Heinie Peitz
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| Catcher / Infielder | |||
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Born: November 28, 1870 St. Louis, Missouri |
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Died: October 23, 1943 (aged 72) Cincinnati |
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| MLB debut | |||
| October 15, 1892, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
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| June 1, 1913, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .271 | ||
| Home runs | 16 | ||
| Runs batted in | 560 | ||
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Henry Clement "Heinie" Peitz (November 28, 1870 – October 23, 1943) was an American baseball catcher. He played for the St. Louis Browns (1892–1895), Cincinnati Reds (1896–1904), Pittsburgh Pirates (1905–1906), Louisville Colonels (1907–1910), and St. Louis Cardinals (1913). He was part of the famed "Pretzel Battery" with pitcher Ted Breitenstein while playing for the Browns and Reds in the 1890s.
In 16 seasons of Major League Baseball, Peitz appeared in 1,234 games, scored 532 runs, compiled a .342 career on-base percentage, and had 1,117 hits, 191 doubles, 66 triples, 560 RBIs, 91 stolen bases, and 409 bases on balls.
Peitz was also the manager of the Louisville Colonels and led the team to an American Association pennant in 1909. He was also employed as a scout, coach, and umpire after retiring as a player. In 2003, he was ranked as the 82nd best catcher of all time by Bill James in The New Bill James Historical Abstract.
Peitz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1870. His parents, Henry and Angela Peitz, were natives of Westphalia in what is now Germany. At the time of the 1880 United States Census, the family lived in St. Louis, and Peitz's father was employed as a laborer.
Peitz played baseball from 1889 to 1913. Peitz began his long career with a semipro team in Hillsboro, Illinois in 1889. In 1890, he played for a team in Jacksonville, Illinois. In 1892, he played for the Montgomery Lambs of the Southern Association. He appeared in 113 games during the 1892 season for Montgomery.
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