Bob Feller Pin
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: depicted
content: Feller, Bob
label: Associated Name
content: Cleveland Indians
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: White metal pin featuring Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller. The pin is part of the 1938 <i>Our National Game</i> series. It was originally affixed to a cardboard backing.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Pitcher Robert <i> Bob </i> Feller (1918-2010) played Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians from 1936-1941 and from 1945-1956, with the time in-between spent in military service. Compiling a lifetime record of 266-162 with an E.R.A. of 3.25, Feller led the American League in wins six times.
label: Description (Brief)
content: An eight-time All-Star, the right-handed hurler led the league in strikeouts for seven seasons, throwing three no-hitters in his career. In 1948 he helped lead Cleveland to a World Series championship.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Following his playing days, Feller was named the first President of the Major League Baseball's Players Association (1958.) He was elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0566.24
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0566.24
label: accession number
content: 1982.0566
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Name
content: pin, baseball
label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7/8 in; x 2.2225 cm