Bill White
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: depicted
content: White, Bill
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: Associated Name
content: St. Louis Cardinals
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bill White (b. 1934) was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and include in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description (Brief)
content: FIrst baseman BIll White played Major League Baseball for the New York/ San Francisco Giants (1956,1958,) St. Louis Cardinals (1959-1965, 1969,) and Philadelphia Phillies (1966-1968.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: An 8 time All-Star and 7 time gold glove winner, White had a lifetime .286 batting average, with 202 home runs and 870 runs batted in. He won a World Series Championship ring with St. Louis in 1964.
label: Description (Brief)
content: After retiring, White was a pioneering broadcaster before becoming the first African American President of the National League, where he served from 1989-1994.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: African American
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: 1982.0566.12
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm