Live-ball era

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era in baseball history historical period

The Live-ball era is a period in Major League Baseball history, beginning around 1920, characterized by increased offensive production, higher-scoring games, and a diminished emphasis on the deadened, low-scoring style of play that preceded it.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Live-ball era canonical	3
“Golden Age” of baseball	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in baseball history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
causeOf	increase in batting averages ⓘ increase in slugging percentages ⓘ rise in home run totals ⓘ
characteristic	changes in baseball construction ⓘ cleaner baseballs kept in play ⓘ diminished emphasis on small ball ⓘ greater emphasis on power hitting ⓘ higher-scoring games ⓘ increased offensive production ⓘ more home runs ⓘ reduced prevalence of low-scoring games ⓘ restrictions on spitballs and doctored pitches ⓘ tighter-wound baseballs ⓘ
context	American League NERFINISHED ⓘ National League NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWith	Dead-ball era focus on bunting and base stealing ⓘ Dead-ball era low-scoring games ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	baseball statistics ⓘ sports history ⓘ
follows	Dead-ball era NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotablePlayer	Babe Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Hack Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmie Foxx NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Gehrig NERFINISHED ⓘ Rogers Hornsby NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	1920s MLB seasons ⓘ 1930s MLB seasons ⓘ 1940s MLB seasons ⓘ 1950s MLB seasons ⓘ 1960s MLB seasons ⓘ 1970s MLB seasons ⓘ 1980s MLB seasons ⓘ 1990s MLB seasons ⓘ
influencedBy	changes in ball manufacturing ⓘ emergence of power hitters ⓘ rule changes limiting doctored pitches ⓘ
league	Major League Baseball ⓘ
notableEvent	Babe Ruth single-season home run records in the 1920s ⓘ Hack Wilson 191 RBIs in 1930 ⓘ offensive boom of the late 1920s and early 1930s ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
startTime	1920 ⓘ
startTimeApproximate	circa 1920 ⓘ
usedFor	comparison of offensive statistics across eras ⓘ periodization of MLB history ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Howard Ehmke → eraPlayedIn → Live-ball era ⓘ

Babe → era → Live-ball era ⓘ

subject surface form: Babe Ruth

The House That Ruth Built → associatedWithEra → Live-ball era ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Golden Age” of baseball

Herb Pennock → era → Live-ball era ⓘ