Eddie Waitkus
date: label: date made
content: ca 1949
name: label: Associated Name
content: Chicago Cubs
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Phillies
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: "Exhibit' vending machine collectible card featuring baseball player Eddie Waitkus. Other versions of the card with similar image have Waitkus wearing a Chicago uniform. It is assumed the jersey was airbrushed after Waitkus’s trade to Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: First baseman Eddie Waitkus played Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1941, 1946-1948), Philadelphia Phillies (1949-1953, 1955) and Baltimore Orioles (1954-1955). The Cambridge, Massachusetts native served in the United States Army during the Second World War, where he was awarded four Bronze Stars.
label: Description
content: A two-time All-Star, Waitkus had a lifetime .285 batting average, 1,214 hits and 373 rbis. In 1949, he was shot by an obsessed fan, causing him to miss the rest of the season.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Army
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.187
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.187
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