Object Details
- affiliated person
- Redford, Robert
- Description
- Wooden baseball bat used as a prop in the 1984 movie "The Natural" starring Robert Redford. The bat has the word "Wonderboy" printed on it in black lettering with a black lightning bolt shape. In the film, the character Roy Hobbs uses this bat in batting practice after being signed to the New York Knights as a middle-aged rookie. The film was based off of a 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lou Newman
- ca 1984
- ID Number
- 1999.0265.129
- accession number
- 1999.0265
- catalog number
- 1999.0265.129
- Object Name
- baseball bat
- bat, baseball
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 33 in x 8 in; 83.82 cm x 20.32 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Movie Collection
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- Baseball
- web subject
- Movie
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1378934
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-58cb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
