Travel Bag used by New York Yankee Whitey Ford
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1958
name: label: user
content: Ford, Whitey
label: associated institution
content: New York Yankees
notes: label: Description
content: Travel bag used by New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford.
label: Description
content: Edward <i>Whitey</i> Ford (1928-2020) played for the New York Yankees for the entirety of his career (1950, 1953-1967.) Between 1950-1953 the pitcher served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
label: Description
content: A 10-time All-Star, Ford won 6 World-Series titles with the Yankees; being named the Series Most Valuable Player, as well as the American League's Cy Young Award winner, in 1961. The American League leader in wins three times, and earned run average twice, the left-hander finished his career with a lifetime 236-106 win-loss record, .275 ERA and 1,956 strikeouts.
label: Description
content: Ford, whose number 16 has been retired by the Yankees, was elected in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: 1981.0706.02
label: accession number
content: 1981.0706
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0706.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bag, Travel
label: Object Name
content: travel bag
label: Object Name
content: bag
label: Object Name
content: travel bag, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, canvas (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 15 in x 13 in; 68.58 cm x 38.1 cm x 33.02 cm