Hal Smith
date: label: date made
content: 1956
label: date made
content: 1955-1956
name: label: Associated Name
content: Baltimore Orioles
notes: label: Description
content: Collectible pin back button depicting Baltimore Orioles catcher Hal Smith.
label: Description
content: Harold “Hal” Smith played Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles (1955-1956), Kansas City Athletics (1956-1959), Pittsburgh Pirates (1960-1961), Houston Colt .45s (1962-1963) and Cincinnati Reds. A catcher with occassional infield duties at first and third, Smith was a lifetime .267 hitter with 58 home runs and 323 runs batted in. In 1960 he starred in the World Series, helping lead the Pirates to victory over the Yankees with an important eighth-inning pinch hit three-run homer in game seven.
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.314637.00548
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00548
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm