Baseball autographed by Roger Clemens
date: label: date made
content: 1992 - 2001
label: date made
content: ca 2001
name: label: Associated Name
content: New York Yankees
label: maker
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball autographed by Roger Clemens and given to artist LeRoy Neiman. Clemen's signed the ball <i>CY6</i> indicating that the ball was given after the pitcher received his sixth, but before his seventh, Cy Young Award, dating the ball between 2001-2004.
label: Description
content: Ohio native Roger Clemens (b. 1962) won more Cy Young Awards than any other player in Major League Baseball History, receiving seven of the trophies given annually to the American and National League's best pitchers. One of the most dominant starters in baseball history, Clemens legacy has been tarnished by allegations of performance enhancing drug use.
label: Description
content: From 1984-2007, Clemens compiled a 354-184 Win-Loss Record, with a 3.12 Earned Run Average. Leading the American League in strikeouts 5 times, finishing with 4,672 for his career, twice setting a record for most strikeouts in a nine-inning game (20.) In 1986 he was named the AL's Most Valuable Player.
label: Description
content: An 11 time All-Star, Clemens took the mound for four teams; The Boston Red Sox (1984-1996,) the Toronto Blue Jays (1997-1998,) the New York Yankees (1999-2003, 2007) and the Houston Astros (2004-2006.) He would win two World Series rings with the Yankees (1999, 2000.)
label: Description
content: Clemens achievements occurred during baseball's <i>steroid era</i> with the pitcher being at the center of numerous controversies. Relatedly, he is currently the only pitcher to have achieved the milestone of 300 wins not to be elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Costa Rica
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of LeRoy Neiman Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0144.19
label: accession number
content: 2019.0144
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0144.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball, autographed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm