Preacher Roe
date: label: date made
content: 1948-1954
name: label: Associated Name
content: Brooklyn Dodgers
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: "Exhibit' vending machine collectible card featuring Brooklyn Dodger Preacher Roe.
label: Description
content: Pitcher Elwin “Preacher” Roe’s Major League Baseball career began with the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom he played one game in 1938. After spending 5 seasons in the minors, Roe returned to the big leagues in 1944, taking the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After three seasons in the Steel City, the right-hander moved to Brooklyn, where he starred for the Dodgers from 1948 -1954.
label: Description
content: A native of Ash Flat Arkansas, Roe, known for his spitball, was a five-time All-Star with 956 career strikeouts. “Preacher” compiled an overall 127 -84 win-loss record with a 3.43 earned run average.
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: 1996.0213.194
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.194
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: postcard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm