fun with history

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 12:58AM

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Sometimes I wish I could just sit around and read about history all day. Today, while looking for nothing in particular, I ended up at losangelesmetro.net. That led me to experiencela.com, where I clicked around for a little bit before discovering their tour of the Figueroa corridor. Stop number four on that tour is the Stimson House, something I've passed by many times and always wondered about. Interestingly, the Stimson House is an example of Richardsonian architecture, the same as Hackley Public Library in Muskegon, MI. I only remembered it was Richardsonian because I was bored once and stood outside the library reading the historical information sign.

Anyway... Looking up more info about the Stimson House I happened across the fact that there once was a Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. I had never heard of it, but it was home to the Dodgers for parts of the '58 season and home to the Angels for '61. That means that my grandfather played there, which is cool.

Here's a question... Why can't I find a site that lets me look up the box scores for random old games? For instance, I know that the Yankees visited the Angels May 5-7, 1961, so why can't I look up those games?

Comments

vicky writes:

Try this website:

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/1961MAY.stm

# on Nov.12.2007 AT 01:33 AM

vicky writes:

Oh fine, I just commented on something that's more than 3 years old! I had been doing a search for anything on Angels Knoll park and came across this site and didn't even think to check the date. Sorry.

# on Nov.12.2007 AT 01:36 AM

vicky writes:

uhm, I meant this website:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196105050LAA

# on Nov.12.2007 AT 01:46 AM

Robby Richardson writes:

Eric,

Since Vicky is commenting on posts over three years old, I'll chime in.

The best site that I've found for historic baseball box scores is retrosheet.org.

# on Nov.12.2007 AT 05:54 AM

Dennis Smith writes:

Eric,

Did your grandfather play in the famed exhibition game between the Yankees and Dodgers at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum staged to honor Roy Campanella on May 7, 1959? With a paid attendance in excess of 93,000, that game is often cited as being the largest single day baseball crowd ever gathered in the Western Hemisphere. I was hoping to find some of his stats for the 1959 All-Star Game held at the Memorial Coliseum but according to the Baseball Almanac he did not play in what was the second All-Star Game held that year.

# on Nov.12.2007 AT 10:51 AM

Eric Richardson writes:

Dennis: He did. I can't find a box score for that game, but the May 8, 1959 Times write-up ends with: