1976 Philadelphia Phillies Medallion
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Phillies
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Phillies
notes: label: Description
content: Pewter keychain medallion commemorating the 1976 Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. The medallion features a caricature of a revolutionary soldier holding a baseball bat. The reverse has engravings of player signatures.
label: Description
content: In the year of America’s Bicentennial, the Philadelphia Phillies made their first postseason appearance since 1950. Managed by Danny Ozark, and led by such stars as pitchers Steve Carlton and Jim Kaat, third baseman Mike Schmidt and outfielder Greg Luzinski, the team won the National League East by going 101-61 in the regular season. The Phillies would go on to lose to the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Championship Series 3-0.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Souvenirs
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0564.16
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0564.16
label: accession number
content: 1982.0564
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Object Name
content: medal, baseball
label: Object Name
content: medallion
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, pewter (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in; 5.08 cm