Wally Joyner, B.Y.U.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1986
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Button depicting a photographic image of Brigham Young University baseball player Wally Joyner.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Joyner (b. 1962) attended B.Y.U. from 1981-1983, where playing for the Cougars' baseball team, he was an All-American first baseman, setting numerous team records. He left Brigham Young after his junior year to become a professional, reaching the big leagues with the California Angels in 1986.
label: Description (Brief)
content: That year Joyner became the first rookie to start an All-Star game based on fan voting. The Georgia native would go on to have a sixteen-year Major League career, playing with the Angels until 1991, before joining the Kansas City Royals (1992-1995,) San Diego Padres (1996-1999,) and Atlanta Braves (2000,) returning to the Angels for his final season (2001.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Joyner finished his career with a lifetime .289 batting average, 204 home runs and 1,106 runs batted in.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Utah, Utah
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.018
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm