Vintage Small Metal Baseball Player
 

Hi-
I recently acquired the metal item scanned below and I was wondering if anyone has seen this before. The baseball player is 1.75 inches tall from his hat to his extended foot. This item is also very thin. Here are a few questions I have regarding it that I hope someone might be able to help me with.
1. What exactly is this? I assume it came off of something else, but I have no clue what that might have been.
2. I know it depicts a ball player in 1800s style, but is this from the 1800s?
3. Any additional information or plausible guesses regarding this item would be greatly appreciated.
Thankis in advance,
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com