Smoky Joe Wood

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Major League Baseball pitcher human

Smoky Joe Wood was an American Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his dominant fastball and standout performances for the Boston Red Sox in the early 1910s.

Aliases (1)

Smoky Joe ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball pitcher → human →
battingHand	right →
burialPlace	Connecticut, United States →
causeOfRoleChange	arm injury leading to move from pitcher to outfielder →
coachingTenure	Yale University baseball coach for several decades →
collegeEmployer	Yale University →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1889-10-25 →
dateOfDeath	1985-07-27 →
employer	Yale University baseball program →
era	dead-ball era →
finalMLBTeam	Cleveland Indians →
finalMLBYear	1922 →
fullName	Howard Ellsworth Wood →
givenName	Howard →
hallOfFame	Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame →
jerseyNumber	not consistently recorded (dead-ball era) →
league	Major League Baseball →
memberOfSportsTeam	Boston Red Sox → Cleveland Indians →
MLBDebutLeague	American League →
MLBDebutTeam	Boston Red Sox →
MLBDebutYear	1908 →
nickname	Smoky Joe →
notableFor	dominant fastball in the early 1910s → standout performances for the Boston Red Sox in 1912 →
notableGame	1912 World Series appearances →
notableSeason	1912 American League season →
notableWork	1912 season with the Boston Red Sox →
occupation	baseball coach → baseball player → college baseball coach →
placeOfBirth	Kansas City, Missouri, United States →
placeOfDeath	West Haven, Connecticut, United States →
positionPlayed	outfielder → pitcher →
residence	Connecticut, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	baseball →
statistic	careerEarnedRunAverage: 2.03 → careerLosses: 57 → careerStrikeouts: 986 → careerWins: 117 →
teamAchievement	World Series champion 1912 → World Series champion 1915 →
throwingHand	right →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Smoky Joe Wood ("Smoky Joe") →	nickname
1912 World Series →	notablePlayer