Jake Stahl

Infobox MLB retired
name=Jake Stahl
position=First Baseman/Manager


bgcolor1=#0d2b56
bgcolor2=#ba313c
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=April 13, 1879
city-state|Elkhart|Illinois
deathdate=death date and age|1922|10|18|1879|4|13
city-state|Monrovia|California
debutdate= April 20
debutyear= 1903
debutteam= Boston Americans
finaldate=June 13
finalyear=1913
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.261
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=31
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=437
teams=As Player
* Boston Americans/Red Sox (1903, 1908-1913)
* Washington Senators (1904-1906)
* New York Highlanders (1908)As Manager
* Washington Senators (1905-1906)
* Boston Red Sox (1912-1913)
highlights=
* World Series champion: 1903, 1912
* American League home run champion: 1910
* Managerial record: 263-270

Garland "Jake" Stahl (April 13 1879 - September 18 1922) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Highlanders. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he was a member of the Kappa Kappa chapter of Sigma Chi. He started off as a catcher before being traded to the Senators, where he moved to first base full-time, with occasional stints in the outfield. He was regarded as a good fielder and an average hitter, although he did lead all hitters in the American League in home runs with 10 in by|1910.

As a player-manager, he led the Senators to two seventh-place finishes, and in his second managerial stint led the Red Sox to the 1912 World Series title. Unfortunately, his success was short-lived, as he had a falling out with his teammates and resigned midway through the by|1913 season. His successor, Bill Carrigan, would win two more World Series titles for the Sox. Stahl died in Monrovia, California at age 43.

Stahl was not related to Red Sox teammate Chick Stahl, despite contemporary accounts erroneously listing them as brothers.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball home run champions

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stahlja01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] - career playing statistics and managing record