Images(6)

Baseball

Object number2012.56.1

Manufacturer Spalding

Date1959

MediumCowhide, cotton thread, ink

Credit LineGift of Pam Cherub

DescriptionWhite baseball with red stitching, signed by 24 members of the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates in green ink.Dimensions7.5 in. (19.1 cm)
InscriptionsAt the sweet spot is signature of "Danny Murtaugh" [likely clubhouse signed.]

On the same panel is: "Hank Foiles", "Geo DeTore" [George DeTore, Coach], "Harry Bright", "Don Williams", "Bob Skinner", "Geo Witt" [George Witt], "Vernon Law", "Ted Kluszewski", "Rey Mejias" [Roman Mejias], "ElRoy Face".

On the second panel is: "Harvey Haddix", "Danny Kravitz", "Bob Friend", "Bob Smith", "Al Jackson", "Sam Narron" [Coach], "Bill Burwell", "Ronnie Kline", "Bill Virdon", "Bill Mazeroski", "Ron Blackburn"(?), "Dick Schofield", "Len Levy" [Coach].

Marks"SPALDING" inscribed in an image of a baseball. Stamped writing above and below the image is illegible but would have read: "THE CUSHIONED CORK CENTER / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / MADE IN U.S.A."

Also a stamp reading: "*Official* / National * League / Warren Giles PRES." on panel above manufacturer's mark.

Historical NotesNot likely that the ball was game used.

Related person William Stanley Mazeroski (born 1936)

Related institution Pittsburgh Pirates (founded 1887)

Related person Daniel Edward Murtaugh (1917 - 1976)

Related person Robert Ralph Skinner

Related person George Adrian Witt (1931 - 2013)

Related person Vernon Sanders Law

Related person Román G. Mejias (born 1930)

Related person Elroy Leon Face

Related person Harvey Haddix Jr.

Related person Robert Bartmess Friend

Related person Samuel Woody Narron (1913 - 1996)

Related person William Edwin Burwell