Roy Campanella

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Major League Baseball player baseball player catcher human

Roy Campanella was a Hall of Fame catcher and three-time National League MVP who starred for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and 1950s and was one of Major League Baseball’s pioneering Black players.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball player → baseball player → catcher → human →
AllStarSelection	8 →
awardReceived	National League Most Valuable Player Award →
bats	right →
burialPlace	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1921-11-19 →
dateOfDeath	1993-06-26 →
debutInMLB	1948 →
employer	Los Angeles Dodgers →
ethnicGroup	African American → Italian American →
familyName	Campanella →
finalMLBSeason	1957 →
fullName	Roy Campanella →
givenName	Roy →
HallOfFame	National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum →
inductedIntoHallOfFame	1969 →
jerseyNumber	39 →
league	National League → Negro leagues →
memberOfSportsTeam	Brooklyn Dodgers →
MVPSeason	1951 → 1953 → 1955 →
notableTeammate	Duke Snider → Jackie Robinson → Pee Wee Reese →
numberOfTimesMVP	3 →
numberRetired	39 →
occupation	coach → professional baseball player →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States →
playedFor	Baltimore Elite Giants →
positionPlayed	catcher →
residence	Los Angeles, California → New York City →
resultOfAccident	paralysis →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	baseball →
sufferedEvent	career-ending automobile accident →
teamRetiredNumberBy	Los Angeles Dodgers →
throws	right →
wasPioneerIn	racial integration of Major League Baseball →
yearOfAccident	1958 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Roy Campanella →	fullName
Los Angeles Dodgers →	hasHallOfFamer