Mickey Vernon
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1948
label: date made
content: 1939-1948
name: label: referenced
content: Washington Senators
label: referenced
content: Vernon, Mickey
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: Exhibits vending machine postcard featuring Mickey Vernon of the Washington Senators.
label: Description
content: First baseman James “Mickey” Vernon played Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators (1939-1948, 1950-1955), Cleveland Indians (1949-195, 1958), Boston Red Sox (1956-1957) Milwaukee Braves (1959) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1960). In 1944-1945, Vernon served in the United States Navy during the Second World War.
label: Description
content: A seven-time All-Star, Vernon had a lifetime .286 batting average with 2,495 hits, 172 home runs and 1,3111 runs batted in. He twice led the American League in batting (1946, 1953). In 1960 he won a World Series title with the Pirates as a coach, having played in nine games during the regular season.
label: Description
content: Vernon was the inaugural Manager of the second Washington Senators franchise, an expansion team established in 1961, where he compiled a 135-227 record in three seasons.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.3001.020
label: nonaccession number
content: 2000.3001
label: catalog number
content: 2000.3001.020
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: card, 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