Ben Chapman
date: label: date made
content: 1932-1934
name: label: referenced
content: New York Yankees
notes: label: Description
content: Orbit Gum collectible pin back button featuring baseball player Ben Chapman.
label: Description
content: Ben Chapman played Major League baseball for the New York Yankees (1930-1936), Washington Senators (1936-1937, 1941), Boston Red Sox (1937-1938), Cleveland Indians (1939-1940), Chicago White Sox (1941), Brooklyn Dodgers (1944-1945) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945-1946). A four-time All-Star with the Yankees, with whom he won a World Series in 1932, he began his career as an infielder before moving to the outfield after his rookie season. An excellent hitter, with a lifetime .302 average, and stolen base specialist, leading the League in the category four times, Chapman is most today remembered for examples of racist and antisemitic behavior exhibited both as a player and as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies (1945-1948).
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: 1996.0213.117
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.117
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