Tuffy Rhodes

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Tuffy Rhodes is an American former professional baseball outfielder best known for his prolific power-hitting career in Nippon Professional Baseball, where he tied the single-season home run record.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
human
outfielder
bats left
careerStatus retired
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
ethnicGroup African-American
familyName Rhodes
fieldOfWork professional sports
genre professional team sport
givenName Karl
hasRole cleanup hitter
power hitter
languageSpoken English
Japanese
league Major League Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball
memberOf Orix Buffaloes organization
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes organization
Yomiuri Giants organization
nickname Tuffy
notableAchievement one of the most prolific foreign-born home run hitters in NPB history
notableFor power hitting in Nippon Professional Baseball
tying the Nippon Professional Baseball single-season home run record
notableWork multiple 50-home-run seasons in NPB
occupation professional baseball player
participantIn Major League Baseball National League
Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific League
playedFor Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Houston Astros
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Orix BlueWave
Orix Buffaloes
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yomiuri Giants
positionPlayed outfielder
recordHeld tied NPB single-season home run record with 55 home runs
residence Japan
United States of America
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
throws left

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Orix Buffaloes
notableFormerPlayer

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