Don Demeter
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: referenced
content: Philadelphia Phillies
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Don Demeter was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description
content: Don Demeter played Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn/ Los Angeles Dodgers (1956, 1958-1961,) Philadelphia Phillies (1961-1963,) Detroit Tigers (1964-1966,) Boston Red Sox (1966-1967,) and Cleveland Indians (1967.) Spending most of his time in the outfield, Demeter was a lifetime .265 hitter, compiling 163 home runs and 563 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: Demeter won a World Series in 1959 with the Dodgers. After retirement, he founded Oklahoma's Grace Community Baptist Church, serving as its pastor for over 16 years.
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
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: 1996.0213.047
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.047
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