Baseball Catcher's Mask
date: label: Date made
content: 1970-1979
name: label: user
content: Nicosia, Steve
label: Associated Name
content: Pittsburgh Pirates
label: maker
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Company
notes: label: Description
content: Steve Nicosia (b. 1955) played for eight seasons on four different teams, ending his career in 1985. Niicosia used this catcher's mask , when, as a rookie, he caught game seven of the the 1979 World Series, helping the PIttsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles.
label: Description
content: Nicosia caught for the PIttsburgh Pirates (1978-1983,) San Francisco Giants (1983-1984,) Montreal Expos (1985,) and Toronto Blue Jays (1985.) The right-hander had a lifteime .248 batting average with 11 home runs and 88 runs batted in.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1979.1020.07
label: accession number
content: 1979.1020
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1020.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mask
label: Object Name
content: catcher's mask
label: Object Name
content: catcher's mask, basebal
label: Object Name
content: catcher's mask, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 11 in x 5 in; 38.1 cm x 27.94 cm x 12.7 cm