Baseball Cleats worn by Monte Irvin of the New York Giants
date: label: date made
content: ca 1949
name: label: user
content: Irvin, Monte
label: associated institution
content: New York Giants
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black leather baseball shoes with metal cleats on the bottom. These were the first shoes to be worn by Monte Irvin in the major leagues as a player for the New York Giants after leaving the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues. In 1949 the New York Giants paid $5000 for his contract and Irvin became one of the first African American players to play in the major leagues. He played in two World Series and was chosen for the All-Star game five times.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: negro leagues
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Monte Irvin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0446.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0446
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0446.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: shoes, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm