The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown, New York, in 1971. Our mission is to foster the study of baseball past and present, and to provide an outlet for educational, historical and research information about the game.
Vancouver
1938 Vancouver Maple Leafs, Western International League / David Eskenazi Collection
1941 Vancouver Capilanos, Western International League / David Eskenazi Collection
West Coast baseball great Smead Jolley, Vancouver Capilanos, 1941 / David Eskenazi Collection
Bill Schuster, talented middle infielder and funnyman, Vancouver Capilanos, 1951 / David Eskenazi Collection
1908 Vancouver Beavers, Northwestern League / David Eskenazi Collection
1912 Vancouver Beavers, Northwestern League / David Eskenazi Collection
1951 Vancouver Capilanos, Western International League / David Eskenazi Collection
Comedic actor Joe E. Brown with (l to r)Bob Wellman, K Chorlton, Dick Greco, 1954 / David Eskenazi Collection
Ticket stub for first Pacific Coast League home game in Vancouver, BC. Vancouver
Mounties vs. San Francisco Seals, April 27, 1956. Lefty O’Doul managed the Vancouver Mounties in 1956, the second to last year of his 23-year PCL managing career. / David Eskenazi Collection
Manager Charlie Metro and Spider Jorgensen, Vancouver Mounties, 1958 / David Eskenazi Collection
1961 Vancouver Mounties, Pacific Coast League, at Hawaii airport / David Eskenazi Collection
1908 Vancouver Beavers, Northwestern League pennant winners. / David Eskenazi Collection
1930s Vancouver Senior Amateur League baseball card of Norm Trasolini. These obscure baseball cards were inserted into bags of peanuts for fans at Vancouver’s Athletic Park from the early to late 1930s. Trasolini was a popular figure in Vancouver baseball for many years, including tenure with Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League franchisein the 1960s. / David Eskenazi Collection
1967 handwritten letter from Vancouver Mounties manager Mickey Vernon. / David Eskenazi Collection