1904 New York Giants Season Pass

During the last decade of the 19th Century the new York Giants baseball team was owned by Andrew Freeman. Despite having some star players the team languished near the bottom of the standings. Freeman went through twelve managers from 1894 through 1902 when he hired John McGraw. In 1903 Freeman sold the team to John T. Brush. The rest is history.

Under McGraw the Giants dominated the National League for some three decades with ten pennant wins, eleven seconds and World Series wins in 1905, 1921 and 1922.

Brush died in 1912 and Harry Hempstead became the new owner. Hempstead was married to Brush’s daughter. Pictured here from my collection is a 1904 Season Pass issued to Brush’s grandson John B. Hempstead.

1905 WORLD SERIES

Having boycotted the 1904 World Series, Manager John McGraw and his New York Giants took on Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics in the second World Series event.

Both teams had future Hall of Fame players on their rosters. Christy Mathewson, Roger Bresnahan, John McGraw and Joe McGinnity for the Giants and Eddie Plank, Connie Mack, Chief Bender and Rube Waddell of the Athletics. The 1905 Athletics team is pictured below on a postcard in my collection.

The Giants won the series four games to one with Christy Mathewson winning three games for the New Yorkers. In 1906 the Ullman Company honored the winning Giants by issuing a series of twelve postcards depicting the “World Champions”. Three of those postcards from my collection are pictured below.

....Mathewson................. McGraw............. McGinnity....