Baseball bat, used by Rickey Henderson, Oakland A's
date: label: date made
content: 1990
name: label: Associated Name
content: Henderson, Rickey
label: Associated Name
content: Oakland Athletics
label: maker
content: Louisville Slugger
notes: label: Description
content: Black finished baseball bat used by outfielder Rickey Henderson as a member of the Oakland A's. Silver lettering on bat, including facsimile of Henderson's signature. Model T141.
label: Description
content: Rickey Henderson (b.1958) played Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics (1979-1984, 1989-1993. 1994-1995, 1998,) New York Yankees (1985-1989,) Toronto Blue Jays (1993,) San Diego Padres (1996-1997,) Boston Red Sox (2002) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2003.) Henderson set Major League career records for stolen bases, 1,406 and runs, 2,295.
label: Description
content: Batting right, but throwing left, Henderson primarily played left field and batted leadoff. He compiled a lifetime .279 batting average with 3,055 hits, 297 home runs and 1,115 runs batted in. A 10-time All-Star, Henderson won the American League most valuable player award in 1990. He was twice a World Series champion, in 1989 (Athletics) and 1993 (Blue Jays.)
label: Description
content: Henderson was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0334.10
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0334.10
label: accession number
content: 2017.0334
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball bat
label: Object Name
content: bat
label: Object Name
content: bat, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 2 in; 86.36 cm x 5.08 cm