Lefty Gomez
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: referenced
content: New York Yankees
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Gomez, Lefty
notes: label: Description
content: White metal tab pin depicting New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez. The pin is part of 1938's "Our National Game" Series.
label: Description
content: Pitcher Vernon “Lefty” Gomez won five World Series Championships with the New York Yankees (1932, 1936-1939). The witty southpaw played in the Bronx for twelve seasons (1930-1942) earning seven consecutive All-Star team appearences (1933-1939) and twice achieving pitching’s “triple crown,” leading the League in the three major pitching categories, in 1934 and 1937. After a solitary season with the Washington Senators (1943) Lefty retired with a lifetime 189-102 record, 1,468 strikeouts and a 3.34 earned run average. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
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: 1996.0213.297
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.297
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm