Ken Boyer
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: referenced
content: St. Louis Cardinals
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Boyer, Ken
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Ken Boyer was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards. Boyer was a third baseman and outfielder for various teams throughout his career, including the Cardinals (1955-65), Mets (1966-67), White Sox (1967-68), and the Dodgers (1968-69). Boyer was an eleven-time National League All-Star player, playing in games in 1956, both games in 1959 through 1962, 1963, and 1964. Additionally, he won the Rawlings National League Gold Glove award between 1958 and 1961, and in 1963. In 1964, Boyer won the National League Most Valuable Player and Lou Gehrig awards, helped the Cardinals win World Series championship, and earned the most RBIs in the National League. After retiring from baseball, Boyer became a manager in the minor league system and in 1984, his uniform number was retired with the Cardinals.
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: 1996.0213.083
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.083
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