Tris Speaker

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Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Major League Baseball player baseball center fielder human

Tris Speaker was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball center fielder renowned for his exceptional defense and hitting, primarily with the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
Major League Baseball player ⓘ
baseball center fielder ⓘ
human ⓘ
bats left ⓘ
battedTitleLeader American League batting champion 1916 ⓘ
battingAverage .345 ⓘ
brokeIntoMLBAs outfielder ⓘ
burialPlace Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-04-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-12-08 ⓘ
doubles 792 ⓘ
eraOfActivity early 20th century ⓘ
finalMLBGameDate 1928-08-30 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ
fullName Tristram E. Speaker ⓘ
gamesPlayed 2789 ⓘ
givenName Tristram ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 1937 ⓘ
HallOfFameMethod Baseball Writers' Association of America ⓘ
hits 3514 ⓘ
homeRuns 117 ⓘ
knownFor exceptional defensive play in center field ⓘ
line-drive hitting ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
managedTeam Cleveland Indians ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1907-09-14 ⓘ
MLBDebutLeague American League ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Boston Americans ⓘ
nickname The Grey Eagle ⓘ
Tris ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hubbard, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lakewood, Ohio, United States ⓘ
positionPlayed center fielder ⓘ
role player-manager ⓘ
runsBattedIn 1529 ⓘ
runsScored 1882 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
stolenBases 432 ⓘ
team Boston Red Sox ⓘ
Cleveland Indians ⓘ
Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ
Washington Senators (1901–1960) ⓘ
surface form: Washington Senators
throws right ⓘ
warService served in World War I-era U.S. Navy reserve (stateside) ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion 1912 ⓘ
1915 ⓘ
1920 ⓘ

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

1915 World Series → notableBatter → Tris Speaker ⓘ
1912 World Series → notablePlayer → Tris Speaker ⓘ
Cleveland Indians → notablePlayer → Tris Speaker ⓘ
Duffy Lewis → notableTeammate → Tris Speaker ⓘ
Duffy Lewis → teammate → Tris Speaker ⓘ