Curt Flood

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Curt Flood was an American Major League Baseball center fielder whose legal challenge to the reserve clause helped pave the way for free agency and transform players’ rights in professional sports.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player
human
professional baseball player
AllStarSelection National League All-Star
awardReceived Gold Glove Award
bats right
battingAverage .293
burialPlace Inglewood Park Cemetery
causeOfDeath throat cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1938-01-18
dateOfDeath 1997-01-20
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Flood
finalMLBGameDate 1971-04-25
finalMLBTeam Washington Senators (1901–1960)
surface form: Washington Senators
fullName Curt Flood self-linksurface differs
surface form: Curtis Charles Flood
givenName Curtis
hallOfFameStatus not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame
hits 1861
homeRuns 85
influenced Major League Baseball free agency system
players’ rights in professional sports
jerseyNumber 21
knownFor advancing players’ rights in professional sports
challenging the MLB reserve clause
helping pave the way for free agency in Major League Baseball
league Major League Baseball
legalCase Flood v. Kuhn
memberOfSportsTeam Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
surface form: Washington Senators
MLBdebutDate 1956-09-09
MLBdebutTeam Cincinnati Reds
surface form: Cincinnati Redlegs
notableWork legal challenge to Major League Baseball reserve clause
numberOfGoldGloveAwards 7
occupation baseball player
placeOfBirth Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
plaintiffIn Flood v. Kuhn
playedFor Cincinnati Reds
surface form: Cincinnati Redlegs

Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
surface form: Washington Senators
positionPlayed center fielder
runsBattedIn 636
sport baseball
team St. Louis Cardinals
throws right
WorldSeriesChampion 1964 World Series
1967 World Series
1968 National League pennant winner

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Curt Flood fullName Curt Flood self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Curtis Charles Flood