Bill Terry
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: referenced
content: New York Giants
notes: label: Description
content: White metal pin with an image of New York Giants Manager Bill Terry. The pin is part of a 1938 set known as <i>Our National Game</i> that featured popular baseball players.
label: Description
content: William “Bill” Terry played for and managed the New York Giants. A three-time All-Star, he played first base in New York from 1923-1936. In 1932 he became the Giants player manager, helming the team until 1941, leading the team to a World Series victory in 1933. A three-time All-Star, Terry compiled a lifetime .341 batting average with 2,193 hits, 154 home runs and 1,078 runs batted in. In 1930 he hit .400, the last time a player in the National League has reached that mark. As a manager, Terry had amassed an 823-661 win-loss record.He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
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
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: 1996.0213.234
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.234
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