Kansas City Monarchs Baseball Jersey, worn by Eddie Dwight
name: label: maker
content: Wilson
notes: label: Description
content: Edward <i>Eddie</i> Dwight (1905-1975) played Negro League Baseball from 1925-1937, primarily for the Kansas City Monarchs (1928-1929, 1933-1937,) but also for the Indianapolis ABCs (1925, 1931-33) and Gilkerson's Union Giants (1926-1927.)
label: Description
content: A utility infielder and outfielder, Dwight batted right. Records indicate a lifetime batting average of .258. It is said that later in his career, Dwight also drove the Monarch's bus. After retirement, Dwight stayed in Kansas, working as a chemist and opening a Soda Fountain in Kansas City (KS). His son, Eddie Dwight Jr., was the first African American to be selected by NASA for astronaut training.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: negro leagues
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Georgia A. Dwight
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0202.01
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0202.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0202
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jersey, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: grey (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: maroon (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 42 in x 36 in; x 106.68 cm x 91.44 cm