Paul Stuffel

Paul Harrington Stuffel
(Stu)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
• School Kent State University
• High School Lincoln High School (Canton)
• Debut September 16, 1950
• Final Game May 24, 1953
• Born March 22, 1927 in Canton, OH USA
• Died September 9, 2018 in Canton, OH USA

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Biographical Information

Paul Stuffel was a hard throwing right-hander who won his only decision in seven games in stints with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1950, 1952 and 1953. He was signed out of high school as an amateur free agent in Canton, OH, in 1945, just before entering military service. Stuffel, who served two years (1945-1946) in the military, was assigned upon his return to the States to the Salina Blue Jays of the Western Association where he opened his pro baseball career in 1947 with a 13-10 record and a 3.13 ERA.

Stuffel would never make it back to the major leagues after his 1953 season with the Phillies but he had some very good seasons during his eleven-year run in the minors. He won 13 games while striking out a league-leading 288 batters in 252 innings for the Terre Haute Phillies of the Three-I League in 1949 and was a 15-game winner for the Schenectady Blue Jays in 1951 with another league-leading 183 strikeouts while pitching 219 innings. In 1951, pitching for Schenectady, he threw a no-hitter on June 4th, striking out 20 while walking 10. He won the game 6-3, the runs being scored as follows: Wild pitches accounted for 2, and a double steal produced the third.

All told Paul would have seven double-digit winning seasons out of his eleven years in the minors. He won eleven times for the Baltimore Orioles of the International League in 1952 and duplicated that number for the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association in 1954. He then came right back with his best won-loss season when he went 12-3 with a 2.63 ERA for the pennant-winning Memphis club in 1955. Stuffel finished out his minor league career in 1957, pitching for three teams, the Mobile Bears, the Atlanta Crackers and the Austin Senators and at the age of 30 he decided he would go no longer, ending with a 105-88 record and a 3.88 ERA while having pitched 1,679 innings.

After baseball, Stuffel resided in Alliance, OH, where he owned an insurance agency before retiring in 1992. He passed away in 2018 at the age of 91.

Sources

Baseball Players of the 1950s
Interview with Paul Stuffel, 2014

Related Sites

• Paul Stuffel at the SABR Bio Project
• BR Minors page