Baseball bat used by Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds, 1975 All-Star Game
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: Associated Name
content: Morgan, Joe
label: Associated Name
content: Cincinnati Reds
label: maker
content: Louisville Slugger
notes: label: Description
content: Infielder Joe Morgan (1943-2020) played Major League Baseball for the Houston Colt .45s/ Astros (1963-1971,1980,) Cincinnati Reds (1972-1979,) San Francisco Gians (1981-1982,) Philadelphia Phillies (1983,) and Oakland Athletics (1984.)
label: Description
content: A two-time National League Most Valuable Player (1975,1976), Morgan was a leading member of Cincinnati's <i>Big Red Machine </i> that won two World Series (1975,1976) along with four National League Pennants and six Division victories.
label: Description
content: Excelling on both sides of the field, Morgan is considered on of the game's all-time greatest second basemen. A five-time gold glove honoree, the 5"7 athlete was a lifetime .271 hitter, with 2,517 hits, 268 home runs, 1,133 runs batted and 689 stolen bases.
label: Description
content: A ten-time All-Star selection, Morgan used this bat during 1975's version of the contest, held at Milwaukee's County Stadium. The second baseman was one of four Reds to be named a National League starter that year.
label: Description
content: After his retirement, Morgan had a successful career as a baseball broadcaster. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0334.16
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0334.16
label: accession number
content: 2017.0334
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bat, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 8 in; 86.36 cm x 20.32 cm