Object Details
- referenced
- New York Yankees
- depicted (sitter)
- Maris, Roger
- Description
- Stadium souvenir pinback button depicting New York Yankee Roger Maris. The button is part of a series designated PM10, and were available between 1947-1966.
- Outfielder Roger Maris played Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1957-1958), Kansas City Athletics (1958-1959), New York Yankees (1960-1966) and St. Louis Cardinals (1967-1968). A two-time American League Most Valuable Player (1960, 1961), seven-time All-Star, and three-time World Series Champion (1961, 1962, 1967), Maris is best known for breaking of Babe Ruth’s single season home run record, swatting 61 in 1961.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1960s
- ID Number
- 1996.0213.328
- accession number
- 1996.0213
- catalog number
- 1996.0213.328
- Object Name
- button, baseball
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in; x 7.62 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
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1433182
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-b673-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
