Harry Steinfeldt

Infobox MLB retired
name=Harry Steinfeldt
position=Third Baseman


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=#c6011f
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=September 29, 1877
city-state|St. Louis|Missouri
deathdate=death date and age|1914|8|17|1877|9|29
city-state|Bellevue|Kentucky
debutdate= April 22
debutyear= 1898
debutteam= Cincinnati Reds
finaldate=July 1
finalyear=1911
finalteam=Boston Rustlers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.267
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=1576
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=762
teams=
* Cincinnati Reds (1898-1905)
* Chicago Cubs (1906-1910)
* Boston Rustlers (1911)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1907, 1908
*National League pennant: 1906, 1910
*National League RBI champion: 1906
*2 seasons with a .300+ batting average

Harry M. Steinfeldt (September 29, 1877 - August 17, 1914) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1898-1905), Chicago Cubs (1906-10) and Boston Rustlers (1911). Steinfeldt batted and threw right handed. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

In a 14-season career, Steinfeldt was a .267 hitter with 27 home runs and 762 RBI in 1646 games played.

Steinfeldt died in Bellevue, Kentucky, at age of 36.

Highlights

*Led National League in hits (1906/176)
*Led NL in RBIs (1906/83)
*Led NL in doubles (1903/32)
*Set a major league record with three sacrifice flies (1909)
*In 1906 finished second in the NL batting race with a .327 average, behind Honus Wagner (.339) and over Harry Lumley (.324)

Best season

*1906: Hit a career-high .312 with 29 stolen bases and led the National League with 83 RBIs and 176 hits to lead the Cubs to their first World Series.

Postseason appearances

*1906 World Series
*1907 World Series
*1908 World Series
*1910 World Series

Fact

*Steinfeldt is the only member of the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance infield left out of Franklin Pierce Adams' famous poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon".

Quotation

*"The only member of the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance infield left out of Franklin P. Adams's poem, Steinfeldt was a reliable third baseman with an unusually powerful arm. He originally hoped for a theatre|theatrical career but did so well in a baseball game put on by his touring troupe that he switched to the diamond." – Jack Kavanagh, sports historian and writer

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
* List of Major League Baseball doubles champions

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/S/Steinfeldt_Harry.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=13585&bid=916 The Baseball Biography Project]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/steinha01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Steinfeldt.Harry.Obit.html The Deadball Era]