Karl Orth Scorecard collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is organized as they are donated, then alphabetically by the home team’s city, with the exception of the Angels which are listed first. Scorecards include Major League and Minor League games, All-Star games, World Series games, college games, the 1996 Olympics, and the 2007 Hall of Fame game. Many of the scorecards are scored and include newspaper accounts and rosters with player statistics.
Dates
- 1955-2023
Creator
- Orth, Karl (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.
Conditions Governing Use
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides use copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, and research. The Museum welcomes you to use materials in our collections that are in the public domain and to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law and with proper citation. Permission to publish materials must be obtained from: Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.0330 E-mail: research@baseballhall.org
Biographical / Historical
Karl Orth started watching baseball in the mid to late 1950s by going to see the Hollywood Stars at Gilmore Field and the Los Angeles Angels at Wrigley Field. His first major league game was a spring training game between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians in 1954 at Wrigley Field. He started seeing games on a regular base in 1958 with the LA Dodgers. He has been going to baseball games for over 40 years and has purchased game programs and scorecards for all the games he has seen. Mr. Orth states that his favorite stadiums are Coors Field, Fenway Park, and Wrigley Field in Chicago. He likes all the parks; each one has its own personality and food, which has changed over the years.--as written in an e-mail by Mr. Orth, 11/05/2013
Extent
4.80 Linear Feet (in 12 document boxes)
4.84 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of scorecards ranging from Major Leagues, primarily the Colorado Rockies, to the Minor Leagues and amateur games, 1955-2023.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in order of donation. Each set of donation is organized alphabetically by the home team's city, with the exception of the Angels which are listed first.
Physical Location
Manuscript Archives, Aisle 10, Range e, Shelves 5-6
Appraisal
No materials were removed during accessioning or processing. In 2022, blank scorecards, newspaper clippings, amateur league game printouts, and duplicate publications were removed.
Accruals
Material will be added as they are received.
Separated Materials
Team publications were separated to Central Archives.
Processing Information
Scorecards were placed in acid-free folders and in document boxes.
Creator
- Orth, Karl (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Karl Orth Scorecard collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
- Date
- September 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository