The Flying Dutchman

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The Flying Dutchman was the famous nickname of Honus Wagner, one of baseball’s greatest early 20th-century shortstops renowned for his speed and all-around skill.

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The Flying Dutchman canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball card
human
nickname
professional baseball player
appliesToOccupation baseball player
appliesToPosition shortstop
bats right
battingAverage .328
battingStyle line-drive hitter with gap power
battingTitles 8
coachedFor Pittsburgh Pirates
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1874-02-24
dateOfDeath 1955-12-06
era Dead-ball era
surface form: dead-ball era
ethnicDescent German-American
familyName Wagner
fieldingStrength exceptional range and arm at shortstop
finalMLBGame 1917-09-17
givenName Johannes
givenNameVariant John
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionType charter member
hallOfFameInductionYear 1936
hits 3415
jerseyNumber 33
jerseyNumberRetiredBy Pittsburgh Pirates
league Major League Baseball
legacyItem Honus Wagner
surface form: T206 Honus Wagner baseball card
MLBDebut 1897-07-19
nickname The Flying Dutchman self-linksurface differs
notableFor all-around skill
one of the greatest shortstops in baseball history
rarity and high auction value
speed
placeOfBirth Chartiers, Pennsylvania
surface form: Chartiers, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Carnegie, Pennsylvania
surface form: Carnegie, Pennsylvania, United States
positionPlayed shortstop
third baseman
refersTo Honus Wagner
runsBattedIn 1732
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
stolenBases 723
team Louisville Colonels
Pittsburgh Pirates
throws right
usedInEra early 20th century
worldSeriesChampionWith Pittsburgh Pirates
worldSeriesChampionYear 1909
worldSeriesTitles 1

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Honus Wagner nickname The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman nickname The Flying Dutchman self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Honus Wagner
Wagner nickname The Flying Dutchman
subject surface form: Honus Wagner
Johannes Peter Wagner alsoKnownAs The Flying Dutchman