Albert Goodwill Spalding

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Albert Goodwill Spalding was a 19th-century American professional baseball player, manager, executive, and sporting-goods magnate who helped popularize baseball and co-founded the Spalding sporting goods company.

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Albert Goodwill Spalding canonical 3
A. G. Spalding 1

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instanceOf baseball executive
baseball manager
businessman
human
professional baseball player
sporting goods magnate
advocatedTheory baseball originated in the United States
alsoKnownAs A. G. Spalding
authored America's National Game
Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide
bats right
battingAverage .313
burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California
coFounded A.G. Spalding & Bros.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1850-09-02
dateOfDeath 1915-09-09
earnedRunAverage 2.14
executiveRole president of the Chicago White Stockings
familyName Spalding
founded Spalding sporting goods company
fullName Albert Goodwill Spalding
givenName Albert
hallOfFameInductionYear 1939
helpedPopularize baseball
inductedInto National Baseball Hall of Fame
league National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
National League
notableFor building one of the first major sporting goods empires in the United States
early dominance as a pitcher in professional baseball
occupation baseball executive
baseball manager
baseball player
business executive
sports equipment manufacturer
organized 1888–1889 world baseball tour
pitchedFirst20GameWinnerSeason 1871
placeOfBirth Byron, Illinois, United States
linked to: Byron, Illinois
placeOfDeath San Diego, California, United States
politicalOffice Los Angeles City Council member
positionPlayed pitcher
sport baseball
team Boston Red Stockings
Chicago White Stockings
linked to: Chicago Cubs
teamManaged Chicago White Stockings
linked to: Chicago Cubs
throws right
wasMemberOf Mills Commission
wasPioneerIn professionalization of baseball
winLossRecordAsPitcher 252–65
won20OrMoreGamesConsecutivelySeasons 6

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Spalding foundedBy Albert Goodwill Spalding
subject linked to: Spalding (brand)
Al Spalding fullName Albert Goodwill Spalding
Albert Goodwill Spalding fullName Albert Goodwill Spalding
Albert Goodwill Spalding alsoKnownAs A. G. Spalding
linked to: Albert Goodwill Spalding