John Wetteland

E620914

John Wetteland is a former Major League Baseball closer best known for his dominant relief pitching in the 1990s, particularly with the New York Yankees.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
John Wetteland canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
closer
human
pitcher
relief pitcher
allStarSelection 3
allStarTeam American League NERFINISHED
awardReceived World Series Most Valuable Player Award NERFINISHED
bats right
careerERA 2.93
careerSaves 330
careerStrikeouts 804
coachedFor Seattle Mariners NERFINISHED
Washington Nationals NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1966-08-21
familyName Wetteland NERFINISHED
finalMLBGameDate 2000-09-30
finalMLBTeam Texas Rangers NERFINISHED
fullName John Karl Wetteland NERFINISHED
givenName John NERFINISHED
hallOfFame Texas Rangers Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
hasOccupation MLB pitching coach
inductedInto Texas Rangers Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
inductionYear 2005
jerseyNumber 35
leaguePlayedIn Major League Baseball NERFINISHED
MLBDebutDate 1989-05-31
MLBDebutTeam Los Angeles Dodgers NERFINISHED
notableFor closing games for the 1996 New York Yankees championship team
dominant relief pitching in the 1990s
occupation baseball coach
placeOfBirth San Mateo, California, United States NERFINISHED
playedFor Los Angeles Dodgers
Montreal Expos NERFINISHED
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers NERFINISHED
positionPlayed closer
pitcher
relief pitcher
religion Christianity
role closer for New York Yankees in the mid-1990s
savesLeader American League saves leader 1996
sport baseball
teamInWorldSeriesWin New York Yankees NERFINISHED
throws right
worldSeriesChampion 1996
WorldSeriesMVPAwardYear 1996

Referenced by (1)

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

1996 World Series MVP John Wetteland