Richie Ashburn
date: label: date made
content: 1948-1959
name: label: referenced
content: Philadelphia Phillies
label: Associated Name
content: Ashburn, Richie
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: Exhibits vending machine postcard featuring baseball player Ritchie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies.
label: Description
content: Outfielder Don “Richie” Ashburn (1927-1997) played Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948-1959), Chicago Cubs (1960-1961) and New York Mets (1962). A six-time All-Star, “Whitey” led the National League in batting twice (1955, 1958), and had a lifetime.308 batting average with 2,574 hits. The fleet-of-foot center fielder was also a proficient base stealer and defensive stalwart.
label: Description
content: After retirement, Ashburn became a long-time color commentator for Phillies radio and television broadcasts. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Broadcasting
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: 2000.3001.022
label: nonaccession number
content: 2000.3001
label: catalog number
content: 2000.3001.022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm