Joe Gordon
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1950
name: label: referenced
content: Cleveland Indians
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: "Exhibit' vending machine collectible card featuring Cleveland Indian’s player Joe Gordon.
label: Description
content: Second Baseman Joe Gordon played Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees (1938-1943, 1946) and Cleveland Indians (1947-1950). In 1944-1945 he served in the United States Army during the Second World War.
label: Description
content: Stellar on both sides of the plate, Gordon was a 9-time All-Star and 5-time World Series Champion, winning the American League’s Most Valuable Player award in 1942. Over the course of his career, Gordon had a lifetime .268 batting average 253 home runs, and 975 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: Following his playing days, Gordon served as Manager for the Indians (1958), Detroit Tigers (1960), Kansas City Athletics (1961) and Kansas City Royals (1969), compiling an overall record of 305-308.
label: Description
content: The infielder known as “Flash” was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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: 1996.0213.181
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.181
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
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