Baseball autographed by Tom Seaver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1992
label: date made
content: 1989 – 1994
name: label: Associated Name
content: Seaver, Tom
label: Associated Name
content: New York Mets
label: maker
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball signed by Tom Seaver and given to artist LeRoy Neiman. The ball is dated from 1922, the year that Seaver was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
label: Description
content: George Thomas <i>Tom</i> Seaver (1944-1920) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1967-1986. The California native was a multi-sport athlete in High School, following which he joined the military reserves and attended Fresno City College.
label: Description
content: Recruited by the University of Southern California's baseball team, Seaver joined the Trojans as a sophomore, going 10-2, with a .247 ERA. Based on this exceptional performance, the pitcher decided to join the professional ranks, with his signing rights being awarded to the New York Mets.
label: Description
content: After time spent in the minors, Seaver was brought up to the Mets in 1967, where he would quickly make an impact for the club, being named the National League's Rookie of the Year. He would take the mound for the Mets until 1977, when he became a member of the Cincinnati Reds, where he played through the 1982 season.
label: Description
content: Seaver rejoined the Mets for a single season in 1983, after which he crossed over to the American League, pitching for the Chicago White Sox. He would make his final appearance for the Boston Red Sox in 1986.
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content: A 12 time All-Star, Seaver won three National League Cy Young awards (the annual trophy given to the league's best pitcher,) and famously led 1969's <i> Miracle Mets </i> to their first World Series Championship.
label: Description
content: With a lifetime 311-205 win-loss record, .247 earned run average and 3,640 strikeouts, Seaver is considered on the sport's all-time greatest performers. In 1992 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Costa Rica
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of LeRoy Neiman Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0144.31
label: accession number
content: 2019.0144
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0144.31
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball, autographed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm