Baseball, signed by Bob Feller
date: label: date made
content: 1990s
name: label: signer
content: Feller, Bob
label: maker
content: Franklin
notes: label: Description
content: This 1990s era baseball, "Franklin Pitch Ball Trainer," was signed by Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller (1918-2010)
label: Description
content: Pitcher Robert <i> Bob </i> Feller (1918-2010) played Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians from 1936-1941 and from 1945-1956, with the time in-between spent in military service. Compiling a lifetime record of 266-162 with an E.R.A. of 3.25, Feller led the American League in wins six times.
label: Description
content: An eight-time All-Star, the right-handed hurler led the league in strikeouts for seven seasons, throwing three no-hitters in his career. In 1948 he helped lead Cleveland to a World Series championship.
label: Description
content: Following his playing days, Feller was named the first President of the Major League Baseball's Players Association (1958.) He was named to Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: 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: Dr. Ronald L. Gabriel (through Thomas J. Cholis)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.3098.26
label: nonaccession number
content: 2009.3098
label: catalog number
content: 2009.3098.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball
label: Object Name
content: autographed baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball, autogrpahed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm