George Kell
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1952
name: label: referenced
content: Detroit Tigers
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: "Exhibit' vending machine collectible card featuring Detroit Tigers baseball player George Kell.
label: Description
content: Third baseman George Kell played Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics (1943-1946), Detroit Tigers (1946-1952), Boston Red Sox (1952-1954), Chicago White Sox (1954-1955) and Baltimore Orioles (1956-1957). The right hander from Swifton, Arkansas was a ten-time All-Star, having a lifetime .306 batting average and 2,054 hits.
label: Description
content: In 1949 Kell narrowly beat out Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox for that year’s American League batting title. As good in the field as he was at the plate, he led AL third basemen in fielding percentage four times, finishing at .971 for his career.
label: Description
content: Kell later became a radio and television broadcaster, primarily for the Tigers. In 1983 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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: 1996.0213.184
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm