Marv Staehle | |
Position: | Second baseman |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1942 |
Birth Place: | Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 15 |
Debutyear: | 1964 |
Debutteam: | Chicago White Sox |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | June 13 |
Finalyear: | 1971 |
Finalteam: | Atlanta Braves |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .207 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 1 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 33 |
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Marvin Gustave Staehle (;[1] March 13, 1942 – September 30, 2022)[2] was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He played for the Chicago White Sox (1964–1967), Montréal Expos (1969–1970), and the Atlanta Braves (1971). He stood 5feet tall and weighed .
Staehle attended Western Illinois University and originally signed with his hometown White Sox. He was an accomplished hitter in minor league baseball, leading the Double-A Sally League in batting average (.337) with the 1963 Nashville Vols and batting .286 overall in 1,239 minor league games.[3] However, he struggled in the Major Leagues. In his only full MLB season, with the 1970 Expos, the left-handed swinging Staehle platooned with right-handed hitter Gary Sutherland as Montreal's second baseman. He appeared in 104 games, but batted only .218 in 321 at bats.[4] [5]
During his 185-game, seven-year MLB career, he batted .207 with 97 hits, 1 home run, and 33 runs batted in.