Washington Senators Score Card, World Series 1924
date: label: date made
content: 1924
notes: label: Description
content: In 1924 Washington Senators defeated the New York Giants in the World Series in seven games. That season, the Senators won the American League with a 92-62 record, with 36 year old pitcher Walter Johnson winning 23 games. The Giants reached the series after going 93-60 in the National League.
label: Description
content: The series featured a number of future Hall of Famers. On Washington’s side were Johnson, as well as Goose Goslin, Bucky Harris and Sam Rice. Giants Manager John Mcgraw is joined in the Hall by Frankie Frisch, Travis Jackson, George Kelly, Freddie Lindstrom, Billy Southworth, Bill Terry, Hack Wilson, and Ross Youngs.
label: Description
content: This Washington score card features player /manager Bucky Harris shaking hands with a fellow D.C. resident, President Calvin Coolidge. Inside are pages devoted to the Senator’s players.
label: Description
content: The World Series would be the only championship for the Senators, who moved to Minneapolis in 1961 to become the Minnesota Twins. By that time the Giants were already well established in their new home city of San Francisco, where they moved in 1958.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: related event
content: World Series
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: 1999.3052.040
label: nonaccession number
content: 1999.3052
label: catalog number
content: 1999.3052.040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card
label: Object Name
content: baseball scorecard
label: Object Name
content: scorecard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: score card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.1 cm x 25.5 cm x .2 cm; 6 3/4 in x 10 1/16 in x 1/16 in