Card, Baseball
Object number2004.178.200
Date1972
MediumCardboard; Ink
Credit LineGift of Craig Britcher
DescriptionRectangular baseball card featuring a man posing while bending low, as if catching a ball on the ground. Player is wearing a white jersey with black and yellow stripes around short sleeves, with a long sleeve black shirt underneath. He is also wearing a yellow hat with a black rim, with a black Pittsburgh Pirates logo in the center of the hat.DimensionsHeight x Width: 3.5 × 2.5 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)InscriptionsOn front: Text across top reads: "PIRATES". Text across bottom reads: "RENNIE STENNETT".
On back: "219" text in top left corner. Text across top on left side reads: "RENNIE STENNETT / PITTSBURGH SECOND BASE / HT: 5'11" WT: 154 BORN: 4-5-51 / BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT / HOME: GAMBOA, PANAMA".
Text across top in center reads: "WHAT WAS / CHARLIE / KELLER'S / AVG. IN 1939 / WORLD SERIES / ?"
Upside down text underneath image in right corner reads: "438".
Text through center reads: "Rennie provided Bucs with fine play after being recalled July / 10th. He played well defensively & was fine leadoff hitter. He / was leading IL in Batting when called up. His 18-game hitting / streak was longest on club in 1971. The fleet-footed youngster / made sizeable contribution to Bucs flag.".
Player statistics in a chart printed across lower section.
Historical Notes1972 Topps Rennie Stennett Pittsburgh Pirates baseball card.
Related person
Renaldo Antonio Stennett Porte
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
On View
Not on view
1972
1972
