Willie McCovey
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: referenced
content: San Francisco Giants
label: depicted (sitter)
content: McCovey, Willie
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Willie McCovey was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description
content: McCovey was a first baseman and leftfielder for the Giants (1959-73, 1977-80), Padres (1974-76), and Athletics (1976). The 1959 Rookie of the Year, McCovey was a six time All-Star and 1969's National League Most Valuable Player. A lifetime .271 hitter, McCovey led the league in home runs three times, (finishing with 521,) and runs-batted-in twice (finishing with 1,555.)
label: Description
content: In 1986 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1996.0213.009
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm