Eddie Mathews
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: depicted
content: Mathews, Ed
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ed <i>Eddie</i> Mathews (1931-2001) was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Slugger Eddie Mathews played Major League Baseball between 1952 and 1968. The third baseman is best remembered for his tenure with the Braves (1952-1966) where he was the only person to play for the franchise in all three of its home cities (Boston, Milwaukee, Atlanta.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: A lifetime .271 batter, Mathews hit 512 home runs and amassed 1,453 runs batted in. A 12 time All-Star, he won two World Series Championships with the Braves.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Mathews served as a coach, and later Manager of the Braves, where he compiled a 149-161 record. In 1978 he was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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: 1982.0566.14
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm