Baseball program and score card for the New York Giants, 1947
date: label: date made
content: 1947
name: label: referenced
content: New York Giants
label: referenced
content: Brooklyn Dodgers
notes: label: Description
content: Program and score card for a 1947 game between the New York Giants and the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers. The center score card has been filled out in pencil by a fan. Book contains information about the Giants and numerous advertisements.
label: Description
content: The program's cover features an image of infielder Buddy Kerr, an Astoria native who played for the Giants from 1943-1949. At one time Kerr had the record for most errorless games, with 608. The club also featured future Hall of Fame first baseman Johnny Mize.
label: Description
content: The '47 Giants came in fourth place with an 81-73 record. The team had been located in New York since 1883, playing their games at the new Polo Grounds in Washington Heights since 1888. The Giants won five World Series Championships in New York before relocating to San Francisco in 1958.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: E. Michael Swanton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1114.21
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1114.21
label: accession number
content: 1977.1114
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Program
label: Object Name
content: program, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 16.51 cm