1926 New York Yankees Autographed Baseball
- Description (Brief)
- This baseball was autographed by members of the 1926 New York Yankees, including future Hall of Famers George Herman “Babe” Ruth (1895-1948) and Lou Gehrig (1903-1941).
- Gehrig played in a record 2,130 consecutive baseball games for the Yankees before amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) forced him from the field in 1939. Gehrig’s continued humility and courage while fatally ill inspired the country. ALS is still commonly referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ball
- autographed baseball
- date made
- 1926
- signer
- Ruth, Babe
- Gehrig, Lou
- associated institution
- New York Yankees
- Physical Description
- cork (center material)
- wool (layer material)
- horsehide (cover material)
- ID Number
- 2002.0123.01
- accession number
- 2002.0123
- catalog number
- 2002.0123.01
- subject
- 1939 exhibit
- Sports & Leisure
- Baseball
- Autographed Baseballs
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- 1939 exhibit
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Elliot Spencer family through Brad Spencer
- Additional Media
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