Phillip Staehle/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Berkeley, California in 1952.
• Resided in Berkeley, California in 1953.
• Shown as being married with one one daughter in 1952.
• Reported having two children in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of German-English ancestry in 1952 and 1953: German ancestry in 1953.
• Reported hobbies as fishing and hunting.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Berkeley High School in 1946 and played baseball, basketball and football.
• Attended the University Of California.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1949 Sunset League in stolen bases with 44.
• Led the 1952 Pioneer League outfielders in fielding average with .987.
• Shown, as of 1953, as the co-holder of the modern professional record for most hits in a nine-inning game with 7 for 7 on September 9, 1950. when playing for Medford against Klamath Falls in the Far West League, he collected five singles, a double and a triple.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Listed as doing material control work for a steel manufacturer in the off-season in 1952 and 1953. Listed also as being a pipe inspector during the off-season in 1953.
• Served in the U. S. Army in 1946-1947-1948 and was recalled by the reserve for one year in 1951.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pioneer League Index.
• 1953 Pioneer League Index (Second Edition).
• 1953 California League Sketch Book.