Card, Baseball
Object number2004.178.199
Date1972
MediumCardboard; Ink
Credit LineGift of Craig Britcher
DescriptionRectangular baseball card featuring a man posing while looking into the camera, and holding a ball with both hands in front of him. 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 brim, 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)InscriptionsTop of the card reads: "PIRATES", and text across the bottom of the card reads: "WILLIE STARGELL". "P" on center of hat.
Text on back of the card: "447" printed in black in top left corner. Text next to this on left side reads: "WILLIE STARGELL / PITTSBURGH OUTFIELD / HT: 6'3" WT: 215 BORN 3-6-41 / BATS: LEFT THROWS: LEFT / HOME: PITTSBURGH, PA.". Text next to this on the right side of the card reads: "WHAT DO / PLAYERS CALL / THE HAND ON / WHICH THEY / DON'T WEAR / A GLOVE?". Upside down text printed below illustration in the right corner reads: "THE 'MEAT / HAND' ".
Batting record statistics printed in lower section of card
MarksMaker's mark printed along bottom edge on back reads: "©T.C.G. PRTD. IN U.S.A."
Historical Notes1972 Topps Willie Stargell Pittsburgh Pirates baseball card.
Related person
Wilver Dornell Stargell
(1940 - 2001)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
On View
Not on view
1972
1972
1972
