Ted Kluszewski
date: label: date made
content: 1956
name: label: referenced
content: Cincinnati Reds
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Kluszewski, Ted
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Topps collectible pin back button featuring baseball player Ted Kluszewski.
label: Description
content: First baseman Ted Kluszewski (1924-1963) played Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1947-1957,) Pittsburgh Pirates (1958-1959,) Chicago White Sox (1959-1960,) and Los Angeles Angels (1961.) The four-time All-Star had a lifetime .298 batting average with 279 home runs, and 1,028 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: One of the more feared hitters of his era, Kluszewski led the National League in home runs and r.b.is in 1954, and in hits in 1955. In 1959 he starred for the White Sox in that year’s World Series.
label: Description
content: Kluzsewski was well-known for his sartorial decision to cut the sleeves off his jerseys as they constricted his muscular arms.
label: Description
content: Between 1953-1959, the Cincinnati Reds franchise adopted the name "Redlegs", fearing "Reds' would be associated with communism and the Soviet Union.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Polish Americans
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: 1996.0213.132
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm