Albert Goodwill Spalding

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Albert Goodwill Spalding was a 19th-century American professional baseball player, manager, executive, and sporting-goods magnate who helped popularize baseball and co-founded the Spalding sporting goods company.

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Albert Goodwill Spalding canonical 3
A. G. Spalding 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball executive ⓘ
baseball manager ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional baseball player ⓘ
sporting goods magnate ⓘ
advocatedTheory baseball originated in the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs A. G. Spalding ⓘ
authored America's National Game ⓘ
Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
battingAverage .313 ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California ⓘ
coFounded A.G. Spalding & Bros. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1850-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1915-09-09 ⓘ
earnedRunAverage 2.14 ⓘ
executiveRole president of the Chicago White Stockings ⓘ
familyName Spalding ⓘ
founded Spalding sporting goods company ⓘ
fullName Albert Goodwill Spalding ⓘ
givenName Albert ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1939 ⓘ
helpedPopularize baseball ⓘ
inductedInto National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ
league National Association of Professional Base Ball Players ⓘ
National League ⓘ
notableFor building one of the first major sporting goods empires in the United States ⓘ
early dominance as a pitcher in professional baseball ⓘ
occupation baseball executive ⓘ
baseball manager ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
sports equipment manufacturer ⓘ
organized 1888–1889 world baseball tour ⓘ
pitchedFirst20GameWinnerSeason 1871 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Byron, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Byron, Illinois
placeOfDeath San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
politicalOffice Los Angeles City Council member ⓘ
positionPlayed pitcher ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
team Boston Red Stockings ⓘ
Chicago White Stockings ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Cubs
teamManaged Chicago White Stockings ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Cubs
throws right ⓘ
wasMemberOf Mills Commission ⓘ
wasPioneerIn professionalization of baseball ⓘ
winLossRecordAsPitcher 252–65 ⓘ
won20OrMoreGamesConsecutivelySeasons 6 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spalding → foundedBy → Albert Goodwill Spalding ⓘ
subject linked to: Spalding (brand)
Al Spalding → fullName → Albert Goodwill Spalding ⓘ
Albert Goodwill Spalding → fullName → Albert Goodwill Spalding ⓘ
Albert Goodwill Spalding → alsoKnownAs → A. G. Spalding ⓘ
linked to: Albert Goodwill Spalding