Glove used by Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Orioles
date: label: date made
content: 1974
name: label: user
content: Robinson, Brooks
label: maker
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: Third baseman Brooks Robinson (b. 1937) was known as "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" for his outstanding ability to collect balls hit his way. Winning a record tying sixteen consecutive Gold Glove Awards as the best defenseman at his position, the native Arkansan played his entire Major League career with the Baltimore Orioles (1955-1977.)
label: Description
content: An 18 time All-Star, Robinson won the American League Most Valuable Player award in 1964, a year he led the league with 118 runs batted in. The Orioles made four World Series appearances in Robinson's time with the team, winning two (1966 and 1970,) taking home World Series MVP honors in the latter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Thomas Tull
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0084.04
label: model number
content: XFLGH
label: accession number
content: 2017.0084
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0084.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball mitt
label: Object Name
content: mitt, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball glove
label: Object Name
content: glove, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 9 in x 11 in; 5.08 cm x 22.86 cm x 27.94 cm