Card, Baseball
Object number2017.2.3
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1957
OriginUSA
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Ken Rosenstein
Description1957 Topps Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates baseball card.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 3.5 × 2.5 × 0.031 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 0.1 cm)InscriptionsFront has blue and red text along bottom "BOB Clemente / PITTSBURGH PIRATES OUTFIELD".
Reverse has red, blue, and black text including "TOPPS / 76 / ROBERTO W. CLEMENTE / outfield / PITTSBURGH PIRATES / [physical and biographical information] / [comic] / COMPLETE MAJOR & MINOR LEAGUE BATTING RECORD / [statistics for 1954 to 1956 seaons]".
MarksReverse has maker's mark in blue along right edge near bottom right corner "© T. C. G. PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Historical NotesA 1957 Roberto Clemente Topps baseball card .Prior to 1957 Clemented is listed as “Roberto”, yet starting in 1957 and ending with 1969, Topps Americanized his name (as other media sources did) to “Bob”, a name which he never went by.
Related person
Roberto Clemente Walker
(1934 - 1972)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
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