Roberto Clemente pin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1984
name: label: depicted
content: Clemente, Roberto
label: referenced
content: Pittsburgh Pirates
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular pin commemorating the United States Postal Service's 1984 issuance of a stamp featuring baseball player Roberto Clemente. XOMMthat is designed to look like a postage stamp.
label: Description
content: Born in Puerto Rico, outfielder Roberto Clemente played Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955-1972. 1966's National League Most Valuable Player, Clemente was a 15 time All-Star (1960-1967 and 1969-1972) and a two-time World Series Champion (1960 and 1971). Clemente died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972 while delivering aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He the first Latin American to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, inducted posthumously in 1973.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
label: Associated Place
content: Puerto Rico
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: From Mr. Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.151
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 2.5 cm; 1 9/16 in x 31/32 in