Jake Stahl Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg) Born: April 13, 1879 in Elkhart, IL us Died: September 18, 1922 in Monrovia, CA Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) Debut: June 6, 1903 (2,535th in major league history) Last Game: June 13, 1913 vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Full Name: Garland Stahl…
1912 – Rube Marquard pitches a complete game and Buck Herzog has four hits with two doubles and three stolen bases, as the New York Giants beat the Boston Red Sox, 5 – 2, in Game 6 of the World Series.
October 10, 1912, At Fenway Park Game 2 of the World Series, in the top of the second, Red Murray doubled to center. He advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Fred Merkle and scored on a sacrifice fly by Buck Herzog, giving the Giants a 1–0 lead. Three innings later, Herzog doubled…
October 9, 1912 Boston fans parade around Fenway Park before the start of the world Series, Game 2. Christy Mathewson later said of the moment when he took the mound at Fenway Park, “This was the only place in the world that I wanted to be. I could think of nothing greater than pitching…
1909 – With two men on base, Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball catches Amby McConnell’s line drive, gets Heinie Wagner at second, and then tags Jake Stahl completing the first modern major league unassisted triple play in a 6 – 1 win over the Red Sox. Cleveland wins, 6 – 1, behind Cy Young, but Boston wins the nitecap, 3 – 2.
The Red Sox purchase 1B Jake Stahl from the Highlanders.