Larry Stahl

Larry Floyd Stahl

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

• Debut September 11, 1964
• Final Game September 30, 1973
• Born June 29, 1941 in Belleville, IL USA

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Biographical Information

Larry Stahl was a major league outfielder for ten seasons from 1964 to 1973, playing for four different teams. He was never a regular, with his season high for at-bats being 312. He was used regularly as a pinch-hitter, being used 287 times in the role.

In a doubleheader in August, 1972, Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres hit five home runs in one day, tying Stan Musial's record. But the only reason he got one more chance to bat in the 9th inning of the second game was because with two outs, Stahl singled. On September 2nd that same year, he broke up a bid for a perfect game by Milt Pappas of the Chicago Cubs by drawing a walk on full count as the 27th batter of the game. Umpire Bruce Froemming gave him the benefit of the doubt on two successive close pitches with a 2-2 count, upsetting Pappas, who then completed the no-hitter by retiring the next batter.

Stahl went 2-for-4 in his one and only post-season appearance, for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1973 NLCS against the New York Mets, being used all four times as a pinch-hitter. Those were also the final four games of his major league career.