About Ed Knouff
Lived 1868 – 1900 (aged 31–32). Ed Knouff was an American baseball player.
Edward Augustine "Fred" Knouff (June 1867 – September 14, 1900) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1885 to 1889. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns, and Cleveland Blues.
Biography Knouff started his professional baseball career in 1884, at the age of seventeen, with Newark of the Eastern League. He played in various leagues until 1892.
In 1897, Knouff was serving as a Philadelphia firefighter when he fell and broke his back. Doctors were unable to help him, and Knouff remained in a hospital until his death in 1900.
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Who was Ed Knouff?
American baseball player
When was Ed Knouff born?
Ed Knouff was born in 1868 in Philadelphia.
When did Ed Knouff die?
Ed Knouff died on 14 September 1900 in Philadelphia.
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Ed Knouff was a baseball player.
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Ed Knouff was American.
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