Tris Speaker Autograph
name: label: Associated Name
content: Boston Red Sox
label: Associated Name
content: Philadelphia Athletics
label: Associated Name
content: Speaker, Tris
notes: label: Description
content: Tristram “Tris” Speaker (1888-1958) was one of major league baseball’s greatest stars. The outfielder played for the Boston Americans/ Red Sox from 1907-1915, and the Cleveland Indians from 1916-1926. Speaker’s final two years were spent with the Washington Senators (1927) and Philadelphia Athletics (1928.) A lifetime .345 hitter, he remains among the sport’s record leaders in many offensive and defensive categories.
label: Description
content: Speaker led the Red Sox to a World Series Championship twice; in 1912, (a season in which he was awarded the Most Valuable Player award,) and in 1915. After moving to the Indians, he became the club’s player-manager, leading the team to its first World Series Victory in 1920.
label: Description
content: The object is one of a set of 12 cards autographed by professional baseball players, primarily members of the Philadelphia Athletics.
topic: 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: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.035.03
label: accession number
content: CL*310547
label: catalog number
content: CL*310547.035.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 5 in; 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm