Winfielder (Dave Winfield)
date: label: date made
content: 1981-1990
name: label: referenced
content: New York Yankees
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Button featuring New York Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield (b. 1951) Winfield, a twelve time All-Star, first played for the San Diego Padres (1973-1980) before joining the Yankees (1981-1988.) He finished his career with stints with the Angels (1990 -1991,) Blue Jays (1992,) Twins (1993-1994,) and Indians (1995,) winning a World Series title with Toronto.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1973, following his senior year at the University of Minnesota, the 6-foot 6 athlete was drafted in the first round by four professional sports leagues, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the American Basketball Association, and the National Football League.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Opting for baseball, Winfield spent 22 years in the Majors, compiling a .283 lifetime batting average, 3,110 hits, 465 home runs, 1,833 runs batted in, and seven gold gloves. In 2001 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Known for his philanthropic efforts, Winfield was awarded the Roberto Clemente Award in 1994. Since his retirement he has served as a baseball executive and community leader.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.013
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.013
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm