Object Details
- referenced
- New York Yankees
- Description
- Button commemorating the New York Yankees baseball team's winning of the American League Pennant in 1961. Managed by Ralph Houk, the Yankee’s went 109-53-1, going on the defeat the National League Champion Cincinnati Reds in the World Series 4 games to 1.
- The Yankee’s campaign was marked by a race between outfielders Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle to break the record for most home runs in a season, previously set by former Yankee Babe Ruth, who hit 60 in 1927. Maris would be the one to break the record, hitting his 61st on the final day of regular season play.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1961
- ID Number
- 1982.0257.097
- accession number
- 1982.0257
- catalog number
- 1982.0257.097
- Object Name
- button, baseball
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/8 in; x 8.5725 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- Baseball
- level of sport
- Professional
- Major League
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_664459
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-26d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
