Gene Stechschulte

Gene Stechschulte (August 12, 1973, Lima, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2000-2002. Stechschulte began his professional baseball career in the Cardinal's minor league system in 1996 as an undrafted free agent. On April 17, 2001, Stechschulte became one of a select few major leaguers to have homered on the first pitch ever thrown to him and the only pitcher to accomplish the feat as a pinch-hitter. [Baseball Almanac [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200104170SLN Box Score of game played on April 17, 2001] , Retrieved on 14 December, 2007]

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