Marv Staehle Explained

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 .

Career

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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=K9L0AgAAQBAJ&dq=marv+staehle+pronounced&pg=PT128 Vanderberg, Bob. 100 Things White Sox Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Chicago, IL: Triumph Books LLC, 2014.
  2. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/marvin-staehle-obituary?id=36708038 Marvin G Staehle
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=staehl001mar Information
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/staehma01.shtml Information
  5. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Pstaem101.htm Retrosheet