About John Stedronsky
Lived 1850 – 1924 (aged 73). John Stedronsky was an American baseball player.
John Stedronsky (June 22, 1849 – May 11, 1924) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball for the 1879 Chicago White Stockings. A Czech, he was the first person born in the Austrian Empire in the history of Major League Baseball.
Jan Štědronský was born in Štědronín, Bohemia, Austrian Empire on June 22, 1849, and his family emigrated to the United States in 1853. He married and had five children. Stedronsky suffered a stroke and died on May 11, 1924. He was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Who was John Stedronsky?
American baseball player
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John Stedronsky was born on 12 June 1850 in Austrian Empire.
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John Stedronsky died on 11 May 1924 in Cleveland.
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John Stedronsky was a baseball player.
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John Stedronsky was American.
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