Charlie Grimm
date: label: date made
content: 1932-1933
label: date made
content: 1932-1934
name: label: referenced
content: Chicago Cubs
notes: label: Description
content: Orbit Gum collectible pin back button featuring baseball player Charlie Grimm.
label: Description
content: First baseman Charlie Grimm played Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics (1916), St. Louis Cardinals (1918), Pittsburgh Pirates (1919-1924) and Chicago Cubs (1925-1936). From 1932-1938 he also served at the Cubs manager. A potent left-handed hitter, Grimm had a lifetime .290 batting average, with 2,299 hits, 79 home runs, 908 runs and 1,077 runs batted in.
label: Description
content: After retiring in 1936, Grimm held on to the Cubs managerial position through 1938. He would return to the North Side in 1944, leading Chicago through the 1949 season. From 1952-1956 he managed the Boston/ Milwaukee Braves and returned to Wrigley Field for a third time, helming the Cubs in 1960. Overall Grimm achieved a winning record as a manager, amassing a 1,287–1,067 win-loss record.
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
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: 1996.0213.129
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.129
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm