Baseball hat worn by Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves
date: label: date made
content: 1953-1964
name: label: Associated Name
content: Spahn, Warren
label: Associated Name
content: Milwaukee Braves
label: maker
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Company
notes: label: Description
content: Blue Milwaukee Braves baseball hat with red button and bill and white <i>M.</i> Worn by pitcher Warren Spahn.
label: Description
content: Left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn (1921-2003) played Major League Baseball for 21 seasons, all with the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1942, 1946-1964) except for his final year, which was split between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants (1965.) From 1943-1945 he served in the United States Army during the Second World War.
label: Description
content: A 17-time All-Star, Spahn retired with a 363-425 win-loss record, 2,583 strikeouts and a 3.09 earned run average. He led the National League in wins 8 times and strikeouts 4. In 1957, he won the Cy Young Award, helping lead the Braves to a World Series Championship.
label: Description
content: A member of 1999's <i>All Century Team ,</i> Spahn was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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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: 2017.0334.11
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0334.11
label: accession number
content: 2017.0334
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat, baseball
label: Object Name
content: cap, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: hat size: 6 3/4 in; 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 7 in x 9 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm x 24.13 cm