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Former Major League Baseball subordinate Larry Stahl died astatine property 84 Tuesday astatine Caseyville Nursing and Rehab successful Caseyville, Illinois.
Stahl, who played 10 seasons pinch 4 different teams, was champion known for spoiling a cleanable game.
On Sept. 2, 1972, Chicago Cubs pitcher Milt Pappas had retired nan first 26 batters he had faced and was 1 retired distant from etching his sanction into nan history books.
Stahl, a left-handed hitter, was playing for nan San Diego Padres astatine nan clip and was sent retired to pinch deed against nan right-handed pitcher by head Don Zimmer.
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Zoilo Versalles (2) of nan Minnesota Twins attempts to move a double play arsenic Larry Stahl (24) of nan Kansas City Athletics slides into 2nd guidelines during an MLB crippled astatine Metropolitan Stadium successful Minneapolis successful 1965. (Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
Stahl worked nan count afloat and, connected nan payoff pitch, checked his plaything and controversially drew a walk, ending Pappas’ cleanable crippled bid. Pappas retired nan adjacent batter and ended nan crippled pinch a no-hitter.
Pappas blamed nan location sheet umpire for making nan incorrect telephone years later.
"They were strikes aliases ‘that close’ to being strikes that he should’ve raised his correct hand," Pappas told ESPN in 2007. "I had nan opportunity for a cleanable game, and, unfortunately, Bruce Froemming did not thief maine astatine all."
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Larry Stahl played 10 seasons successful nan large leagues. (Aaron Doster/Getty Images)
In 10 seasons, nan Belleville, Illinois, autochthonal had a .232 batting mean pinch 36 location runs and 163 RBIs.
He spent nan first 3 seasons of his profession pinch nan Kansas City Athletics, past 2 seasons pinch nan New York Mets, 4 pinch nan Padres and nan last play of his profession pinch nan Cincinnati Reds.
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Stahl played for 4 teams successful his MLB career. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
Stahl’s champion play came pinch the Padres successful 1971, erstwhile he deed .253 pinch 8 location runs and 36 RBIs.
The only clip Stahl made nan postseason was successful 1973, nan last twelvemonth of his career, pinch the Reds. He played successful 4 games and had 2 hits successful 4 at-bats.
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