Sam Byrd
date: label: date made
content: 1
label: date made
content: 1932-1934
name: label: referenced
content: New York Yankees
notes: label: Description
content: Orbit Gum collectible pin back button featuring baseball player Sam Byrd.
label: Description
content: Sam Byrd played Major League baseball for the New York Yankees (1929-1934) and Cincinnati Reds (1935-1936). “Sammy” also was a professional golfer, beginning in 1933. As a golfer he won 11 events, including six on the PGA Tour.
label: Description
content: In baseball, Byrd had a lifetime batting average of .274, 38 home runs, 220 runs batted in and 465 hits, winning a World Series title with New York in 1932. On the links, the versatile athlete played in 145 events, serving as golf pro at a number of prestigious courses.
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: name of sport
content: Golf
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: 1996.0213.116
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm