Baseball, awarded to Walter "Buck" Leonard
Baseball, awarded to Walter "Buck" Leonard
- Description
- Baseball awarded to Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (1907-1997), star first baseman of the Negro League's Homestead Grays, while playing winter baseball in Puerto Rico in 1941.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1941
- referenced
- Leonard, Walter F.
- associated place
- United States
- Associated Place
- Puerto Rico
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- cork (overall material)
- yellowed (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0123.02
- catalog number
- 1981.0123.02
- accession number
- 1981.0123
- Credit Line
- Gift of Walter "Buck" Leonard
- subject
- Baseball
- African American History
- Sports
- negro leagues
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
