Byron Bancroft Johnson
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Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson was an influential early 20th-century baseball executive best known as the founder and first president of the American League.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Byron Bancroft Johnson canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball executive
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human ⓘ sports administrator ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Riverside Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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surface form:
Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfAward | National Baseball Hall of Fame induction: 1937 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1864-01-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1931-03-28 ⓘ |
| employer |
American League
ⓘ
Western League ⓘ |
| endTime | as President of the American League: 1927 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
professional baseball administration
ⓘ
sports management ⓘ |
| genre | professional sports administration ⓘ |
| givenName | Byron ⓘ |
| hasRole |
league founder
ⓘ
sports executive ⓘ |
| honor | induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the American League
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helping establish the American League as a major league ⓘ serving as first president of the American League ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | American League (as league president) ⓘ |
| middleName | Bancroft ⓘ |
| nickname | Ban Johnson ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped negotiate the National Agreement between the American and National Leagues
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secured recognition of the American League as a major league in 1901 ⓘ |
| notableFact | played a key role in challenging the National League’s dominance at the turn of the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork | reorganization of the Western League into the American League ⓘ |
| occupation |
baseball executive
ⓘ
league president ⓘ sports administrator ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Norwalk, Ohio
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surface form:
Norwalk, Ohio, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the American League
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President of the Western League ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime |
as President of the American League: 1901
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as President of the Western League: 1894 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
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