Otto Knabe

Franz Otto Knabe, also known as "Dutch", was an American Major [League Baseball|Major league] second baseman from Carrick, Pennsylvania, who played for four 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 seasons the Baltimore Terrapins and the Federal League were in existence.
Knabe twice received a single vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame], once in 1939, and the other in 1946. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was interred at New [Cathedral Cemetery |New Cathedral Cemetery].