Terry Steinbach Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 73 Weight: 195 Born: Friday, March 02, 1962 in New Ulm, MN USA Debut: 9/12/1986 Last Game: 10/1/1999 Full Name: Terry Lee Steinbach Steinbach’s career began as auspiciously as one could when he slugged a pinch-hit home run in his first major-league plate appearance off Greg…
Following his most productive season with the Oakland A’s, Terry Steinbach elects to take less money and return home. Like Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor and Jack Morris before him, the Minnesota veteran signs with Twins.
During a game at Yankee Stadium, Oakland OF Jose Canseco is bombarded with assorted objects by unruly fans. Included among the objects are an inflatable doll, a transistor radio, and a head of cabbage. Oakland escapes with a 10 – 8 victory, and Canseco strokes a double in four at bats.
After being maligned by the press as an unworthy All-Star starter, A’s catcher Terry Steinbach hits a solo home run and a sacrifice fly to lead the American League to a 2 – 1 victory at Riverfront Stadium and is named the 1988 All-Star Game’s MVP. The A’s catcher becomes the first major leaguer to have homered in his first major league at-bat (on September 12, 1986) and also in the mid-summer classic.