New York Yankees American League Champs 1961
date: label: Date made
content: 1961
name: label: associated institution
content: New York Yankees
label: Associated Name
content: Mantle, Mickey
label: Associated Name
content: Maris, Roger
notes: label: Description
content: Button commemorating Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees winning of the American League Pennant in 1961. Managed by Ralph Houk, the Yankee’s went 109-53-1, going on the defeat the National League Champion Cincinnati Reds in the World Series 4 games to 1.
label: Description
content: The Yankee’s campaign was marked by a race between outfielders Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle to break the record for most home runs in a season, a feat set by former Yankee Babe Ruth, who hit 60 in 1927. Maris would be the one to break the record, hitting his 61st on the final day of the regular season.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: 1982.0365.41
label: accession number
content: 1982.0365
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0365.41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm