# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-joost
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:21:06.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-joost"
name: "Eddie Joost"
slug: "eddie-joost"
description: "Edwin David Joost was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball for all or portions of 17 seasons between 1936 and 1955. In 1954, Joost became the third and last manager in the 54-year history of the Philadelphia Athletics. Under Joost, the A's finished last in the American League and lost over 100 games. After that season, they relocated to Kansas City."
tagline: "American baseball player (1916-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Joost_Reds.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1916-06-05"
deathDate: "2011-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.279518666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Joost"
    title: "Eddie Joost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "إدي جوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ادى جوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%89%BE%E8%BF%AA%C2%B7%E6%9C%B1%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9"
    title: "艾迪·朱斯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Joost"
    title: "Eddie Joost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Joost"
    title: "Eddie Joost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4357061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump