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Baseball records

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Held at: Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections [Contact Us]W. W. Hagerty Library, 3300 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Baseball, although one of the oldest team’s sports played at Drexel, along with Basketball and Football, was not officially supported by the University until the 1924 team coached by Harry O’Brien. During the team’s early years, it would develop long-standing rivalries with the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford (both 1924), Delaware, Ursinus, St. Joseph’s (1925), Swarthmore (1926), Lehigh (1927) and Widener (1928). In 1943, because of World War II, the baseball team, like other school sports, would suspend operation for that year. The baseball team returned the following year, and continue until the university suddenly terminated the sport in 2003. During that time, it was originally a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference, later named the East Coast Conference, until 1992, when it joined the North Atlantic Conference. Within a year of joining the NAC, Drexel’s baseball squad would put together a ‘winning’ season, entering the Conference Tournament both that year (1993) and the following season (1994), eventually reaching the semifinals. Baseball returned to Drexel in the fall of 2006, as a club sport.

The collection contains three boxes of records related to Drexel’s baseball team that were created between 1944 and 1995. The collection is arranged by year and includes newspaper clippings, statistics, photographs, letters, media guides, official scorebooks and yearbooks.

The first box in the collection contains both original and photocopied newspaper clippings from local newspapers which covers the team between the years 1951 and 1988. The box also contains statistics which were created by Drexel University, media guides and two copies of the 1995 yearbook.

The second box in the collection contains mainly letters and statistics that were created between 1944 and 1974. The box also contains some photographs, negatives of photographs, newspaper clippings, and two official scorebooks for the same period.

The third and final box in the collection contains newspaper clippings, statistics from both Drexel and the East Coast Conference, media guides, press releases, and photographs covering the years 1975-1988.

Publisher
Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Stanley Alston
Finding Aid Date
2009

Collection Inventory

Physical Description

1.0 folder Letter

20080240001, June 2, 1944.
Scope and content note

Letter from Maury H. McMains to Mr. Ross Kaufmann, regarding the 1944 baseball season.

20040240002, June 2, 1944.
Scope and content note

Letter from Maury H. McMains to Mr. Ross Kaufmann, regarding the 1944 baseball season.

Physical Description

1.0 folder Letters and Statistics

20080240003.
Scope and content note

Press release detailing Drexel's summer league schedule.

20080240004.
Scope and content note

Press release detailing Drexel's lineup for a game against LaSalle.

20080240005, August 2, 1946.
Scope and content note

Press release regarding baseball team; includes scores of several games.

20080240006, 1946.
20080240007, 1946.

Physical Description

1.0 folder Letters and Statistics

20080240008, 1947.

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1.0 folder Letters and Statistics

20080240009, 1948.

Physical Description

1.0 folder Letters and Statistics

20080240010, 1949.
20080240011, 1949.
Baseball, 1950, 1950. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 6
Physical Description

1.0 folder Statistics

Baseball, 1951, 1951. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 1
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles and Photographs

Baseball, 1952, 1952. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 7
Physical Description

1.0 folder Varsity Letters Winners

Baseball [c.1952?], 1952?. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 2
Physical Description

1.0 folder Photographs

Baseball, 1953, 1953. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 8
Physical Description

1.0 folder Statisticss

Baseball, 1953-1954: Newspaper articles, 1953-1954. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 3
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles

Physical Description

1.0 folder Letters

20080240017, 1954.
Baseball, 1954-1955: Newspaper articles, 1954-1955. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 4
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles

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1.0 folder Letters

20080240018, 1955.

Physical Description

1.0 folder Letters

20080240019, 1956.
20080240020, 1956.
Baseball, 1957, 1957. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 12
Physical Description

1.0 folder Spring sports press release and team roster with final batting averages.

Baseball, 1958, 1958. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 13
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains press release and season schedule.

Baseball, 1965, 1965. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 14
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains NCAA player statistics, Mid-Atlantic Conference game forms, and NCAA bulletins

Baseball, 1966, 1966. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 15
Physical Description

1.0 folder Includes NCAA statistics sheets for team members, rosters, pages from game books, and a newspaper article on the team.

Baseball, 1967, 1967. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 16
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains NCAA player and team statistics, NCAA newsletters, team notes, and conference rankings and averages

Baseball, 1968, 1968. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 17
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains team rosters, MAC players statistics, game scores, notes from game book, and individual player statistics

Baseball, 1968-1969: Newspaper articles, 1968-1969. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 5
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles

Baseball, 1969, 1969. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 18
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains a photograph, season schedules, rosters, player statistics per game, and the 1969 varsity scorebook [bound notebook]

Baseball, 1969-1970: Newspaper articles, 1969-1970. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 6
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles

Baseball, 1970, 1970. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 19
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains newspaper clippings from the Triangle, and press releases.

Baseball, 1971, 1971. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 20
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains MA conference records, individual player statistics, team statistics, and schedules.

Baseball, 1971-1972: Newspaper articles, 1971-1972. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 7
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles

Baseball, 1972, 1972. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 21
Physical Description

1.0 folder Includes press releases from the NCBWA and the MAC, a program for a game, matchups, player statistics

Baseball, 1973, 1973. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 22
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains player statistics and MAC press releases

Baseball, 1973-1974: Newspaper articles, 1973-19744. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 8
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles

Baseball, 1974, 1974. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 23
Physical Description

1.0 folder 1974 gamebook

Baseball, 1974, 1974. 1 folder.
Box 2 Folder 24
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains individual player statistics, team records, negatives, a contact sheet, and Drexel press releases.

Baseball, 1975, 1975. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 1
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, and player statistics.

Baseball, 1976, 1976. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 9
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper Articles and Media Guide

Baseball, 1976: Statistics, 1976. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 2
Physical Description

1.0 folder Player statistics for Drexel and NCAA conference

Baseball, 1976, 1976. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 3
Physical Description

1.0 folder Includes photographs & negatives, informational pamphlets, and press releases on the team.

Baseball, 1976-1977, 1976-1977. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 11
Physical Description

1.0 folder Baseball schedules (flyers)

Baseball, 1977, 1977. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 4
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains press releases, informational pamphlets

Baseball, 1977: Statistics, 1977. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 5
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains team and NCAA player statistics

Baseball, 1978, 1978. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 6
Physical Description

1.0 folder Includes photographs, press releases, team information pamphlets, and NCAA player statistics.

Baseball, 1978: Statistics, 1978. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 7
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains school and NCAA statistics

Baseball, 1978: Newspaper articles, 1978. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 8
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains newspaper clippings on the baseball team.

Baseball, 1978-1979, 1978-1979. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 12
Physical Description

1.0 folder School statistics and media guide

Baseball, 1979: Statistics, 1979. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 9
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains NCAA, East Coast Conference, and coach's statistics for players.

Baseball, 1980, 1980. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 13
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains media guides and photographs

Baseball, 1981, 1981. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 14
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains media guides

East Coast Conference, 1981-1982, 1981-1982. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 10
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains press releases and statistics relevant to the East Coat Conference league.

Baseball, 1982, 1982. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 15
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains media guides

Baseball, 1983, 1983. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 16
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains media guides and tournament information

Baseball, 1984, 1984. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 17
Physical Description

1.0 folder Newspaper articles

Baseball, 1984, 1984. Newspaper Articles and statistics.
Box 1 Folder 18
Physical Description

Newspaper Articles and statistics

Baseball, 1987, 1987. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 19
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains media guides

Baseball, 1988, 1988. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 20
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contain media guides and sheet with game results

Baseball, 1988, 1988. 1 folder.
Box 3 Folder 11
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains newspaper clippings and a memo on varsity jackets.

Baseball, 1989, 1989. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 21
Physical Description

1.0 folder Includes recruiting information and schedule

Baseball, 1995, 1995. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 22
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains two copies of the team guidebook for the season.

Baseball records, 1975-1977. 1 folder.
Box 1 Folder 10
Physical Description

1.0 folder Contains statistics

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