Randy Gumpert Scouting collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of scouting-related material created by Randy Gumpert as a scout between 1961 and 1993. It includes amateur and professional scouting reports. There are seven spiral notebooks with spring training notes and notes on individual pitchers. One notebook includes Gumpert's meal and hotel expenses, addresses, and mileage travelled. This collection also has scorecards, correspondence and scouting manuals.
Dates
- 1938-2001
Conditions Governing Access
Most materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Materials containing personal information about living persons will be redacted for their privacy. 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 Note
Mr. Gumpert was a Major League baseball player and scout. He pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators, between 1936 and 1952. He gave up Mickey Mantle’s first home run, May 1, 1951. He managed the Bradford Yankees in 1956, the 1956-1958 Kearney Yankees and the 1960 St. Petersburg Saints. Gumpert went on to scout for the NY Yankees from 1961 to 1973. He then worked for the Major League Scouting Bureau for 19 years, 1974 to 1993. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, the Berks County Sports Hall of Fame, the Reading Phillies Hall of Fame, the Daniel Boone Wall of Fame and the Major League Scouting Hall of Fame.
Extent
1.91 Linear Feet (in 2 document boxes and 1 record storage carton)
2.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of scouting reports, notebooks, correspondence, contracts, Major and Minor League publications, photographs, and a 16mm film of WTVT’s 1960 interview with Gumpert.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically starting with the scouting reports and followed by the correspondence and other materials.
Physical Location
Manuscript Archives, Aisle 10, Range c, Shelf 1, Aisle 4, Range a, Shelf 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift (BL-2014-00192)
Separated Materials
Photo archives – Aisle 6, Bay a, Shelf 4, unprocessed
Recorded Media archives
BA MSS ovr Box 2, Folder 5 – 28th Annual Governor’s Baseball Dinner, St. Petersburg, FL, Mar 20, 1974
Central archives
Minor League Digest (GV877.B37M56) 1965, 1966, 1983-1993
1950 Yankees sketch book (GV875.N45Y43 1950 SER c.2)
1967, 1968 New York Yankees Organizational Record Book
1962 New York Yankees Spring Guidebook and Scorecard (BA MSS 218, Box 7, Folder 2)
1966 New York Yankees Spring Guidebook-Program (BA MSS 218, Box 7, Folder 2)
Yankees Scorebook and Souvenir Program July 4-7, 1991 (GV875.N45N499 SER)
Yankee Alumni Directory (GV875.N45N493 SER)
1980, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-95, 1997-99
Pinstripes vol. 21, no. 2, April 1994 (GV875.N45P57)
Yankees magazine (GV875.N45Y36vol. 19, issue 8 1998 SER c.2)
Remembering the Vees: Richmond Virginians, 1954-1964 by Elliott Irving
(GV875.R535I78 1979 c.2)
Play Ball with the Yankees (GV875.N45P72 1958)
The American League and You: A Career in Professional Baseball (GV875.A1A46 1966 SER c.2)
The 1987 Blue Book of Junior College Athletics (GV741.B52 1987 SER)
New York Mets Magazine vol. 30, no. 2 1991 (GV875.N55O34 SER c.2)
White Sox Alumni Newsletter vol. 1, issue 1 2004 (GV875.C25W45)
Your Players Benefits Plan Handbook: Major League Baseball (HD4928.N6Y68) 2006, 2010
Official Major League Baseball Rookie League Magazine for Kids (GV873.O34 Sum. 1993 SER)
Red Sox official scorebook magazine (GV875.B67B678 Fifth ed. 1996 SER)
Processing Information
Items were placed in acid-free folders and in archival boxes.
- Title
- Guide to the Randy Gumpert Scouting collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
- Date
- August 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2024 May 28: Updated recorded media information
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository