(3) LARRY STAHL INDEX CARD SIGNED 1964-73 A'S METS PADRES PSA/DNA CERTIFIED

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(3) LARRY STAHL INDEX CARD SIGNED 1964-73 A'S METS PADRES PSA/DNA CERTIFIED
Larry Floyd Stahl
(June 29, 1941 in
Belleville, Illinois
), is a retired professional
baseball
player who played
outfielder
in the Major Leagues from
1964
-
1973
. He played for the
Kansas City Athletics
,
New York Mets
,
San Diego Padres
, and
Cincinnati Reds
.
Stahl was signed by the Athletics in 1960 as an amateur free agent. He broke into the big leagues on September 11, 1964, going 0-1 as a pinch-hitter against
Wally Bunker
in a 5-2 Kansas City loss to the
Baltimore Orioles
in Memorial Stadium. After brief appearances in several more games, he notched his first career hit on September 19 at
Yankee Stadium
in an 8-3 loss to the
New York Yankees
. Pinch-hitting for pitcher
Orlando Peña
in the sixth inning, he hit a ground-rule double off
Ralph Terry
.
Playing for the Padres on September 2, 1972, against the
Chicago Cubs
at
Wrigley Field
, Stahl drew one of the most questionable
bases on balls
in baseball history — if only because of the circumstances surrounding it. Cubs pitcher
Milt Pappas
had retired the first 26 Padres hitters and was one strike away from a
perfect game
with a 2-2 count against
pinch-hitter
Stahl. However, home plate umpire
Bruce Froemming
called the next two pitches, both of which were close, balls. To date, the perfect game bid is the only one in Major League history to be broken up by a walk to the 27th batter. Pappas secured his
no-hitter
by retiring
Garry Jestadt
one batter later.
Primarily an outfielder, his best year was 1971 at age 30 when, in 114 games for the Padres, he hit .253 with eight home runs and 36 runs batted in. He had exactly 400 career hits. In his one postseason appearance, the
1973 National League Championship Series
, playing for the Reds he had two hits in four at bats.
Larry Stahl
Outfielder
Born:
June 29, 1941
(age 74)
Belleville, Illinois
Batted:
Left
Threw:
Left
MLB debut
September 11, 1964, for the Kansas City Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1973, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average
.232
Home runs
36
Runs batted in
163
Teams
Kansas City Athletics
(1964–1966)
New York Mets
(1967–1968)
San Diego Padres
(1969–1972)
Cincinnati Reds
(1973)