MacGregor Advisory Staff Advertisment, Richie Ashburn
date: label: date made
content: 1948-1959
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: depicted
content: Ashburn, Richie
label: Associated Name
content: MacGregor
label: maker
content: MacGregor
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photographic advertisment for MacGregor brand athletic equipment. The ad features Philadelphia Phillies' outfielder Richie Ashburn wearing a baseball glove and standing with his hand on his knees, and a facsimile of Ashburn's autograph.
label: Description
content: The image is part of MacGregors "Advisory Staff" promotional campaign, a series of photographs feautring player endorsements that were given to sellers for in-store displays. Examples were also sometimes provided to customers.
label: Description
content: Centerfielder Don Richard "Richie" Ashburn (1927-1997) played Major League Baseball from 1948-1962. He is primarily remembered for his time with the Philadelphia Phillies, his first team, and with whom he played the longest.
label: Description
content: In 1960, he was traded to the Cubs, playing two seasons in Chicago before finishing his career in 1962 with expansion New York Mets.
label: Description
content: A six-time All-Star, led the National League in hitting twice (1955, 1958,) ending his playing days with a .308 lifetime batting average.
label: Description
content: Known as one of the best fielders of his era, Ashburn was also speedy around the bases, leading the league in steals in 1948. He retired with 2,574 hits and 586 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: Ashburn was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: CL.310547.104
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.104
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Object Name
content: photograph, baseball
label: Object Name
content: photograph, promotional
label: Object Name
content: promotional photograph
label: Object Name
content: advertisement
label: Object Name
content: advertisement, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm