Office Sign, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh, Forbes Field
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960
label: date made
content: ca 1960s
label: associated dates
content: 1979 11 00 / 1979 11 00
label: associated dates
content: 1960 / 1960
name: label: referenced
content: Pittsburgh Pirates
label: user
content: Pittsburg Pirates
notes: label: Description
content: Office Sign for Pittsburgh Pirates' Manager Danny Murtaugh, taken from Forbes Field. Forbes was home for the Pirates from 1909-1970. At times, the park also served as home field for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, the Negro League's Homestead Grays, and the NCAA's Pitt Panthers and Duquesne Dukes. The sign was acquired by donor after the field's demolition in 1971.
label: Description
content: Danny Murtaugh managed the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball franchise four times; 1957-1964, 1967, 1970-71 and 1973-1976, leading the club to two World Series titles (1960,1971.) Overall, he amassed a managerial record of 1,115-950.
label: Description
content: Before becoming the Pirates' skipper, Murtaugh was a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies (1941-1943, 1946,) Boston Braves (1947,) as well as Pittsburgh (1948-1951.) From 1943-1945 he served in the United States Army.
label: Description
content: Murtaugh finished his playing career with a lifetime .254 batting average with 219 runs batted in. An exceptional fielder, he led the National League in putouts, assists and double plays in 1948.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Stadiums
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Kwalwasser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1256.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1256.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.1256
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sign
label: Object Name
content: sign, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 29 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 74.93 cm