Leo Must Go
date: label: date made
content: 1970
name: label: referenced
content: Durocher, Leo
label: referenced
content: Chicago Cubs
notes: label: Description
content: In 1969, the Chicago Cubs baseball team led the National League East until late in the season, when they were overtaken by the New York Mets. Fans had mixed opinions on Manager Leo Durocher's competency, with some thinking he did a good job keeping the Cubs in contention, while others were critical of the team's second-half plummet. Buttons were made that expressed both opinions, some saying to <i>keep</i> the embattled manager, and others that said that he <i>must go.</i>
label: Description
content: Between 1925-1945, Leo Durocher played major league baseball for the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, making three All-Star teams as an infielder.
label: Description
content: Following his playing career, Durocher became on of baseball's most successful managers. He led the Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1946, 1948,) New York Giants (1948-1955,) Chicago Cubs (1966-1972,) and Houston Astros (1972-1973.) The manager for the Giants' 1954 World Series championship club, Durocher finished with a 2008-1709 win-loss record.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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: Gift of Lou Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0265.033
label: accession number
content: 1999.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0265.033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm