Baseball, signed by the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers
Baseball, signed by the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers
- Description
- Baseball signed by the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers. That season the Dodgers finished 96-57, 1st in the National League, losing to the New York Yankees in the World Series 4 games to 3.
- Autographs include Jackie Robinson; Roy Campanella; Carl Erksine; Chuck Dressen; Ralph Branca; Gil Hodges; Joe Landrum; Johnny Rutherford; Joe Black; Ray Moore; Clyde King; Billy Cox; Duke Snider; Pee Wee Reese; Car Furillo; Rocky Bridges; Bobby Morgan; George Shuba; Warren Giles.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- baseball
- autographed baseball
- baseball, autographed
- date made
- 1952
- referenced
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- maker
- Spalding
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- cork (overall material)
- yarn (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 2009.0243.17
- accession number
- 2009.0243
- catalog number
- 2009.0243.17
- subject
- Baseball
- Sports
- Professional
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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