Object Details
- referenced
- New York Yankees
- Description
- Orbit Gum collectible pin back button featuring baseball player Earl Combs.
- Hall of Fame outfielder Earl Combs played for the New York Yankees from 1924-1935. He was a member of 1927’s famed “Murderer’s Row” a Yankees lineup that also included Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, leading the League in hitting that season. That year he would win his first World Series, and would go on to win two more (1928, 1932.) Overall, Combs had a .325 lifetime batting average with 1,866 hits, 1,186 runs, 633 runs batted in and 98 stolen bases.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1932-1934
- ID Number
- 1996.0213.124
- accession number
- 1996.0213
- catalog number
- 1996.0213.124
- Object Name
- button, baseball
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Baseball
- level of sport
- Professional
- Record ID
- nmah_1432325
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-0b25-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
