A retirement party usually ends with a plaque or a watch. For a lifelong sports fan, there are better ways to mark the occasion: a gift that ties their working life to their team's history, or one that points to everything they finally have time for, like weekday afternoon games and the ballpark road trip they've been talking about for years.
Our pieces use real game records in our own design, with no team or league logos, so they work for any team. They are independent keepsakes, not official merchandise.
The Career: every year on the job, matched to their team
The Career was made for retirements. It sets every year of a working life, first season to last, as a time card, with their team's record that season and how it ended. The first and last years are stamped in brass and the title seasons are highlighted. A fan who started work the year their team won it all, or retired the year it finally happened again, will see that right away. From $45.
What you'll need: the year they started, the year they're retiring, and their team. If it's a gift from coworkers, a spouse can quietly confirm the start year. If it's from family, a former coworker might remember the first job better than anyone at home.
Gifts for the trip they've been putting off
Plenty of fans have said "when I retire, I'm going to see a game in every ballpark." Retirement is the time to hand them the plan.
The Stadium Bucket List puts every big-league ballpark on one map, or every pro football stadium, basketball arena or hockey arena. The ones they have already been to print filled in with the month and year, and the rest stay open for the trips ahead. From $45.
Pair it with the Stadium Passport, a softcover journal with their name and the league's map on the cover, a checklist inside, and printed pages for the date, score, who they went with and a ticket stub at every park. From $24. Together they make a gift that says go, and the passport fills in as they do.
After the first big trip, a Road Trip Recap draws the route on a map with every stop in order and the real final score of the game at each. It makes a good follow-up gift for the next birthday. From $45.
For the season ticket holder
Retirement changes things for season ticket holders. No more selling the weekday games. Our Seats shows the ballpark, section, row and seats, how many seasons they have held them, and up to four favorite games from those seats with their real scoreboards. It's a gift that works especially well from the people who sat next to them all those years. From $45.
A lifetime with their team
Retirement invites looking back. Fan Since Birth shows everything their team has done since the day they were born: lifetime wins and losses, titles, playoff seasons, and a chart of every season of their life with the title years in gold. From $45.
Every Game Since You Were Born turns thousands of real games into one piece of art: a small square for every game their team has played since they were born, a row for every season, wins in deep green, postseason games outlined in brass and the title game in solid brass. For someone with sixty-plus years of fandom, it is striking on a wall. From $45.
Something for the house
There's a gentle joke in giving a clock to someone who no longer has to watch one. The Born on Game Day Wall Clock is a 10-inch clock with a deep green face, brass hour marks, their name above the hands and the birth date and final score of their birthday game below. From $69.
For the retiree who is headed for the golf course, Every Course I've Played puts their whole life list on one framed print, each course an engraved tile with the city and state, the year they first played it and their best score there. From $45.
For the retirement party itself
The Party Sign-In is a guest book poster with a headline of your choice and the real scoreboard from the day the guest of honor was born, with a lineup left blank for 42 guests to sign. It's printed on matte 18 by 24 inch paper that takes a marker, so it can be framed afterward. From $59.
Giving as a group
Office and family gifts usually come together through one organizer. Pick one main gift, like The Career or a bucket list and passport, then let others add a smaller piece. A single framed print signed on the back by the whole department means more than a pile of gift cards. Coaches and officials have their own tributes, like the Coach's Career Record and Years in Stripes.
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The CareerFrom $45
Stadium Bucket ListFrom $45
Stadium PassportFrom $24
Our SeatsFrom $45
Fan Since BirthFrom $45
Road Trip RecapFrom $45
Born on Game Day Wall ClockFrom $69
Ordering
Personalize your gift on its product page. Every order is checked by hand before it prints, and shipping is free in the US. Allow about two weeks for delivery, so work back from the party date, and order by early December if the gift is for Christmas. See more ideas in the family and retirement collection.