Fred Stem

Frederick Boothe Stem

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 160 lb.
• School University of North Carolina
• Debut September 15, 1908
• Final Game August 15, 1909
• Born September 22, 1885 in Oxford, NC USA
• Died September 5, 1964 in Darlington, SC USA

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Biographical Information

Fred Stem played two years for the Boston Doves. He was the regular first baseman in 1909.

Stem attended the University of North Carolina shortly after Moonlight Graham was there.

One observer put him on the "all horticulture" team, along with Pete Rose and Estel Crabtree.

A published court case from 1908 (appearing at 81 S.C. 100) states that Stem and other ballplayers in 1904 had boarded a train to go to a baseball game. Stem and a couple ballplayers named Wilcox and McLean went to sit on the cupola of the caboose. The caboose derailed, throwing the players to the ground. McLean died.