New York Yankees Official Program and Score Card, 1956
date: label: Date made
content: 1956
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: publisher
content: Stevens, Harry
label: associated institution
content: New York Yankees
label: associated institution
content: Boston Red Sox
label: maker
content: Stevens, Harry
notes: label: Description
content: This New York Yankee's program was acquired for a game against the Boston Red Sox, held at Yankee Stadium on August 15, 1956. The Yankees won the game 6-4, and would go on to finishing the season 97-57, first in the American League. In the World Series they defeated cross-town rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, four games to three. It was the Yankees 17th championship.
label: Description
content: Managed by Casey Stengel, the 1956 Yankees were led by American League Most Valuable Player Mickey Mantle, who hit .353 with 52 home runs and 130 runs batted in. Other notable players included catcher Yogi Berra, first baseman Bill "Moose" Skowron, outfielder Hank Bauer, and pitchers White Ford, Johnny Kucks, and Don Larsen.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.092B
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.092B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Score Card and Program
label: Object Name
content: program, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 6 in; 25.4 cm x 15.24 cm