Object Details
- Brewer, Chester
- Description (Brief)
- Chester Arthur “Chet” Brewer (1907-1990) used this firstbaseman’s glove in an itinerant baseball career that took him all over North and Central America, and Asia, from 1924 to 1952, playing for more than a dozen teams. In the United Sates he was best known as a pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs, a Negro League team. Brewer is considered one of the top 20 pitchers in Negro League history, playing in two East-West All Star Games, 1934 and 1947. He was one of the first African American players to play integrated baseball, signing to pitch for Crookson, MS in 1931. By winning every game that year he showed many Mid-westerns what a top black pitcher could do for an otherwise ordinary team. After retiring from play, he scouted for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1954 to 1974.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Chester "Chet" Brewer
- before 1920
- ID Number
- 1981.0203.01
- accession number
- 1981.0203
- catalog number
- 1981.0203.01
- Object Name
- Glove
- baseball glove
- glove, baseball
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- rawhide (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 1/2 in x 3 in; 30.48 cm x 24.13 cm x 7.62 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport or game
- Baseball
- level of sport
- negro leagues
- web subject
- Sports
- Subject
- African American
- Record ID
- nmah_665785
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-6fa8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
