Games played 1278 Batting average .247 Role Baseball player | Hits 1103 Name Otto Knabe | |
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Died May 17, 1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
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 different teams. 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. He was the player-manager for the only two season the Baltimore Terrapins and the Federal League were in existence.
Knabe twice received a single vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, once in 1939, and the other in 1942. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was interred at New Cathedral Cemetery.
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