Object Details
- referenced
- Chicago White Sox
- Topps Company, Inc.
- Description
- Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, known professionally as Chico Carrasquel, was born in Venezuela, and played shortstop in Major Leage Baseball in the United States for the Chicago White Sox (1950–1955), Cleveland Indians (1956–1958), Kansas City Athletics (1958) and Baltimore Orioles (1959). The stellar feilder was the first player from Latin-America to start an All-Star Game, participating in four of the mid-season contests.
- Carrasquel had a lifetime .258 batting average, 55 home runs and 474 runs batted in.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Dr. Ronald L. Gabriel (through Thomas J. Cholis)
- 1952
- ID Number
- 2009.3098.37
- nonaccession number
- 2009.3098
- catalog number
- 2009.3098.37
- Object Name
- card, baseball
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Baseball
- level of sport
- Professional
- Subject
- Latinos and Baseball
- Latino
- Record ID
- nmah_1395671
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-474d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
