Gil in '75 button
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: referenced
content: New York Mets
label: Associated Name
content: Hodges, Gil
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Gil in '75"</i> button is potentially part of a campaign for retired baseball player Gil Hodges to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hodges, a first baseman, played primarily for the Dodgers(1943, 1947-1961) making eight All-Star teams and winning two World Series. .He finished his career plahying one year for the Mets (1962-1963.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: From 1963-1967, Hodges was manager of the Washington Senators. In 1968 he took over for the Mets, which he managed until 1971. In 1969 he leading the team to a World Series victory.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Hodges was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.017
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.017
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm