Baseball, autographed by Connie Mack.
name: label: signer
content: Mack, Connie
label: maker
content: Spalding
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball autographed by former Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack (1862-1956).
label: Description
content: Born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, Mack played in the major leagues from 1886-1896. In 1901 he was named manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, a position he would hold for 50 years. During his tenure he became the sport's all-time winningest manager, accumulating 3,776 victories and leading the A's to 9 American League pennants and 5 World Series Championships.
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
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Juliana C. and Robert M. Jones in memory of their father, Thomas J. Jones
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0460.02
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0460.02
label: accession number
content: 1993.0460
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball, autographed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehide (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm