Ban Johnson
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Ban Johnson was an influential early 20th-century baseball executive who played a key role in establishing the American League as a major league rival to the National League.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball executive
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human → sports administrator → |
| advocatedFor | cleaner, more orderly style of professional baseball → |
| awardReceived | Induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame → |
| burialPlace | Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Indiana, United States → |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack → |
| conflict | power struggle with baseball team owners in the 1920s → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth | 1864-01-05 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1931-03-28 → |
| dateOfInduction | 1937 → |
| education |
Oberlin College
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surface form: "Oberlin College (attended, did not graduate)"
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| employer |
Cincinnati Gazette
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surface form: "Cincinnati Commercial Gazette"
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| endTime |
President of the American League: 1927
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President of the Western League: 1900 → |
| fieldOfWork | professional baseball administration → |
| founded |
American League
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surface form: "American League (as a major league)"
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| fullName | Byron Bancroft Johnson → |
| givenName | Byron → |
| hallOfFameCategory | Pioneer/Executive → |
| influenced | development of the World Series between AL and NL champions → |
| knownFor | leadership of the American League in the early 20th century → |
| languageSpoken | English → |
| leagueAdministered |
American League
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Western League → |
| memberOf |
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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surface form: "National Baseball Hall of Fame"
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| middleName | Bancroft → |
| nickname | Ban → |
| notableFor | helping establish the American League as a major league → |
| occupation |
baseball executive
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league president → sports editor → sportswriter → |
| placeOfBirth |
Norwalk, Ohio
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surface form: "Norwalk, Ohio, United States"
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| 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
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| significantEvent |
involved in the 1903 peace agreement with the National League
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led transformation of the Western League into the American League → organized American League expansion into major league cities → |
| startTime |
President of the American League: 1901
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President of the Western League: 1894 → |
| workLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States → |
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