Dead-ball era

E24827
era in baseball history historical period

The Dead-ball era was a period in early 20th-century baseball characterized by low-scoring games, a lack of home runs, and an emphasis on pitching, defense, and small-ball tactics.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Dead-ball era canonical 20
Deadball Era 7
dead-ball era 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf era in baseball history ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dead-ball era ⓘ
surface form: Dead Ball Era

Dead-ball era ⓘ
surface form: deadball era
ballCondition baseballs often became soft and discolored ⓘ
baseballs were used for long periods during games ⓘ
ballparkCharacteristic irregular field dimensions ⓘ
large outfields in many parks ⓘ
less standardized playing conditions ⓘ
battingStyle focus on batting average over power ⓘ
characteristic emphasis on defense ⓘ
emphasis on pitching ⓘ
emphasis on small-ball tactics ⓘ
few home runs ⓘ
low-scoring games ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1919 ⓘ
around 1920 ⓘ
equipmentCharacteristic bats were often heavier than in later eras ⓘ
eraComparison offense was significantly lower than in the live-ball era ⓘ
fieldingStyle greater importance of defense ⓘ
followedBy live-ball era ⓘ
follows 19th-century baseball era ⓘ
governingBodyContext American League ⓘ
National League ⓘ
homeRunRate very low home run totals ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
notableChangeLeadingToEnd introduction of a livelier baseball ⓘ
more frequent replacement of baseballs during games ⓘ
rule changes favoring hitters ⓘ
notableEventNearEnd 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
notablePlayerContext Christy Mathewson ⓘ
surface form: Christy Mathewson was a leading pitcher during the era

Honus Wagner ⓘ
surface form: Honus Wagner was a star during the era

Ty Cobb ⓘ
surface form: Ty Cobb was a dominant hitter during the era

Walter Johnson was a dominant pitcher during the era ⓘ
notableRuleContext spitball was legal for most of the era ⓘ
offensiveStrategy bunting ⓘ
hit-and-run plays ⓘ
manufacturing runs one at a time ⓘ
sacrifice hits ⓘ
stolen bases ⓘ
pitchingStyle emphasis on control and deception ⓘ
frequent use of trick pitches ⓘ
runEnvironment low run production ⓘ
runScoringMethod singles and speed rather than extra-base power ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
startTime approximately 1900 ⓘ
early 1900s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

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

1915 World Series → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Polo Grounds → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: dead-ball era
Dead-ball era → alsoKnownAs → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: deadball era
Dead-ball era → alsoKnownAs → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Ball Era
Rube Foster → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
1917 World Series → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Wilbert Robinson → partOf → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead-ball era of baseball
Mackmen → historicalContext → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deadball Era of Major League Baseball
Home Run Baker → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: dead-ball era
Carl Mays → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Hippo Vaughn → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deadball Era
Fred McMullin → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Chick Gandil → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Buck Weaver → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Happy Felsch → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
The Flying Dutchman → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Honus Wagner
this entity surface form: dead-ball era
Old Pete → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Grover Cleveland Alexander
Miracle Braves → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deadball Era
Walter Johnson → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
1913 World Series → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Federal League → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deadball Era
Red Faber won three games for the White Sox → playedDuring → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Red Faber
Rube Waddell → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deadball Era
Bender → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: dead-ball era
Babe → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Babe Ruth
Ed Walsh → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: dead-ball era
Gavvy → playedIn → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Gavvy Cravath
Gettysburg Eddie → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
Iron Man → activeIn → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe McGinnity
this entity surface form: Deadball Era
Tyrus → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Tyrus Cobb
this entity surface form: Deadball Era
Lefty → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Lefty Williams
Herb Pennock → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
George → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: George Herman Ruth Jr.
Sam Crawford → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: dead-ball era
Chick → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Chick Gandil
Buck → era → Dead-ball era ⓘ
subject surface form: Buck Weaver
Baseball’s Sad Lexicon → associatedWith → Dead-ball era ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deadball Era