George Sisler
name: label: associated person
content: Sisler, George
label: Associated Name
content: St. Louis Browns
notes: label: Description
content: First baseman George Sisler (1893-1973) was one of the most feared batters in Major League baseball history. Playing for the St. Louis Browns (1915-1927, missing the 1923 season due to illness,) Washington Senators (1928) and Boston Braves (1928-1930,) Sisler hit .340 lifetime, reaching .300 every season but one, and topping the .400 mark twice. Once on base, he remained dangerous, leading the league in steals four times. In 1922 he was named the American League's most valuable player.
label: Description
content: Finishing with 2,812 career hits, 102 home runs, and 1,175 runs batted in, Sisler also served limited time as a pitcher, going 5-6 with a 2.35 era for his career. From 1924-1926 he served as player-manager for the Browns, with St. Louis going 218-241 under his command.
label: Description
content: In 1939 Sisler was elected as part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's inaugural class.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: CL.310547.034.08
label: catalog number
content: 310547.034.08
label: accession number
content: 310547
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: autograph
label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
label: Other Terms
content: Card, Baseball; Autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm