Ed Charles
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: referenced
content: Kansas City Athletics
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Ed Charles was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description
content: After eight years in the Minor Leagues, U.S. army veteran Ed Charles played third base for League Baseball's Kanas City Athletics from 1962 until 1967, when he was traded the New York Mets. With the Mets, he would win a championship in his final season (1969.) Charles had a lifetime batting average of .263, with 86 home runs and 421 runs batted in.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: African American
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: 1996.0213.039
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm