Official Base Ball Guide 1945
date: label: Date made
content: 1945
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: publisher
content: A. S. Barnes & Co.
label: Associated Name
content: St. Louis Cardinals
label: maker
content: A. S. Barnes & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Official guide and rule book for the 1945 Major League Baseball season. The book was published by A.S. Barnes and Company and features St. Louis Cardinal Burt Brown on the cover.
label: Description
content: The guide was written by Leslie O'Connor (1889-1996) a baseball executive who served as assistant to Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis from 1921-1944, temporarily serving as Acting Commissioner until the appointment of Happy Chandler in 1945. Afterward, the attorney was named General Manager of the Chicago White Sox, where he served for for three seasons (1945-1948.) He would later become President of the Pacific Coast League (1956-1959.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Baseball
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: CL.310547.055
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.055
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
label: Object Name
content: book, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 11.43 cm x 16.51 cm