wilhelm (a 2.19 mark) and Baltimore finished sixth. Harmon Killebrew’s league-leading 42 home runs were for naught as Washington finished last... Ernie Banks won his second-straight MVP with 45 homers (second in the circuit) and 143 RBI (tops in the league) for the fifth-place Cubs. His American League MVP counterpart, Nellie Fox, led the White Sox to a first-place finish with his .306 batting average. The Go-Go Sox also featured catcher Sherm Lollar (22 homers, 84 RBI) and shortstop Luis Aparicio (the stolen base leader with 56). Cy Young Award-winner Early Wynn, age 39, was 22-10 while Bob Shaw went 18-6 to stabilize the starting pitching. Gerry Staley and Turk Lown were solid out of the pen. In the first game of the 1959 World Series, Ted Kluszewski belted a pair of two-run homers to lead Chicago to an 11-0 victory over Los Angeles. The Dodgers came back behind Johnny Podres, taking game two 4-3 and sending a tied 1959 World Series to Los Angeles. Although the Sox stroked 12 hits in game three, they lost to Los Angeles 3-1. The Dodgers then took game four 5-4 on Hodges’s eighth-inning home run. A record crowd of 92,706 showed up in the Coliseum the next day with hopes of seeing California’s first World Series winner, but Chicago spoiled the party with a 1-0 win. The Dodgers then took game six 9-3 in Chicago for their first of many World Series crowns." Please take a look at the scans for condition. I have been a long time ticket collector and will be posting many additional tickets in the coming weeks. The item you see pictured is the actual item you will receive. Feel free to email me with any questions. I will ship for free anywhere in the United States.
Price: 299.99 USD
Location: Sherman Oaks, California
End Time: 2024-11-29T20:00:01.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Sport: Baseball
Player: Mickey Mantle
Year: 1959
Original/Reproduction: Original
Vintage: Yes
