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1927 United States Fleet Baseball Championship: Scouting Fleet vs Battle Fleet Champions

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Showing both the front (right) and back of the scorecard, this piece was created for the Fleet Baseball Championship tournament at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this scorecard includes two “aircraft songs” on the back cover (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

Serving as a seaplane tender in 1927, the USS Wright (AV-1) fielded baseball teams that throughout the 1920s and ’30s were vying for or winning fleet championships. In 1930 and 31, the Wright secured consecutive overall fleet titles. In 1927, the club from the battleship USS California (BB-44), captured the Battle Fleet Championship and the only club standing in their way for the Fleet title was the USS Wright club.

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PlayerPosition
 BakerCF
 BeveridgeRF/P
 CrugerSS
 GableC
 GriffinP
 HollisLF
 Jaros1B
 Newhall2B
Henry “Dutch” Raffeis3B
USS California (BB-44) roster.
Perennial Navy baseball champions, the USS Wright (AV-1) team faced the USS California club for the Fleet Championship at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This scorecard was printed by the USS Wright crew for the game (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).
The Atlantic and Pacific Fleets lie at anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as gobs and Marines fill the stands, ring the outfield fences and occupy the surrounding high ground to watch the Fleet Championship series between the USS Wright and USS California ball teams, April 6-7, 1927 (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

In the best of three series, the California club was the home team and played host to the Scouting Fleet champs from the USS Wright. Wright struck first in the opening game, securing a 4-1 victory over California. However, the Battle Fleet champs bounced back with a 7-1 rout of the Scouting champs. In the final game, Wright struck first with run in the third inning but was matched by California in the bottom half. In the fifth frame, Wright tallied twice more in the sixth and chalked four more runs in the seventh to take a 7-1 lead. California could only answer with one run in the bottom of the seventh. The game was out of hand for California who surrendered two more in the ninth handing the Wright a 7-2 victory and with it, the 1927 Fleet Baseball Championship.

The pitcher appears to toe the rubber as the batter takes a practice swing during one of the 1927 Fleet Championship Series games. Note the USS Wright banner over the stands on the first base side of the grandstand in this close-up taken from the previous image (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).
The 1927 Fleet Champion USS Wright baseball team (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).
RankPlayerPosition
AM1/c BradleyC
ACM/3c CubaIF
BK3/c DavisLF
CDRA.H. DouglasP
AMM1/c Drake1B
S1c FeirsteinOF
Cox Foran3B
CPhM JohnsonC
BM1/c JonesCF
CQM LyonsOF
AMM1/c MangIF
YN2/c McAvoyP
YN2/c Mikeal2B
CSK NolanP
Cox StewardP
LTP.C. TreadwellUT/Coach
CSK WaldropRF/P
AMM1/c WeldeP
BM1/c YoungSS
USS Wright (AV-1) roster

This programs is a single, 8-1/2 x 11 inch sheet of bi-folded card stock, printed with monochrome black ink. Two grids are printed at the bottom of the interior; one on each page. Rosters of both teams as well as semi-final game results for series leading up to the Fleet Championship games appear above the respective team rosters. The scorecard is in good condition with the exception of a a 1 x 1/4-inch cutout section in the center of the card.

See: GITMO and Battleship Baseball History

This scorecard was listed at auction (online) in 2022.

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