Eddie Plank Cabinet Card
date: label: date made
content: 1911
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Athletics
notes: label: Description
content: 1911 T5 series Pinkerton cabinet card depicting baseball player Eddie Plank. Cabinet cards were photographs mounted on stiff cardboard backings offered as premiums or collectibles. This card was available via mail using proof-of-purchases from Pinkerton Tobacco products.
label: Description
content: Hall of Fame pitcher Eddie Plank (1875-1926) threw for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901-1914, helping the team attain three World Series championships (1910, 1911, 1913.) In 1915 he joined the Federal League, returning to the Majors in 1916 for a two-year stint with the St. Louis Browns.
label: Description
content: With a career record of 326–194, a 2.35 lifetime earned run average, and 2,2246 strike outs, Plank remains one of the most successful left handed pitchers in baseball history
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.030.04
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.030.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm