Hugh Casey
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1949
name: label: Associated Name
content: Brooklyn Dodgers
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: “Exhibit’ vending machine collectible card featuring baseball player Hugh Casey.
label: Description
content: Right-handed pitcher Hugh Casey played Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1935), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1942, 1946-1948), Pittsburgh Pirates (1949) and New York Yankees (1949), serving in the United States Navy during the Second World War. Appearing on the mound as both a starter and reliever, Casey was nicknamed “the Fireman”, amassing a lifetime 75-42 win-loss record with 59 saves, 349 strikeouts and a 3.45 earned run average. He died in 1951 at the age of 37.
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: 2000.3001.137
label: nonaccession number
content: 2000.3001
label: catalog number
content: 2000.3001.137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: postcard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm