If you are like me, you enjoy everything about baseball. Whether it’s watching the game, looking at statistics, or collecting baseball cards, I enjoy it all. Several years ago, I started acquiring autographs from major league baseball players through the mail. I have always been partial to the St. Louis Cardinals, therefore, my focus was on Cardinals players. Over the course of about 2 years (1993-1995), I sent off about 20 cards to be signed and was successful on 14 of them. I got sidetracked and started exploring other hobbies.
Near the end of the 2008 season, I began to think about my past success with obtaining autographs. I wondered if players still signed through the mail and searched online for the updated team addresses. During my search, I found a few other sites about “through the mail” autographs and decided to give it another try.
How to Get Baseball Autographs by Mail
Participating in autographs by mail is a great project for fans of all ages. All it takes to get started is the baseball card of your chosen player, address of player, ink pen, piece of notebook paper, two envelopes, 2 stamps, and a hard plastic case (not required but recommended).
Address first envelope to the player of your choice. Be sure to include your own address in the return field of the envelope. Now address the second envelope to yourself in both of the address areas (be sure to place a stamp on both envelopes. Place your baseball card in the plastic case and write a short note to the player, letting them know that you are a fan and would value their signature on the enclosed baseball card. Now place the note, card (in hard case), and second envelope inside the first envelope addressed to the player. Seal the envelope and mail it. Now just sit back and relax while the card is delivered to the player and they have the opportunity to respond.
I have successfully received 20 baseball cards back with signatures on them.
Team Addresses
Office of the Commissioner
350 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10022
American League Office
350 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022
National League Office
350 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022
American League East
Oriole Park at Camden Yards Home of the Baltimore Orioles
333 West Camden Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Fenway Park Home of the Boston Red Sox
4 Yawkey Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Yankee Stadium Home of the New York Yankees
East 161st Street & River Avenue, Bronx, New York 10451
Tropicana Field Home of the Tampa Bay Rays
One Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg, Florida 33705
Rogers Centre Home of the Toronto Blue Jays
One Blue Jays Way, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1J3
American League Central
US Cellular Field Home of the Chicago White Sox
333 West 35th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60616
Progressive Field Home of the Cleveland Indians
2401 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Comerica Park Home of the Detroit Tigers
2100 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201
Kauffman Stadium Home of the Kansas City Royals
One Royal Way, Kansas City, Missouri 64129-6969
Target Field Home of the Minnesota Twins
1 Twins Way (3rd Ave. N, between 5th St. N and 7th St. N), Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
American League West
Angel Stadium of Anaheim Home of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2000 Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, California 92806
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Home of the Oakland Athletics
7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, California 94621
Safeco Field Home of the Seattle Mariners
1516 First Avenue S, Seattle, Washington 98134
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Home of the Texas Rangers
1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington, Texas 76011
National League East
Turner Field Home of the Atlanta Braves
755 Hank Aaron Drive, Atlanta, GA 30315
Sun Life Stadium Home of the Florida Marlins
2267 NW 199th Street, Miami Gardens, Florida 33056
Citi Field Home of the New York Mets
126th St. & Roosevelt Ave., Flushing, New York 11368
Citizens Bank Park Home of the Philadelphia Phillies
One Citizens Bank Way, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19148
Nationals Park Home of the Washington Nationals
1500 South Capitol Street, SE, Washington, D.C. 20003
National League Central
Wrigley Field Home of the Chicago Cubs
1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60613
Great American Ballpark Home of the Cincinnati Reds
100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Minute Maid Park Home of the Houston Astros
501 Crawford Street, Houston, Texas 77002
Miller Park Home of the Milwaukee Brewers
One Brewers Way, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53214
PNC Park Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates
115 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212
Busch Stadium Home of the St. Louis Cardinals
700 Clark Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102
National League West
Chase Field Home of the Arizona Diamondbacks
401 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Coors Field Home of the Colorado Rockies
2001 Blake Street, Denver, Colorado 80205-2000
Dodger Stadium Home of the Los Angeles Dodgers
1000 Elysian Park Ave, Los Angeles, California 90090
PETCO Park Home of the San Diego Padres
100 Park Boulevard, San Diego, California, 92101
AT&T Park Home of the San Francisco Giants
24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, California 94107
Autograph Successes
When I decided to send off a few cards to see if I could get a few more autographs, I chose six baseball personalities that had already retired. All six cards were sent by US Mail on January 3, 2009. Here is a list of the cards and their return date:
Whitey Herzog January 10
Tom Brunansky January 20
John Mabry January 20
Dave Dravecky February 1
Tom Herr February 15
Rex Hudler March 5
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