# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-khalifa
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:38.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-khalifa"
name: "Sam Khalifa"
slug: "sam-khalifa"
description: "Sam Khalifa is an American former professional baseball player. An infielder, Khalifa played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1985 through 1987. The first practicing Muslim to play in the majors, he retired from baseball when his father, Islamic scholar Rashad Khalifa, was murdered in 1990."
tagline: "American baseball player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1963-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.8
  momentum:             6.551724137931036
  historical:           3.098130666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  33
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9"
    title: "سام خليفة"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%87"
    title: "سام خليفه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Khalifa"
    title: "Sam Khalifa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7407744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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