Wally Pipp
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Wally Pipp was an American Major League Baseball first baseman best known for being replaced by Lou Gehrig, which began Gehrig’s famous consecutive games streak.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball player
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baseball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Catholic University of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bats | left ⓘ |
| battingAverage | .281 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-02-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1965-01-11 ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century baseball ⓘ |
| eventAssociatedWith | start of Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games played streak ⓘ |
| familyName | Pipp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalMLBGame | 1928-09-30 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam | Cincinnati Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Walter Clement Pipp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hallOfFameStatus | not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| homeRuns | 90 ⓘ |
| knownFor | being replaced by Lou Gehrig as New York Yankees first baseman ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| MLBDebut | 1913-06-29 ⓘ |
| MLBDebutTeam | Detroit Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Wally Pipp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTeammate |
Babe Ruth
NERFINISHED
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Lou Gehrig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | baseball first baseman ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Cincinnati Reds
NERFINISHED
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Cincinnati Reds (National League) NERFINISHED ⓘ Detroit Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ Detroit Tigers (American League) NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Yankees ⓘ New York Yankees (American League) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForMinorLeagueTeam |
Indianapolis Indians
NERFINISHED
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Providence Grays (minor league) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochester Hustlers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | first baseman ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| runsBattedIn | 997 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| teamReplacedBy | Lou Gehrig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throws | left ⓘ |
| worldSeriesChampion |
1923
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1927 ⓘ |
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