Al Spalding

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Al Spalding was a 19th-century American baseball pitcher and sporting-goods magnate who became one of the game's earliest stars and influential promoters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
businessperson
human
pitcher
sporting goods magnate
sports executive
coFounded Spalding (brand)
surface form: Spalding sporting goods company
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Boston Red Stockings
Chicago Cubs
surface form: Chicago White Stockings

Spalding (brand)
surface form: Spalding sporting goods company
era 19th-century baseball
familyName Spalding
fieldOfWork professional baseball
sporting goods industry
fullName Albert Goodwill Spalding
genre sports writing
givenName Albert
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionCategory pioneer/executive
hasPartnershipWith professional baseball leagues
industry sporting goods
influenced development of professional baseball in the United States
knownFor being a dominant 19th-century pitcher
founding a major sporting-goods company
promoting baseball internationally
league National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
National League
memberOfSportsHallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
nationality American
notableAchievement early star pitcher in professional baseball
helped establish the National League
organized baseball world tour in the 1880s
pioneer promoter of professional baseball
notableWork Spalding Official Base Ball Guide
occupation baseball player
businessperson
sports executive
sportswriter
positionPlayed pitcher
residence Boston
Chicago
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
team Boston Red Stockings
Chicago Cubs
surface form: Chicago White Stockings

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Boston Red Stockings notablePlayer Al Spalding