Bill Mazeroski
Bill Mazeroski
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- Description
- Bill Mazeroski (b. 1936) was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
- Mazeroski, a second baseman for the PIttsburgh Pirates for his entire career (1956 - 1972,) was a ten-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove award winner.
- Maz played on two World Series championship teams (1960, 1971.) In 1960, he famously hit a game winning, walk-off home run against the New York Yankees in game seven of the Series, clinching Pittsburgh's first championship trophy since 1925..
- In 2001, the native West Virginian was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cap, bottle
- date made
- 1964
- referenced
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- depicted (sitter)
- Mazeroski, Bill
- maker
- Topps Company, Inc.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 1996.0213.085
- accession number
- 1996.0213
- catalog number
- 1996.0213.085
- subject
- Sports
- Baseball
- Professional
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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