Alan Storke

Alan Marshall Storke

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1"
• School Harvard University, Amherst College
• High School Auburn High School
• Debut September 24, 1906
• Final Game October 6, 1909
• Born September 27, 1884 in Auburn, NY USA
• Died March 18, 1910 in Newton, MA USA

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Biographical Information

"Alan Storke, the Amherst boy secured by Pittsburg, is showing great form. Dreyfus says he's the find of the season." - Sporting Life, April 20, 1907, referencing Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss

Infielder Alan Storke played four seasons in the majors, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates, during the time of Honus Wagner. He played 91 games at first base, an important defensive position at the time, 89 at third base, 50 at shortstop (mostly with the St. Louis Cardinals) and 12 at second base.

Before coming to the majors in 1906 he had been at Amherst College from 1903 to 1906 and played for Providence and Auburn in 1906.

He was pretty consistent with the bat, hitting in the .250's during all four of his years with the Pirates. When he was traded to the 1909 St. Louis Cardinals in August 1909, they moved him to shortstop and his batting average went up to .282 with them.

During the winter of 1909-10 he was "working hard at his studies" at Harvard. He was traded again in February 1910 but died in March 1910, at age 25 following a lung operation. His Sporting Life obituary said he was the son of a prominent attorney and graduated from Auburn High School (Auburn, NY), as well as Amherst in 1906.

"Ten days ago he wasn't anywhere in sight. The Dark Man with the bundle has arrived. . . The loss of a man like Alan Storke is like a body blow. . . Death landed on a man that had been hailed as a bright possibility . . . It was a shock to Redland to learn of Storke's death. No one in the old town knew the boy was ill." - the writing of Ren Mulford in Sporting Life, April 2, 1910

Related Sites

• Alan Storke at the SABR Bio Project