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Baseball, signed by Stan Musial

American History Museum

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    Object Details

    signer

    Musial, Stan

    referenced

    St. Louis Cardinals

    maker

    Rawlings

    Description (Brief)

    Stan Musial played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941-1963. In that time he was a three time most valuable player, and finished his career with 3, 630 hits. The 24 time All-Star outfielder known as "The Man" won three World Series Championships with the Cardinals to go along with seven batting titles and a career .331 batting average. In 2011 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    ID Number

    2009.0243.15

    accession number

    2009.0243

    catalog number

    2009.0243.15

    Object Name

    baseball
    autographed baseball
    baseball, autographed

    Physical Description

    cork (overall material)
    yarn (overall material)
    leather (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm

    place made

    Haiti

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    Autographed Baseballs

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    name of sport

    Baseball

    web subject

    Sports

    level of sport

    Professional

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4ea0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1391859

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