1950 World Series, New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: associated institution
content: New York Yankees
label: associated institution
content: Philadelphia Phillies
notes: label: Description
content: This program is from a New York Yankees home game in the 1950 World Series. Facing the Philadelphia Phillies, the Yankees easily defended their championship from the previous year, sweeping the series 4-0. It would be the second of five consecutive World Series victories for the powerhouse team, whose roster included such future Hall-of-Famers as catcher Yogi Berra, outfielder Joe Dimaggio, shortstop Phil Rizzutto, and pitcher Whitey Ford.
label: Description
content: The young 1950 Phillies squad, known as “the Whiz Kids” achieved the National League pennant behind the pitching of Robin Roberts and National League Most Valuable Player Jim Konstanty. It was the teams first World Series appearance since 1915.
label: Description
content: I950 would be the last World Series in which no non-white players took the field , as neither team had yet integrated since the abolishment of baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: Subject
content: world series
label: Subject
content: Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
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: CL.310547.096A
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.096A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Program
label: Object Name
content: program, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in; 29.845 cm x 22.225 cm