Campaign Buttons - Baseball

Honus Wagner : Louisville Colonels (1897–1899) Pittsburgh Pirates (1900–1917) Hall of Fame (1936) - In the late 1920s (1925-1928), Wagner ran for the office of Sheriff of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, but lost. He was appointed as a deputy of the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office in 1942. 7/8-inch campaign button - Kant Novelty Co Pittsburgh PA

Walter “Big Train” Johnson, the Hall-of-Fame pitcher for the Washington Senators (1907-1927), lost a race for U.S. Congress for the GOP in 1940 - 1-inch

Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell Sr. (1930 – 1999) American baseball player and politician. From 1952 to 1962, he was a left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Six years after retiring, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina's 5th congressional district. He served three terms as a Republican from 1969 to 1975.

Cap Anson - 3/4-inch - c1905 Cap Anson For Sheriff baseball lapel pin. Cap Anson was first baseman for the White Stockings which later became the Chicago Cubs. In 1907 he ran for Cook County Sheriff.  Enshrined in Cooperstown for racking up more than 3000 hits, “Cap” Anson won a race for Chicago City Clerk in 1905, but was blown out in a race for sheriff the following year, failing to win even the primary. 

1.25-inch Bobby Richardson Candidate for House of Representative of South Carolina in 1976.  In 1974, President Nixon tried to convince Richardson, former New York Yankee, to run as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Two years later, President Gerald Ford convinced Richardson to resign from his coaching position at the University of South Carolina to run for the seat. Richardson lost to incumbent Democrat by a narrow margin. 

Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. (1898 – 1991) was an American politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second commissioner of baseball from 1945 to 1951 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. 

A Brief History of Baseball Players in Politics