Baseball hat, worn by Rickey Henderson, Oakland A's
date: label: date made
content: 1994
name: label: Associated Name
content: Henderson, Rickey
label: Associated Name
content: Oakland Athletics
label: maker
content: New Era
notes: label: Description
content: Green wool Oakland A's road baseball hat with yellow stitching worn by outfielder Rickey Henderson. Henderson's number 24 written in ink on inside of bill. Size 7 1/4.
label: Description
content: Rickey Henderson (b.1958) played Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics (1979-1984, 1989-1993. 1994-1995, 1998,) New York Yankees (1985-1989,) Toronto Blue Jays (1993,) San Diego Padres (1996-1997,) Boston Red Sox (2002) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2003.) Henderson set Major League career records for stolen bases, 1,406 and runs, 2,295.
label: Description
content: Batting right, but throwing left, Henderson primarily played left field and batted leadoff. He compiled a lifetime .279 batting average with 3,055 hits, 297 home runs and 1,115 runs batted in. A 10-time All-Star, Henderson won the American League most valuable player award in 1990. He was twice a World Series champion, in 1989 (Athletics) and 1993 (Blue Jays.)
label: Description
content: Henderson was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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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: 2017.0334.08
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0334.08
label: accession number
content: 2017.0334
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball hat
label: Object Name
content: baseball cap
label: Object Name
content: cap
label: Object Name
content: hat
label: Object Name
content: cap, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: woold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (stud material)
label: Measurements
content: hat size: 7 3/4 in; 19.685 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 7 3/4 in x 10 in; 10.16 cm x 19.685 cm x 25.4 cm