Dick Bartell
date: label: date made
content: 1931-1934
label: date made
content: 1932-1934
name: label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Phillies
notes: label: Description
content: Orbit Gum collectible pin back button featuring baseball player Dick Bartell.
label: Description
content: Shortstop Dick Bartell played Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1927-1930). Philadelphia Phillies (1931-1934), New York Giants (1935-1938, 1941-1943, 1946), Chicago Cubs (1939) and Detroit Tigers (1940-1941). During the Second World War he served in the United States Army. Nicknamed “Rowdy Richard” for his feisty personality, Bartell made two All-Star teams and played in the World Series three times. At the plate, dependable infielder achieved a lifetime batting average of .284 with 2,165 hits and 1,130 runs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00546
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00546
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm