- Gene Stechschulte
Gene Stechschulte (
August 12 ,1973 ,Lima, Ohio ) is a formerMajor League Baseball player who pitched for theSt. Louis Cardinals from 2000-2002. Stechschulte began his professional baseball career in the Cardinal's minor league system in 1996 as an undraftedfree 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 on14 December ,2007 ]References
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