Library of Military Baseball Scorecards, Score-books and Game Programs
The goal of this library is to gather together as detailed an archive of these scarce documents from the games played by military teams. While my own collection is growing and is featured among these pieces, I am striving to capture as many artifacts as possible in order to present a workable reference for researchers and historians as well as fellow collectors. The principal focus of this archive are those pieces were printed and published for specific military baseball games however those used during the war years (WWI and WWII, specifically) for professional ballgames have many elements that align with the United States’ mission in tearing down aggression and tyranny (as may be seen in professional teams’ ephemera).
| Game | Teams | Venue | Game Date(s) |
| 1930 Battlefleet Group Tournament: USS Maryland vs USS California* | USS Maryland vs USS California | Field 1 Guantanamo, Cuba |
Thursday, March 20, 1930 |
| Seattle Indians vs USS Lexington | Seattle Indians (PCL) vs USS Lexington (CV-2) | Washington Ball Park, Bremerton, WA | Monday, June 6, 1932 |
| GLNTS vs Chanute | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs Chanute Army Air Field | Comiskey Park, Chicago, IL | Thursday, July 2, 1942 |
| Benefit Game Fundraiser for Navy Relief* | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs Toledo Mud Hens | Swayne Field, Toledo, OH | Wednesday, July 15, 1942 |
| GLNTS vs Coffeyville Ban Johnson Refiners | Great Lakes NTS vs Coffeyville Refiners | Forest Park Diamond, Coffeyville, KS | Saturday, August 15, 1942 |
| GLNTS vs Beloit | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs Beloit Booster AC | Beloit, WI | Sunday, August 16, 1942 |
| Norfolk NTS 1943 Season Opener* | Norfolk NTS Bluejackets vs Washington Senators | Norfolk NTS Stadium | April 1-3, 1943 |
| Independence Day Program* | Sub Base Pearl vs Schofield Barracks Red Landers
Bellows Field Flyers vs Schofield Barracks Red Landers |
Chickamauga Park, Oahu, HI | Tuesday, July 4, 1943 |
| GLNTS vs vs Lambert Naval Air Station | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs NAS Lambert Navy Wings | Sportsman’s Park St. Louis, MO |
Sunday, August 14, 1943 |
| All Pacific Recreation Fund – Svc All-Stars vs PCL* | Southwest U.S. Service All-Stars vs Los Angeles Angels and Hollywood Stars | Gilmore Field, Los Angeles, CA | Saturday, August 21, 1943 |
| 1943 Service All-Stars vs PCL/San Francisco Seals All-Stars* | Hammond General Hospital – Service All-Stars vs Coast League All-Stars | Stockton, CA | Sunday October 3, 1943 |
| 6th Ferrying Group Charity Game* | 6th Ferrying Group vs San Bernardino All-Stars | Perris Hill Ball Park, San Bernardino, CA | Saturday, October 23, 1943 |
| Navy versus Major League All-Stars* | U.S. Navy enlisted members vs former major leaguers (serving in the Army and Navy) | Weaver Field, Submarine Base | Wednesday, April 19, 1944 |
| War Bond Baseball Game – Honolulu* | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs Western Michigan All Stars | Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu, HI |
Saturday, April 29, 1944 |
| GLNTS vs Western Michigan All Stars | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs Western Michigan All Stars | Bigelow Field, Grand Rapids, MI |
Saturday, June 24, 1944 |
| Great Lakes vs Coca-Cola Bottling* | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs Coca-Cola Bottling | Municipal Stadium, Springfield, OH | Friday, August 4, 1944 |
| Central Pacific Area Service League* | Aiea Hospital vs 7th Army Air Force | Furlong Field, CHA3 | Friday, August 25, 1944 |
| All Pacific Recreation Fund – Svc All-Stars vs PCL* | Southwest U.S. Service All-Stars vs Los Angeles Angels and Hollywood Stars | Gilmore Field, Los Angeles, CA | Saturday, August 26, 1944 |
| Game 4 – Baseball Championship Series | Army All-Stars vs Navy All Stars | NAS Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hi | Monday, September 25, 1944 |
| Game 7 – Baseball Championship Series* | Army All-Stars vs Navy All Stars | Furlong Field, CHA3 | Sunday, October 1, 1944 |
| Game 10 – Baseball Championship Series | Army All-Stars vs Navy All Stars | Hoolulu Park, Hilo, Hi | Friday, October 6, 1944 |
| USASTAF Major League Baseball All Stars* | 314th Bomb Wing “Wingmen” vs “Flyers” | Guam | Thursday, September 07, 1944 |
| GLTNS vs Local 72 UAW, Kenosha, WI | Great Lakes NTS Bluejackets vs Local 72 UAW, Kenosha, WI | Kenosha, WI | August 1944 |
| 3rd vs 5th Fleet, Pacific Tour | U.S. Navy, 3rd Fleet vs 5th Fleet | Valor Field | Saturday, March 10, 1945 |
| Air Force General Depot No. 5 All Star Classic* | “American League” All Stars vs “National League” All Stars | Unknown | Wednesday, May 30, 1945 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers vs Cherry Point Flyers July 2, 1945 | Brooklyn Dodgers vs Cherry Point Flyers | Cherry Point, Marine Corps Air Station | Monday, July 2, 1945 |
| Third Army – Baseball Championship Series* | 71st ID vs 76th ID | Nuremberg Stadium, Nurnberg, Germany | August 7, 8, 9 – 1945 |
| USFET GI World Series* | Oise All-Stars vs 71st ID | Nuremberg Stadium, Nurnberg, Germany | Saturday, September 2, 1945 |
| 1945 Navy World Series* | Navy American vs National Leaguers | Hawaii | September 26-October 6, 1945 |
| VE Day Baseball* | 60th Infantry vs 39th Infantry | Go Devil Stadium, Ingoldstadt, Germany | May 8, 1946 |
“*” denotes item is part of the Chevrons and Diamonds private collection.
Contribute to this digital library
This library is a work in progress. As more of these pieces surface, they will be added here. If you have a military baseball scorecard, program or score book that you would be willing to share with other enthusiasts, researchers, historians and collectors, please contact us.
