Baseball Glove worn by Ken Griffey Jr.
date: label: date made
content: 1993-1994
name: label: Associated Name
content: Griffey, Jr., Ken
label: Associated Name
content: Seattle Mariners
label: maker
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball mitt won by 10 time gold-glove winning center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. (b. 1969.) Griffey played Major League baseball for 22 years, starring for the Seattle Mariners (1989-1999, 2009-2010) Cincinnati Reds (2000-2008) and Chicago White Sox (2008.)
label: Description
content: The son of a former major league player, Griffey was a thirteen-time all-star known for his home run hitting prowess, belting 630 over the course of his career. He lifetime marks include a .284 batting average, 2,781 hits and 1,836 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: 1997's American League Most Valuble player, Griffey was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0334.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0334
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0334.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball glove
label: Object Name
content: mitt, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball mitt
label: Object Name
content: glove
label: Object Name
content: glove, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 7 1/2 in x 13 in; 7.62 cm x 19.05 cm x 33.02 cm