Morris Arnovich
date: label: date made
content: 1939 - 1941
label: date made
content: 1939
name: label: publisher
content: Gum, Inc.
label: associated institution
content: Philadelphia Phillies
label: maker
content: Gum, Inc.
label: maker
content: Gum, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: 1939 Gum Inc. Baseball card featuring Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Morris Arnovich.
label: Description
content: Morris “Morrie” Arnovich (1910-1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for ten years, playing for the Philadelphia Phillies (1936-1940), Cincinnati Reds (1940), and New York Giants (1941,1946.) Serving in the United States Army during the Second World War, Arnovich played only one game in 1946 before finishing his career in the minors.
label: Description
content: Nicknamed “Snooker,” Arnovich was a National League All-Star in 1939, and a World Series champion as a member of the 1940 Reds. He finished his career with a lifetime .287 batting average along with 22 home runs and 261 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: In a 1941 game, Arnovich was part of a Giants’ lineup that fielded a record four Jewish-Americans.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Judaism
label: Subject
content: Jews
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: 1982.0568.169
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.169
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 6.35 cm