Object Details
depicted
Robinson, Jackie
maker
Rawlings
Description (Brief)
Autographed baseball on which a Jackie Robinson commemorative stamp and 1984 postmark from Cooperstown, New York has been affixed. The ball has been signed by a number of former Major League Ballplayers, including Carl Erskine; George Kell; Ernie Banks; Joe Sewell; Pee Wee Reese; Lefty Gomez.
Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's policy of excluding African American players, starting at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Starring for the Dodgers from 1944 to 1956, Robinson was a World Series champion (1955) and a six-time All-Star (1949-1954). Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, Robinson's number (42) was retired by all major league teams in 1997 in recoginition of his historic breaking of baseball's color barrier.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Dr. Ronald L. Gabriel (through Thomas J. Cholis)
date made
1984
ID Number
2009.3098.25
nonaccession number
2009.3098
catalog number
2009.3098.25
Object Name
baseball
autographed baseball
baseball, autogrpahed
Physical Description
cork; ink; leather; paper; thread; adhesive (overall material)
cork (overall material)
yarn (overall material)
leather (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm
place made
Haiti
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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
Autographed Baseballs
Data Source
National Museum of American History
name of sport
Baseball
web subject
Sports
level of sport
Professional
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1391184