Baseball
Object number2010.48.1
Date1975
Credit LineDonor Anthony C. Kambic
DescriptionStandard baseball. Handwritten in blue ink is year and provenance information.Dimensions9.125 in. (23.2 cm)InscriptionsHandwritten in blue ink on baseball, "1975 / FOUL BALL / BY RICH HEBNER... / BROKE 400mm LENS".
Historical NotesFoul ball hit by Pittsburgh Pirates Third Baseman Richie Hebner in 1975. Donor Anthony C. Kamic was a photographer for the Associated Press from 1970 to 1979. He was photographing the Pittsburgh Pirates game when his lens was struck by the foul ball. Kambic was using a focal length lens on his camera, and the ball broke the lens.
Related person
Richard Joseph Hebner
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
Related institution
Associated Press
On View
Not on view
1960
1935
1935
c. 1898
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
