Gene Stechschulte
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Gene Stechschulte (August 12, 1973, Kalida, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2000-2002. Stechschulte began his professional baseball career in the Cardinals' minor league system in 1996 as an undrafted free agent. On April 17, 2001, Stechschulte became one of few major leaguers to have homered on the first pitch ever thrown to him and the only pitcher to accomplish the feat as a pinch-hitter.[1] On June 1, 2011, Stechschulte was named the Ohio Northern University baseball coach.
- ^ Baseball Almanac Box Score of game played on April 17, 2001, Retrieved on 14 December 2007
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
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