Otto_Knabe

Otto Knabe

Otto Knabe

American baseball player

Franz Otto Knabe (June 12, 1884 – May 17, 1961), also known as "Dutch", was an American Major league second baseman from Carrick, Pennsylvania, who played for four teams.[1] Knabe received MVP votes in three-straight seasons, 1911-1913, as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and during his time with the Phillies, he led the National League in sacrifice hits.[2] He was the player-manager for the only two seasons the Baltimore Terrapins and the Federal League were in existence.[3]

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Knabe twice received a single vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, once in 1939, and the other in 1942.[4] He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was interred at New Cathedral Cemetery.[5]

Knabe and Erskine Mayer (right), 1913

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References

  1. [1]
    "Otto Knabe Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. [2]
    Riccaboni, Ian (September 15, 2015). "Otto Knabe". Phillies Nation Presents the 100 Greatest Phillies of All Time (First ed.). Glenside, PA: Phillies Nation. p. 2. ISBN 978-1515364795.
  3. [3]
    "Otto Knabe Managerial Record - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. [4]
    Baseball Hall of Fame voting
  5. [5]
    Inc., Baseball Almanac. "Otto Knabe Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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