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John Kruk

American baseball player (born 1961)
Person human Q6243474

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
February 9, 1961
Place of birth
Charleston
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
baseball player, journalist
Educated at
Allegany College of Maryland, Potomac State College of West Virginia University, Keyser High School[6][7][8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Country for sport
United States[19]
Given name
John, Martin[16][17]
League or competition
Major League Baseball[13]
Member of sports team
Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres[10][11][12]
P14750
5FED-C7F6-DD9E-E6FD-F71F[23]
Position played on team / speciality
first baseman[14]
Social media followers
209k (186k–209k, n=3)[20][21][22]
Sport
baseball[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Kruk en John Martin Kruk ja ジョン・クルク ja ジョン・クルック ru Джон Крук zh 約翰·科魯克
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000032230151
VIAF cluster ID
78005540
Library of Congress authority ID
n94024892
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Kruk 1992.jpg ↗
Awards & Winners artist ID
02yz27
Baseball Almanac ID
krukjo01
Baseball Reference major league player ID
k/krukjo01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID
kruk--001joh
E-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID
2437
ESPN.com MLB player ID
1790
FAST ID
336773
FanGraphs player ID
1007184
Show all 23 identifiers +11
Freebase ID
/m/02yz27
MLB.com player ID
117339
Plex person key
5d9c0871ec357c001f9acb31, 683771d14977988c77ad1370
Prabook ID
508976
Retrosheet person ID
krukj001
TV Maze person ID
118710
The Baseball Cube player ID
13970
Trading Card Database name ID
3223
WikiTree person ID
Kruk-64
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJg4fRttt3XBqW39DRqvpP
X (Twitter) username
JohnKruk

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 3
Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres
Occupation 2
journalist, baseball player
Country for sport 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
League or competition 1
Major League Baseball
Place of birth 1
Charleston
Position played on team / speciality 1
first baseman
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
baseball
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Summary

John Kruk was born on February 9, 1961[1], in Charleston[2]. He has worked as a baseball player[3] and journalist[4].

FAQs

Where was John Kruk born?

John Kruk was born in Charleston[2].

What did John Kruk do for work?

John Kruk worked as a baseball player[3] and journalist[4].

Where did John Kruk go to school?

John Kruk was educated at Allegany College of Maryland[6], Potomac State College of West Virginia University[7], and Keyser High School[8].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . MLB.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Jock64 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'en', 'ja']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Languages spoken, written or signed: English"
  2. 6w ago · Jock64 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → John, Martin
    Wikidata description → American baseball player (born 1961)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Given name: Martin"
  3. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship → —
    Sport → baseball
    Occupation → —
    Educated at → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ TV Maze person ID: 118710, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270242|batch #270242]]"
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