New York Yankees, 1961 American League Champs
date: label: date made
content: 1961
name: label: referenced
content: New York Yankees
label: referenced
content: Berra, Yogi
label: referenced
content: Ford, Whitey
label: referenced
content: Mantle, Mickey
label: referenced
content: Maris, Roger
notes: label: Description
content: Pennant commemorating the 1961 New York Yankees first place American League finish. The club, which went 109-53 in the regular season, would go on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 4 games to 1 in the World Series.
label: Description
content: During the '61 season, outfielder Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, besting Babe Ruth's all-time mark of 60. Teammate Micky Mantle was also in the race to break the home run record, hitting 54.
label: Description
content: The pennant features the last names of the teams' roster: <i>ARROYO / BERRA / BOYER / BLANCHARD / COATES / CERV / CLEVENGER / DE MAESTRI / DALEY / DOWNING / FORD / GARDNER / HALE / HOWARD / KUBER / LOPEZ / MANTLE / MARIS / RENIFF / RICHARDSON / SHELDON / SKOWRON / STAFFORD / TURLEY / TERRY / HOUK-MGR <i>
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1999.0265.092
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.092
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pennant
label: Object Name
content: pennant, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 11 1/2 in; 88.9 cm x 29.21 cm