Monty Irvin
date: label: date made
content: 1949-1955
name: label: Associated Name
content: New York Giants
label: Associated Name
content: San Francisco Giants
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Irvin, Monte
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: “Exhibit” vending machine collectible card featuring New York Giant Monte Irvin.
label: Description
content: Outfielder Monford “Monte” Irvin played professional baseball in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. The right-hander first joined the Negro League’s Newark Eagles at the age of 19, playing with the club from 1938-1942 and from 1946-1948, with the time in-between spent as a Sergeant in the US Army during the Second War. With the Eagles, Irvin was a three-time Negro League batting champion, helping lead the club to the 1946 Negro League World Series title.
label: Description
content: Irvin joined the New York Giants in 1949, following Jackie Robinson’s breaking of MLB’s infamous color barrier in 1947. He would play for New York until 1955, finishing his career with the Chicago Cubs the following season. With the Giants, Irvin was an All-Star (1952) and NL RBI leader (1951), helping to the team win the World Series in 1954.
label: Description
content: In his 18-year career, the Haleburg, AL native had a .305 batting average, 1,076 hits, 139 home runs and 684 runs batted in. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, and his number 20 has been retired by the Giants.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: negro leagues
label: Subject
content: African American
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: 1996.0213.193
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.193
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: postcard
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm