We’ve dug deep into archives to present 10 of our favorite baseball magazine covers to you!
1. Time, August 28, 1971, illustration by Bob Peak. Left-handed Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue was the American League Cy Young Award winner and MVP in 1971 as he posted a 24-8 record.
2. Life, April 25, 1938. John Thomas “Long Tom” Winsett was a left fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers when he appeared on the cover of Life magazine. He had his most productive career in 1937 when he belted 15 doubles and five HRs, and batted in 42 runs. Winsett slugged a home run in his first major league at-bat for the Boston Red Sox, but after an erratic career he retired in 1938 after a final season with the “Daffy Dodgers.”
3. Time, September 8, 1969, the year the New York Mets won their first World Series. Illustration by Willard Mullin, the longtime New York World-Telegram sports cartoonist who created the famous Brooklyn Bum character.
4. Sport, August 1951. New York Yankees catcher Lawrence “Yogi” Berra was a three-time MVP, 15-time All Star, won 10 World Series rings, and as manager took teams from both the American and National Leagues to the World Series. Berra got his nickname from a friend who said he resembled a Hindu holy man (a yogi) whenever he sat with arms and legs crossed waiting to bat.
5. Baseball Magazine, March 1916. Baseball Magazine was published from 1908-1957, and briefly in the mid-60s. “Shoeless Joe” Jackson has the third highest career batting average in major league history (.356), but is remembered best for his role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, where he and members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the previous year’s World Series.
Read more about other baseball Magazine Covers in our next publications.
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