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Chris von der Ahe
Von der Ahe, from a baseball card, 1887
Born
(1851-10-07)October 7, 1851
Hille, Prussia
Died
June 5, 1913(1913-06-05) (aged 61)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Founder and Owner of St. Louis Cardinals (MLB), businessman, CEO, entrepreneur
Christian Friedrich (or Frederick) Wilhelm von der Ahe (German:[fɔndɐˈʔaːhə];[1] October 7, 1851 – June 5, 1913) was a German-American entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, now known as the St. Louis Cardinals.
Christian Friedrich (or Frederick) Wilhelm vonderAhe (German: [fɔn dɐ ˈʔaːhə]; October 7, 1851 – June 5, 1913) was a German-American entrepreneur, best...
vonderAhe is a locational surname of German origin, which means a person who lived by a creek, derived from ahe, "running water", "stream". An alternative...
of the St. Louis Browns for the 1896 season by the team's owner, ChrisvonderAhe. The Browns and their owner were held in low regard at the time. Sportswriter...
Frank and Stanley, bought the St. Louis Browns baseball club from ChrisvonderAhe, renaming it the Perfectos. However, they continued to retain ownership...
Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842) 1910 – O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862) 1913 – ChrisvonderAhe, German-American...
cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. ChrisvonderAhe (1851–1913), entrepreneur and owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings...
and suspended after getting into a shouting match with Browns owner ChrisvonderAhe. His teammates nearly refuse to make a trip to Kansas City and do...
fell on hard times for some years after the merger. For 1893, owner ChrisvonderAhe moved his team a few blocks to the northwest and opened a "New" Sportsman's...
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