Baseball bat used by Pittsburgh Pirate Phil Garner in the 1979 World Series
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1979
label: date made
content: ca 1979
name: label: maker
content: Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
label: maker
content: Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Bat used by Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Phil Garner (b.1949) during the 1979 World Series. In the Series, the National League's Pirates defeated the American League's Baltimore Orioles in seven games.
label: Description
content: A three-time All-Star, Garner played Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics (1979-1976,) Pittsburgh Pirates (1977-1981,) Houston Astros (1981-1987,) Los Angeles Dodgers (1987) and San Francisco Giants (1988.) With a lifetime .260 batting average, the infielder had 109 home runs and 738 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: Following his playing days, Garner served as the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers (1992-1999,) Detroit Tigers (2000-2002,) and Houston Astros (2004-2007,) accumulating a 985-1,054 record.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: related event
content: World Series
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Team
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1020.08
label: accession number
content: 1979.1020
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1020.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bat
label: Object Name
content: baseball bat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, ash (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 3/4 in x 1 in; 88.265 cm x 2.54 cm