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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Curtis Charles Flood | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball player
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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)
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surface form:
Washington Senators
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| fullName |
Curt Flood
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Curtis Charles Flood
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| givenName | Curtis ⓘ |
| hallOfFameStatus | not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hits | 1861 ⓘ |
| homeRuns | 85 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Major League Baseball free agency system
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players’ rights in professional sports ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 21 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advancing players’ rights in professional sports
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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
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St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ Washington Senators (1901–1960) ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Senators
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| MLBdebutDate | 1956-09-09 ⓘ |
| MLBdebutTeam |
Cincinnati Reds
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surface form:
Cincinnati Redlegs
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| notableWork | legal challenge to Major League Baseball reserve clause ⓘ |
| numberOfGoldGloveAwards | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation | baseball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Houston
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surface form:
Houston, Texas, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| plaintiffIn | Flood v. Kuhn ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Cincinnati Reds
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surface form:
Cincinnati Redlegs
Cincinnati Reds ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ Washington Senators (1901–1960) ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Senators
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| positionPlayed | center fielder ⓘ |
| runsBattedIn | 636 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| team | St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesChampion |
1964 World Series
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1967 World Series ⓘ 1968 National League pennant winner ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Curtis Charles Flood