Alvin Dark
date: label: date made
content: 1950-1956
name: label: Associated Name
content: New York Giants
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: “Exhibit” series vending machine trading card featuring New York Giant Alvin Dark. Shortstop Alvin Dark played Major League Baseball for the Boston/ Milwaukee Braves (1946,1948-1949, 1960), New York Giants (1950-1956), St. Louis Cardinals (1956-1958), Chicago Cubs (1958-1959) and Philadelphia Phillies (1960). As a Brave, Dark was 1948’s Rookie of the Year. With the Giants he was three-time All-Star and Worlds Series Champion (1954). He had a career .289 batting average with 2,089 hits, 126 home run and 757 runs batted in. After retirement, Dark served as Manager for the San Francisco Giants (1961-1964), Kansas City A’s (1966-1967), Cleveland Indians (1968-1971), Oakland A’s (1974-1975) and Sand Diego Padres (1977). In 1974 he led the A’s to a World Series title over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Overall, the native Oklahoman amassed a lifetime 994-954 managerial record. A three-sport standout while attending Louisiana State University, Dark a member of the United States Marines during the Second World War.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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: 2000.3001.140
label: nonaccession number
content: 2000.3001
label: catalog number
content: 2000.3001.140
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm