Connie Mack
Grab
Description
View of bronze relief plaque with portrait of Connie Mack. Text on plaque reads: "Connie Mack. A star catcher but famed more as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics since 1901. Winner of 9 pennants and 5 World Championships. Received the Bok Award in Philadelphia in 1929." Printed on back: "Base ball was invented in Cooperstown, New York, by Abner Doubleday and first played in this village in 1839. The National Base Ball Museum and Hall of Fame and Doubleday Field are maintained here as a shrine to the national game. Pub. by National Base Ball Museum."
Details
- Resource ID:
- hr000949
- Subject:
- Mack, Connie, 1862-1956
- Catchers (Baseball)--Monuments--New York (State)--Cooperstown
- Baseball managers--Monuments--New York (State)--Cooperstown
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- Postcards
- Publisher:
- National Base Ball Museum
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 postcard ; 5.5 x 3.5 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Postcards-Biography-Mack, Connie
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.