Richie Scheinblum
| Richie Scheinblum | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: November 5, 1942 New York, New York |
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| Batted: Switch | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 1, 1965 for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 21, 1974 for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .263 |
| Home runs | 13 |
| Runs batted in | 127 |
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Richard Alan "Richie" Scheinblum (November 5, 1942, in New York, New York) is a former professional All Star Major League Baseball player.
He played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, California Angels, and St. Louis Cardinals. He also played two seasons in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
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[edit] Early life
Scheimblum is Jewish, and was born in New York to Fred and Lee Scheinblum.[1]
[edit] Baseball career
Playing for the Denver Bears in 1971 he was the American Association MVP after he hit a league-leading and Triple-A record .388 with a .490 on-base percentage, .725 slugging percentage, 31 doubles, 10 triples, 25 home runs, and 108 RBIs.[1][2]
Scheinblum played outfield in the major leagues from 1965–74. A switch-hitter, he hit .263 with 13 homers and 127 RBIs in his career.[3][4]
His best year was 1972 when he hit .300 (6th in the American League) with an on base percentage of .383 (5th in the league), 8 homers, and 66 RBIs for the Royals.[5][6] He was named to the Major League Baseball American League All-Star team in 1972, and was the Royals Player-of-the-Month in August 1972.[5][7] He work a black ban at the All Star game in memory of the Israeli athletes killed in the 1972 Munich Massacre, saying: "I wore the emblematic black band ... not only because they were Jewish athletes, but because they were human beings".[2]
[edit] Family
His son, Monte Scheinblum, hit a golf ball 329 yards, 13 inches, into a 20 mile-per-hour wind to win the 1992 U.S. National Long Driving Championship,[8][9] and was also the world long driving champion that year.[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Archives". The Rocky Mountain News. August 30, 1992. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DB22149B5D93&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ ".". http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y-M0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=euEIAAAAIBAJ&pg=799,3301358&dq=richie+scheinblum+denver+388&hl=en. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History. SP Books. 2001. http://books.google.com/books?id=9ZzxydPInwgC&pg=PA165&dq=Richie+Scheinblum&hl=en&ei=rOgUTYm-L8KqlAf6uuC3DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Richie%20Scheinblum&f=false. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ More Tales from the Tribe Dugout. Sports Publishing LLC. 2005. http://books.google.com/books?id=2UHG0hiDunkC&pg=PA151&dq=Richie+Scheinblum&hl=en&ei=rOgUTYm-L8KqlAf6uuC3DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Richie%20Scheinblum&f=false. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ a b "Richie Scheinblum Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scheiri01.shtml. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ Baseball Digest. Books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=1jEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67&dq=Richie+Scheinblum&hl=en&ei=rOgUTYm-L8KqlAf6uuC3DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Richie%20Scheinblum&f=false. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ "Kansas City Royals History – Richie Scheinblum". Kcroyalshistory.com. http://www.kcroyalshistory.com/players/Scheinblumrichie.htm. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ Jaime Diaz (May 1, 1995). "Though they outdistance the Tour's mightiest ball". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006545/index.htm. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Scheinblum Wins Driving Competition". Boca Raton, Florida: Sun Sentinel. October 5, 1992. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-10-05/news/9201250557_1_la-quinta-boca-raton-resort-golf-ball. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ Ed Richards (July 9, 1996). "Three Earn Chance To Play With Best". Daily Press. http://articles.dailypress.com/1996-07-09/sports/9607090017_1_tee-bounce-pga-tour. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Press release about his being named to the Long Island University C. W. Post Campus Athletic Hall of Fame
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Jewish Major League Baseball players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from New York
- Cleveland Indians players
- Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
- Kansas City Royals players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- California Angels players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
- American Orthodox Jews
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Japanese Jews
