Tris Speaker
Grab
Description
View of bronze relief plaque with portrait of Tris Speaker. Text on plaque reads: "Tristam E. (Tris) Speaker. Boston (A) 1909-15. Cleveland (A) 1916-26. Washington (A) 1927. Philadelphia (A) 1928. Greatest centrefielder of his day. Lifetime major league batting average of .344. Manager in 1920 when Cleveland won its first pennant and world championship." 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:
- hr000953
- Subject:
- Speaker, Tris (Tristram E.), 1888-1958
- Baseball players--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-Speaker, Tris
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.