Harvey Haddix Autograph
date: label: date made
content: 1959
notes: label: Description
content: Autograph of Harvey Haddix given to collector Edwin Rowlands. The autograph is mounted onto cardboard along with a picture of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher.
label: Description
content: Lefthanded pitcher Harvey Haddix played Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952-1956), Philadelphia Phillies (1956-1957), Pittsburgh Pirates (1959-1963) and Baltimore Orioles (1964-1965). A three-time All-Star, and World Series winner (Pittsburgh,1960) he had a career 136-133 win-loss record, 3.63 earned run average and 1,575 strikeouts. A decent hitter and excellent fielder for his position, Haddix had a .212 lifetime batting average and was the recipient of three gold gloves. He is perhaps best known for a 1959 game against the Milwaukee Braves where he threw a perfect game for 12 innings before losing 1-0 in the 13th .
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: Autographs
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.25
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.25
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.3 cm x 18.6 cm; 9 9/16 in x 7 5/16 in