- 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: 263-270Garland "Jake" Stahl (
April 13 1879 -September 18 1922 ) was an Americanfirst baseman and manager inMajor League Baseball with theBoston 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 acatcher 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 theAmerican League inhome run s 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 inMonrovia, California at age 43.Stahl was not related to Red Sox teammate
Chick Stahl , despite contemporary accounts erroneously listing them as brothers.ee also
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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
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