Curt Flood
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: depicted
content: Flood, Curt
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: Associated Name
content: St. Louis Cardinals
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description
content: Curt Flood was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description
content: An outfielder for numerous teams including the Cincinnati Reds (1956-57,),St. Louis Cardinals (1958-69,) and Washington Senators (1971) Flood is best know for his legal challenge against Major League Baseball's reserve clause.
label: Description
content: The three time All-Star and seven time Gold Glove recepient contested baseball's contractual clause that granted teams the exclusive right to deterimine player's futures. His 1970 lawsuit failed in the Supreme Court, but his action eventually led to the free agent system employed by Major League Baseball today.
label: Description
content: Flood finished with a lifetime .293 batting average, with 85 home runs and 636 runs batted in.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Business
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: 1982.0566.18
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm