Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 26 › Conversation 026-012
Haldeman & Ziegler on Richard Nixon and Baseball
Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 12:03 PM–1:36 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler coordinate to gather specific biographical and statistical data for President Nixon regarding his list of all-time baseball greats. The conversation focuses on verifying the careers and performance records of pre-war relief pitchers, specifically Hugh Casey, Mace Brown, and Doc Crandall. Haldeman also tasks Ziegler with identifying the first name of a prominent Pittsburgh relief pitcher named Face to finalize the President's personal list.
- Richard Nixon
- Baseball
- Sports statistics
- H. R. Haldeman
- Ronald Ziegler
Audio
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NARA Description
On June 27, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 26-12
Date: June 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:03 and 1:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.
[See Conversation No. 743-6C]
The President’s baseball greats list
-Pre-war relief pitcher
-Hugh Casey
-Mace Brown
-“Doc” Crandall
-Records
-Crandall
-New York Giants
-Casey
-Brown's record
-Crandall's record
(rev. Jan-02)
-Casey's record
-Pittsburgh relief pitcher
-Elroy FaceAlso recorded on June 27, 1972
- 103-009 11:28 AM · 5 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972.
- 103-012 11:28 AM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972.
- 743-004 11:28 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
- 743-005 11:30 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, John S. Millis, Theodore Cooper, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:57 am.
- 743-006 11:57 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:57 am and 1:50 pm.
- 026-011 12:03 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
- 026-013 12:03 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
- 026-014 1:36 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:36 pm to 1:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 026-012, June 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-012 (accessed September 18, 2026).