Object Details
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Rawlings
- Description
- Baseball signed by participants in the 1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game . The exhibition was held on July 10th in Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. It was won by the National League All-Stars by a score of 3-1. The game's MVP was Montreal Expo's catcher Gary Carter. The ball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.
- Autographs include Al Holland; Keith Hernandez; Dwight Gooden; Bob Brenly; Tim Wallach; Charlie Lea; Rafael Ramirez; Mike Schmidt; Mario Soto; Dale Murphy; Jesse Orosco; Tim Wallach; Tim Raines; Chili Davis; Jody Davis; Tony Gwynn; Ryne Sandberg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- 1984
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.109
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.109
- Object Name
- baseball
- autographed baseball
- Physical Description
- cork (overall material)
- yarn (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Associated Place
- United States: California, San Francisco
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- Autographed Baseballs
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Musicians
- Blacks
- Baseball
- African American
- Record ID
- nmah_1190871
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-45fe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
