John Bottchen, Jr., St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Scorecards
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised primarily of St. Louis Cardinals baseball scorecards with a few accompanying ticket stubs collected by John Bottchen, Jr., from 1983 to 2017. The bulk of the score cards date from 1999 to 2017 and there are none for the years 1984-1985, 1987-1988, and 1990-1995. The 92 scorecards and tickets are arranged chronologically with two minor league cards appearing at the end of the collection.
During the 1998 season, St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire, Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa, and Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr., chased Roger Maris’ single season home run record. There are six scorecards for the 1998 season. Only the June 30th scorecard records a home run for McGwire. He broke the record, hitting his 62nd home run, on September 8th against the Cubs and the collection contains a blank scorecard for that game.
Bottchen attended two Cardinals away games: in San Diego (15 August 2006) and in Kansas City (ca. 23 May 2015). He also went to minor league games in Memphis and Birmingham.
Dates
- 1983-2017
Creator
- Bottchen, John, Jr., 1944- (Collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.
Biographical Sketch
John Bottchen, Jr. was born on 5 April 1944 to John Bottchen, Sr., and Elva (Kinsley) Bottchen. The Bottchens also had one daughter, Barbara Kodner. Bottchen attended his first St. Louis Cardinals baseball game at about age 6 or 7 and began a lifelong devotion to his hometown team. His father taught both of his children how to keep score at the games. Bottchen kept score well enough to recreate each play of the game. However, a familiar story unfolded concerning childhood collections, as his mother discarded portions of his scorecard collection when the family moved.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet ( (1 box))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
The collection was donated by John Bottchen, Jr. in 2019 (accession number 2019-070).
Processing Information
Processed with funding from The Stuart Foundation, Inc. by Kristina Perez, 2020.
- Baseball -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
- Baseball -- Scorekeeping
- Birmingham Barons (Baseball team) (Associated name)
- McGwire, Mark, 1963- (Associated name)
- Memphis Redbirds (Baseball team) (Associated name)
- St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) (Associated name)
Creator
- Bottchen, John, Jr., 1944- (Collector, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of John Bottchen, Jr., St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Scorecards
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- EAD by Kristina Perez using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository