Heinie Zimmerman
name: label: Associated Name
content: Zimmerman, Heinie
label: Associated Name
content: Chicago Cubs
label: Associated Name
content: New York Giants
notes: label: Description
content: Infielder Henry "Heinie" Zimmerman (1887-1969) played for the Chicago Cubs (1907-1916) and New York Giants (1916-1919.) A lifetime .295 hitter, Zimmerman won the National League’s Triple Crown in 1912, leading the senior circuit in batting average, home runs and runs batted in (RBI). Later, he would lead the League in RBI for consecutive seasons (1916-1917.)
label: Description
content: Zimmerman participated in three World Series, winning with the Cubs in 1907 and 1908 and losing with the Giants in 1917. Zimmerman was effectively banned from baseball after admitting to offering bribes to his teammates as incentive to throw games for gambling interests.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: CL.310547.034.13
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.034.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: autograph
label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm