San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1924
Back row at far right: Justin Fitzgerald (business attire)
Title: Blues Knock over Bees by a score of 12 to 8 in final "Big Game"
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1924
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: circa 1925
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1925
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1925
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1940
Title: San Mateo Nine Defeats Y.M.I Tossers, 6 to 4
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1930
Team: San Mateo Blues, Y.M.I. Tossers
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1932
Description: The blues won the California State League in 1932 as well as 1933 and 1936. Other teams in the league included Pacific Commonwealth, Santa Cruz Padres, and San Jose.
Among the players pictured: Milt Axt (utl), Carl Johnson (1b), Peeney Oliver (cf), Tom Harris (rf), Bob Richards (utl), Carl Holling (p), Ray Andres (3b), Howard Blethen (utl), Ray Viani (ss), Gene Camozzi (p), Bob Reed (c)
Title: Errors Enable San Mateo to Defeat Verdi
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco
Year: 1932
Team: San Mateo Blues, Verdi Club
Title: Verdis defeat San Mateo for 2d straight: Chamberlain hits homer as local triumph in state league
-Verdi Club wins from San Jose Bees
-Verdi scores double win; in 2d place
-Verdi Tossers trim Oakland
-Verdi club smashes down San Jose's
Area: San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Alameda
Year: 1932
Team: Verdi Club, San Jose Bees, Oakland Eagles, San Mateo Blues
Title: California League Will Open Sunday: Verdi Club Starts Season Against Blues at San Mateo by Max Kofskey
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco
Year: 1933 (April 22)
Team: San Mateo Blues, Verdi Club
Title: Verdi meets Watsonville at San Mateo
-Johnny Malloy signs with Verdis, will hurl Sunday
-Former Seals will hurl at Watsonville
-Walt Lister will pitch for San Mateo Blues Sunday
-San Mateo in 8-5 win over Verdi
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco
Year: 1933
Team: San Mateo Blues, Verdi Club
Title: Driving Finish Beats MJB Coftee Kids 9-8
- Modesto and Blues Clash In Big Game
-Three Games Slated in League - Lister Hurls
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco
Year: 1935
Team: San Mateo Blues, M.J.B., Modesto, Lodi Roma Wines, Associated Oil, Santa Cruz
Title: San Mateans Triumph in League Game
- Blues Smother Orinda Reds, 15-8
- Blues Smear Tiburon Nine (Summer)
- Blues Triumph by Margin of 12-11
- Blues Triumph Over Padres, 6-4
- Blues Score Win In Tenth Inning
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco
Year: 1936
Team: San Mateo Blues, Santa Cruz Padres, Daly City Tanforan, Tiburon Club,
Title: Close Fight for Pennant in Circuit
-San Mateo in Win Over Padres
-Blues Play Padres at San Mateo
Area: Contra Costa (Orinda), Fresno, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus (Modesto)
Year: 1936
Team: Orinda Reds, San Mateo Blues, Daly City Tanforans, Fresno Tigers, Santa Cruz Padres, Modesto Reds
Description: California State League
Title: San Mateans Defeat Reds by 6-2 Score: Blues Halt Winning March of Modesto State Leaguers
-Lister Hits Stride with San Mateans: Hundrick 'Finds' Another Hurler for Greyhounds
-Daly City to Battle Blues at San Mateo: Interesting games set for playground and country fields
Area: Stanislaus, San Mateo
Year: 1936
Team: Modesto Reds (Stanislaus), San Mateo Blues
San Mateo Blues vs. Humboldt Co. All Stars
Area: Humboldt (Eureka)
Year: 1936
Title: Walt Lister Hurls Blues' First Game
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1937 (Summer)
Team: San Mateo Blues, Texaco Service
Title: Lister Hurls No-Hit No-Run Game
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1937 (April 26)
Title: Baseball Blues: Blues Face Strong S.P Nine Here Today
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1937
Team: San Mateo Blues, Southern Pacific Stores
Title: Blues Beat Cards 4-3 In Thriller
- Blues, Cards Open Series Here Sunday
- Walt Lister, Jack Taylor score winning run in 15th by Bill Clarke
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1937
Team: San Mateo Blues, Burlingame Cardinals
Title: Blues Rally In 7th for 7-6 Victory
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1938
Team: San Mateo Blues, Owl Drug Co.
Title: Blues Beat Tallant Tubbs
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1939 (April 9)
Title: Blues Win; Sausalito Lions Next
Area: 1939 (Aug 4)
Year: Marin (Sausalito)
Description: See article above for details.
Title: Elks Finally Defeated 10-8 by San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo (June 19)
Year: 1939
Title: Futernich Turns Hurler, Blues Win
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1939 (Aug. 18)
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1939-40
Back row (left to right): Gene Camozzi, Art Mangini, George Hailer, Joe Bogle, Roy Wetmore, Hal Stoeven, Stan Botto, Lory Weber
Front row (left to right): Carl Johnson, John "Dutch" Anderson, Carl Siever, Dante Santora, Logan Hooper
Kneeling in front: Herman Fitzgerald, Jr. (batboy)
Title: Three Errors By Merchants Aid to Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: circa 1940
Title: Both Leaders "Slump" Under .500 Mark, Battle For Lead
Area: San Mateo
Year: circa 1940
Team: San Mateo Blues
Title: Roy Leads all Departments; Hailer Seeks All-Time Mark
Area: San Mateo
Year: circa 1940
Team: San Mateo Blues
Title: Wetmore Top Hitter, Tied For Lead In Runs Batted In
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1940
Team: San Mateo Blues
Title: San Mateo Beats Owl Druggists
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1940
Title: Blues Blank Newmans Veneto Ruins San Bruno in PSL Playoff Games by Frank Benevento
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1941
Team: San Mateo Blues, Frank Newman Furniture, Veneto Restaurant
Title: Blues Smear San Bruno,12-3
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1941
Team: San Mateo Blues, San Bruno Nine
Title: Blues Blank Newmans, Veneto Ruins San Bruno IN PSL Playoff Games
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1941
Title: Blues' Hitting Drops
Area: San Mateo
Year: circa 1941
Team: San Mateo Blues
Title: S.M. All-Stars Are Honored At Game Here
Area: San Mateo
Year: circa 1945
Title: Overheard: Here You Have a Piece of News, What's Become of Ye Olde Blues by Art Rosenbaum
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1945
Team: San Mateo Blues
Title: Hard-Slugging Outfield
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1947 (Aug. 21)
Left to right: Jim Trabucco, Bill Kahler, Jr., Andy Durmanich
Title: Blues Win Again 13-6
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1947
Team: San Mateo Blues, Jeffersons
Title: San Mateo Times (History)
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1949
Team: San Mateo Merchants | San Mateo Blues
Description: See article above for details.
Title: Stoeven Uses 'Farm' Youngsters to Fill Gaps in Club Lineup
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1949
Title: Big Inning Gives SM Game, Ongerth Homes by Harvey Rockwell
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1950
Team: San Mateo Blues, Jim's Billiard Parlor
Title: Blues Hapless Blues Minus Pitcher
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco
Year: 1950
Team: San Mateo Blues, Tallant Tubbs
Title: Botto Nicked for 15 hits; Tobin homes
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco
Year: 1950
Team: San Mateo Blues, Tallant Tubbs, Pacific Greyhounds
Title: Blues stumble to win over Central Market by Harvey Rockwell
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1950
Team: San Mateo Blues, Central Markets
Title: Wetmore Holds Batting Lead But Drops Out Of .500 Class
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1950
Team: San Mateo Blues, Central Market, Jim's Billiard Parlor
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo (San Carlos)
Year: 1955
Description: See caption below picture for details
Title: Greys Return Home on 4th After 5-3 Loss to SM Blues
Area: San Mateo (San Carlos)
Year: 1955
Team: San Mate Blues, San Carlos Greys
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1956 (Aug. 26)
Description: Team played in the Bay Counties League along with San Leandro
Back row (left to right): Jim Dougherty, Tom Pellizzer, Bucky Kahler, Tim Goode, Bill Kahler, Gus Ferrerra, Tom Del Sarto, Gene Miramon, Don Bedford
Front row (left to right): Larry Higgins, Lee Ferrerra, Chuck McGuigan, Hal Panattoni, Paul Melvin, Paul Thiebaut (mgr.), Bob Thiebaut (batboy)
Title: Blues beaten in finals of state tournament
Area: San Mateo, San Francisco, Contra Costa (El Cerrito)
Year: 1959
Team: San Mateo Blues, Nesbitt Masonry, Hatzell Radio (El Cerrito), Realm Realty (SF)
Title: Blues defeat Napa nine, 5-2; 1200 on hand
Area: San Mateo, Napa
Year: 1956
Team: San Mateo Blues, Napa Blues
Title: Blues Blast Cards 11-5
Area: San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda
Year: 1956
Team: San Mateo Blues, Concord Cardinals
Description: See article above for details.
Title: Blues' triumph moves club into tie for 3rd
-Blues clobber San Leandro nine, 20-1
Area: San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda
Year: 1956
Team: San Mateo Blues, Concord Cardinals, San Leandro Merchants
Description: See article above for details.
Title: SM Blues drop 4-1 decision to Hatzell Radio
Area: San Mateo, Contra Costa (El Cerrito)
Year: 1956
Team: Hatzell Radio, San Mateo Blues
Title: Blues Suffer 4-1 Loss to Hatzell Nine
Area: Contra Costa (El Cerrito), San Mateo
Year: 1956
Team: San Mateo Blues, Hatzell Radio
Title: Thiebaut aids Blues to win
Area: San Mateo, Santa Clara
Year: circa 1956
Team: San Mateo Blues, Falstaff Brewery (SJ)
Title: Blues Defeat Regal Pale, 2-1
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1956
Title: SM Blues Win over Vallejo, 10-1
Area: San Mateo, Solano, Santa Clara
Year: circa 1956
Team: San Mateo Blues, Vallejo Builders, Mountain View Merchants
Title: Mateo Blues Join 9-Team Bay Counties Circuit
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1956
Title: Near-Riot Halts Blue Game in Tenth
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1956
Title: Rally Beats Blues in 9th
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1957
Team: San Mateo Amvets, San Mateo Blues
San Mateo player nears home plate for score.
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1957
Team: San Mateo Blues
Description: San Mateo player nears home plate for score.
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1957
Description: Picture was taken at San Quentin prison.
Back row (left to right): Mike Kerney, Bob Freschi, Bill Barraclough, Barry McCarron, Tom Thornton, Tim Goode, Jim Weiss
Front row (left to right): Reggie Christmas, Al Figone, Dick Feder, Paul Thiebaut (mgr.), Gene Miramon, Angelo Colombo
Title: Oaks Smash Blues, Take ECL Coronet
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1957
Title: Blues, Three Other Peninsula Teams Form New Baseball Loop
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1957
Title: Ho, Hum Blues Do It Again
Area: San Francisco
Year: 1957
Teams: George Anthony Ross Furnishers | San Mateo Blues
Title: Pirates Buried 7-3 By Blues; Local Bats Strangely Silent
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1958 (July 10)
Title: Recs Lose in Ninth; SC Drops Loop Finals
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1958
Team: Palo Alto Oaks, Menlo Park Recs, San Mateo Blues
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1959 (Aug. 6)
Team: San Mateo Blues, San Jose Nebits
Description: Nesbit Masonry of San Jose defeated the Blues by a score of 6 to 5 to win the NBC State title tournament played at Washington Park in Santa Clara.
San Jose Nesbits: 6 | San Mateo Blues: 5
Back row (left to right): Al Endriss, Jerry Reed, Lou Belluomini, Billy Cox, Ken Dekker, Jim Hollister, Fitzgerald, Bucky Kahler
Front row (left to right): Pete Cocconi, Jim Fregosi, Gee Gee Perego, Gus Suhr Jr., Dick DeMarco, Lowell Creighton Jr., Paul Thiebaut (mgr.), Bob Thiebaut (batboy)
Title: NBC California State Semi-Pro Title Game
Area: Santa Clara, San Mateo
Year: 1959 (Aug. 6)
Teams: Nesbit Masonry (San Jose), San Mateo Blues
Description: Nesbit Masonry of San Jose defeated the Blues by a score of 6 to 5 to win the NBC State title tournament played at Washington Park in Santa Clara.
Three middle figures (left to right) surrounded by umpires: Mgr. Don Lopes (Nesbit), Brick Swegle (State Commissioner, holding trophy), Mgr. Paul Thiebaut (San Mateo Blues)
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1959
Description: Picture was taken at San Carlos Invitational Tournament (July 12, 1959). Blues defeated Palo Alto Oaks by a score of 12 to 8 to win the tournament.
Back row (left to right): Scorer, Gee Gee Perago, Dave Lawrence, Joe Delfino, Bill Little, George Ford, Bob Lotti, Dick DeMarco, Dick Feder (coach)
Bottom row (left to right): Gus Suhr Jr., Jim Hollister, Gene Miramon, Jerry Reed, Skip Redman, Bucky Kahler, Pete Cocconi, Paul Thiebaut (mgr), Bobby Thiebaut (Bat boy)
Title: Amvets, Blues post victories
-Bay Meadows Sox defeated by Hatzell
-Box scores
Area: San Mateo, Contra Costa (El Cerrito), San Francisco
Year: 1959
Team: San Mateo Amvets, San Mateo Blues, Bay Meadows Red Sox (Burlingame), Hatzell Radio (El Cerrito), Utah Construction (SSF), Ellis Brooks (SF), Hunter's Point
Description: San Mateo Times: Monday, July 27, 1959
Title: Amvets, Blues post victories
-Bay Meadows Sox defeated by Hatzell
-Box scores
Area: San Mateo, Contra Costa (El Cerrito), San Francisco
Year: 1959
Team: San Mateo Amvets, San Mateo Blues, Bay Meadows Red Sox (Burlingame), Hatzell Radio (El Cerrito), Utah Construction (SSF), Ellis Brooks (SF), Hunter's Point
Description: San Mateo Times: Monday, July 27, 1959
Title: Dedication Game Here Sunday
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1960
Title: Oaks Beat Blues, Tie for Lead
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1960
Title: Oaks Beat Blues, Tie for Lead
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1960
Title: Dedication Game Here Sunday: Celebrities, Baseball Stars Gather for Event
Area: San Mateo, Santa Clara
Year: 1960
Team: San Mateo Blues, Palo Alto Oaks
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1960
Back row (left to right): Louis Thiebaut, Abdalla (of), Stan Walker (of), Bill Kahler (1b-of), Larry Hamann (c), Terry Bechtold (2b)
Middle row (left to right): Ron Jourdenais (p), Ray Wagner (of), Bucky Kahler (c), Daryl Hadley (inf), Gee Gee Perego (of)
Front row (left to right): Paul Thiebaut (mgr.-1b), Angelo Colombo (inf), Pete Cocconi (p), Dick Feder (utl), Gus Suhr (1b)
Title: Bechtold Bids For Bat Title
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1960 (Aug)
Title: Blues Lose Finale; Loop Title to Paly
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1960 (Aug 28)
Description: See article above for details.
Title: Blues Nip Amvets In Opener, 4-3: Blues, AmVets Tangle Sunday
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1960 (June 18)
San Mateo Blues:
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1961
Description: San Mateo Blues won the 1961 El Camino League, with season record of 18 wins and 2 losses
Back row (left to right): Dick Feder, Gee Gee Perego, Mort Ek, Jim Hollister, Bill Clemmons, Terry Bechtold, Bob Hattan
Front row (left to right): Barnaby Feder, Dick DeMarco, Jesse Washington, Micky Corso, Angelo Colombo, Paul Thiebaut (mgr), Bobby Thiebaut (batboy)
Title: Recs Lose in Ninth; SC Drops Loop Finals
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1961
Team: Palo Alto Oaks, Menlo Park Recs, San Mateo Blues
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1962
Description: Picture was taken on July 7, 1962 at San Quentin Prison. Blues defeated the San Quentin Pirates by a score of 8 to 2 with season record of 14 wins, 2 losses.
Back row (left to right): Frank, unidentified guest, unidentified guest, Tom Lin's Guardian, Mr. Christman, Paul Thiebaut (mgr.), George Ford (scorer/announcer)
Middle row (left to right): Gus Suhr Jr, Dick Feder, Bob Leopold, Gee Gee Perego, Rob Tomlin
Front row (left to right): Nate Vincent, Angelo Colombo, George Claus, Terry Christman
San Mateo Blues
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1964
Description: George Ford
See caption below picture for details.
Title: Blues Win Twin Bill
Area: San Mateo
Year: 1965
Team: San Mateo Blues, Pacific Tigers
Title: Blues, Score 8-4 Verdict Over Outfitters for second P.S.L. win: Walt Lister Takes over to check invaders in late innings of game by Frank Benevento
-Blues Score 8-4 Triumph
Area: San Mateo
Year: Unknown
Team: Federal Outfitting, San Mateo Blues
Title: San Mateo Blues Beat Orwitz Nine
Area: San Mateo
Year: Unknown