Whiz Kids

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Philadelphia Phillies team era baseball team nickname

The Whiz Kids were the young, upstart Philadelphia Phillies team that captured the National League pennant and reached the 1950 World Series.

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Whiz Kids canonical 8

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Philadelphia Phillies team era ⓘ
baseball team nickname ⓘ
appliesToTeam Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
averagePlayerAge relatively young ⓘ
award Jim Konstanty 1950 National League MVP ⓘ
culturalReputation symbol of youthful underdog team ⓘ
divisionOrEraLabel Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
surface form: 1950 Philadelphia Phillies
era post–World War II baseball ⓘ
finishedGamesAheadOfSecondPlace 2 ⓘ
franchise Philadelphia Phillies franchise history era ⓘ
generalManager Herb Pennock ⓘ
homeBallpark Shibe Park ⓘ
homeCity Philadelphia ⓘ
knownFor dramatic pennant race ⓘ
strong pitching ⓘ
youthful roster ⓘ
league National League ⓘ
manager Eddie Sawyer ⓘ
nicknameOrigin media-given nickname for young Phillies ⓘ
notablePitchingStrength Curt Simmons left-handed starter ⓘ
Jim Konstanty relief ace ⓘ
Robin Roberts ace starter ⓘ
notablePlayer Curt Simmons ⓘ
Del Ennis ⓘ
Dick Sisler ⓘ
Granny Hamner ⓘ
Jim Konstanty ⓘ
Richie Ashburn ⓘ
Robin Roberts ⓘ
Willie Jones ⓘ
owner Bob Carpenter Jr. ⓘ
pennantClinchedAgainst Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
pennantClinchedOn 1950-10-01 ⓘ
pennantClinchingBallpark Ebbets Field ⓘ
pennantClinchingHit Dick Sisler three-run home run ⓘ
pennantClinchingPitcher Robin Roberts ⓘ
reached 1950 World Series ⓘ
season 1950 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
subsequentLegacy one of the most celebrated teams in Phillies history ⓘ
teamRecord1950 91–63 ⓘ
wonPennant 1950 National League pennant ⓘ
WorldSeriesFormat best-of-seven ⓘ
WorldSeriesGames 4 ⓘ
WorldSeriesOpponent New York Yankees ⓘ
WorldSeriesResult lost ⓘ

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

1950 World Series → nicknameOfPhilliesTeam → Whiz Kids ⓘ
Wheeze Kids → contrastWith → Whiz Kids ⓘ
Eddie Sawyer → teamNicknameAssociatedWith → Whiz Kids ⓘ
Eddie Sawyer → hasNotableNicknamedTeam → Whiz Kids ⓘ
Bob Miller → partOf → Whiz Kids ⓘ
Del Ennis → teamNickName → Whiz Kids ⓘ
Granny Hamner → teamNicknamed → Whiz Kids ⓘ
Willie Jones → teamNickNameContext → Whiz Kids ⓘ