Baseball Cleats worn by Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals
date: label: date made
content: ca 1979
name: label: user
content: Brock, Louis C.
label: associated institution
content: Saint Louis Cardinals
label: maker
content: Converse
notes: label: Description
content: Outfielder Louis “Lou” Brock (1939-2020) played Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1961-1964) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1964-1979). A six-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner (1964. 1967), Brock was renowned for his base stealing abilities, setting modern records for most stolen bags in a season (118 in 1974) and in a career (938), both records later broken by fellow base stealing specialist Rickey Henderson. Brock also set the record for most stolen bases in World Series competition with 14. The left-hander had a lifetime .293 batting average, with 3,023 hits, 1,610 runs and 900 runs batted in. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Louis C. Brock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1042.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.1042
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1042.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: cleats, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 5 in; 29.21 cm x 11.43 cm x 12.7 cm