Carl Hubbell
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: referenced
content: New York Giants
notes: label: Description
content: White metal pin with image of New York Giants’ pitcher Carl Hubbell. The pin is part of a 1938 set known as <i>Our National Game</i>.
label: Description
content: Carl Hubbell (1903-1988) played the entirety of his Major League Baseball career with the New York Giants. A left-hander known primarily for his screwball, (a pitch that breaks in the opposite direction of a curveball, in his case, away from right-handed batters.) was one of the most dominant pitchers of the 1930s.
label: Description
content: Playing from 1928-1943, Hubbell won two National League Most Valuable Player trophies (1933,1936,) made nine All-Star game appearances, led the National League in earned run average and wins three times each, and brought home a World Series trophy with the Giants in 1933.
label: Description
content: Hubbell retired with a lifetime win-loss record of 235-154, .298 earned run average, and 1,677 strikeouts. In 1947 he was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.226
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm