MLB Playoff Programs collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of American and National League playoff programs, which include Division and League Championship Series. These are dated from 1969 to present day. Also included are the 1981 American League East Divisional playoff programs and the National League East and West Divisional playoff programs.
Dates
- 1969-2024
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
Up until 1968, the major league baseball champions were decided with a World Series. Starting in 1969, American and National Leagues each played a championship series to determine who would go to the World Series. In 1995, each league played two Division Series, with the winners of each playing in their league Championship Series, and onto the World Series. The first wild card game was in 2012, this is when there is a tie within a division and they play one extra game to determine who moves on to the division series.
Extent
6.67 Linear Feet (in 16 document boxes)
5.93 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of American and National League playoff programs, which include Division and League Championship Series.
Arrangement
This collection is organized in chronological order. For team-specific programs, the home team is listed second. The MLB official programs are titled as "league program", they are not team-specific. Programs with scored scorecards will be noted as well as any person of note on the cover.
Physical Location
Central Archives, Aisle 5, Range c, Shelves 1-4
Appraisal
No materials were removed during accessioning. In the review of this collection in March 2023, only two copies of each program were kept, duplicates were deaccessioned. Team-specific media guides were remvoved and relocated to Central Archives with the team publications. Media guides covering both leagues and all playoff series, were kept in this collection.
Accruals
Items will be added as they are received.
Processing Information
Programs were placed in acid-free folders and into document boxes.
- Title
- Guide to the MLB Playoff Programs collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, manuscript archivist
- Date
- March 2023
- 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