Object Details
- Associated Name
- Detroit Tigers
- Whitehead and Hoag Company
- Description
- Sweet Caporal Cigarette promotional pinback button featuring baseball player Oscar Stanage.
- Catcher Oscar Stanage made one plate appearance for the Cincinnati Reds in 1906 before being sent to the Minors. He rejoined the Major Leagues in 1909, settling in with the Detroit Tigers, where he would remain for the rest of his career: ending in 1920 (except in a limited role as a player/coach in 1924.) One of the game’s all-time greatest defensive backstops, Stanage set the record for most assists in a season (1911) and appears on the career leaders list in many defensive categories. Not as prolific with the bat, the native Californian had a lifetime .234 batting average with 321 runs batted in. The long-time Tiger’s reputation was marred by game-fixing allegations, but did not stop him from working as a coach in baseball.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1993.0245.045
- catalog number
- 1993.0245.045
- accession number
- 1993.0245
- Object Name
- button, baseball
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
- 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
- Major League
- Record ID
- nmah_1173619
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-2de4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
