Baseball, used by Sam Streeter
date: label: date made
content: 1930-1940
label: associated dates
content: 1930-1939
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball used by pitcher Sam Streeter (1900-1985). The left-handed Streeter was a star in the Negro Leagues, playing for the Chicago American Giants, the Birmingham Black Barons, the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Streeter was the National League's starting pitcher in the first Negro League All-Star Game in 1933. He finished his career with 117 wins, ranking him 12th in all-time victories in Negro League play.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: negro leagues
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sam Streeter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0130.01
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0130.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0130
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellowed (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm