Object Details
- Associated Name
- Spahn, Warren
- Milwaukee Braves
- Wilson Sporting Goods Company
- Description
- Blue Milwaukee Braves baseball hat with red button and bill and white M. Worn by pitcher Warren Spahn.
- Left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn (1921-2003) played Major League Baseball for 21 seasons, all with the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1942, 1946-1964) except for his final year, which was split between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants (1965.) From 1943-1945 he served in the United States Army during the Second World War.
- A 17-time All-Star, Spahn retired with a 363-425 win-loss record, 2,583 strikeouts and a 3.09 earned run average. He led the National League in wins 8 times and strikeouts 4. In 1957, he won the Cy Young Award, helping lead the Braves to a World Series Championship.
- A member of 1999’s All Century Team , Spahn was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1953-1964
- ID Number
- 2017.0334.11
- catalog number
- 2017.0334.11
- accession number
- 2017.0334
- Object Name
- hat, baseball
- cap, baseball
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- hat size: 6 3/4 in; 17.145 cm
- overall: 4 in x 7 in x 9 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 17.78 cm x 24.13 cm
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Baseball
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1864495
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-9f2a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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