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Bill Stein
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William Allen Stein (born January 21, 1947) is an American former

right field, and shortstop. He also spent significant time as a pinch hitter
.

Early life

Stein was born on January 21, 1947, in

All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association.[4] Stein was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals during the fourth round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft.[5]

Playing career

St. Louis Cardinals

In 1969, Stein began his

first base
, and shortstop.

To start the 1972 season, Stein was a member of the Triple-A Tulsa Oilers. With Tulsa that year, he batted .278 with 100 hits, 26 doubles, four triples, five home runs, and 36 RBIs in 103 games played. Stein was a

right field
.

During

at-bat against the Pittsburgh Pirates.[11] His first hit of the season came on April 17, against the Pirates.[11] In August, Stein was sent down to the minor leagues and was replaced on the Cardinals major league roster by outfielder Héctor Cruz.[12]
In the minors, he played with the Triple-A Tulsa Oilers, where he batted .289 with 23 hits, two doubles, and one triple in 21 games played. While in the majors that season, Stein compiled a .218 batting average with four runs scored, 12 hits, two doubles, and two RBIs in 32 games played. On defense with the Cardinals, he played right field, left field, third base, and first base.

Chicago White Sox

On September 25, Stein was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the

plate appearances (594), at-bats (554), and doubles; and was tied for second in triples.[14] He was called up by Chicago in September.[15] Stein made his season debut on September 13, against the California Angels, getting no hits in four at-bats.[16] His first hit of the season came the day after, against California.[16]
In the majors that year, Stein batted .276 with five runs scored, 12 hits, one double, and five RBIs in 13 games played.

Stein spent his first full season in the majors during the 1975 season. His season debut came on April 16, against the Texas Rangers, where in one at-bat he went hitless.[17] In June, Stein was named the starting third baseman after Bill Melton, who was Chicago's regular third baseman, was benched for poor hitting.[18] Stein also played back-up for second baseman Jorge Orta over the season.[19] On July 20, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers, Stein hit his first career grand slam.[17][20] On the season, Stein batted .270 with 23 runs scored, 61 hits, seven doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 21 RBIs in 76 games played. In the field, he played 28 games at second base, 24 games at third base, and one game in left field. Stein also played 18 games that year at the designated hitter spot in the lineup.

Stein played his final season with the Chicago White Sox in 1976. On August 17, in the first game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, he hit a game-winning single in the ninth inning to score Pat Kelly.[21] In August, United Press International noted that it was the first time in his major league career that Stein was getting a chance to start regularly.[22] During the season, he compiled a .268 batting average with 32 runs scored, 105 hits, 15 doubles, two triples, four home runs, and 36 RBIs in 117 games played. Stein played 58 games at second base, 58 games at third base, one game at first base, one game in right field, and one game at shortstop. He was also the designated hitter in one game during that season.[citation needed]

Seattle Mariners

"The only thing

third base
[...] You get worn out if you just sit on the bench. I found it much easier to play every day."

—

The Associated Press interviewing Stein in March 1977 on the subject of his new team, the Mariners.[7]

During the

hairline fracture.[27] With the Mariners that year, he batted .259 with 53 runs scored, 144 hits, 26 doubles, five triples, 13 home runs, and 67 RBIs in 151 games played. Defensively, the vast majority of his games (147) were played at third base, but he also played limited time at shortstop. He led the American League in putouts by a third baseman with 146.[28] Stein was also fifth in the league in defensive games at third base.[28]

Stein, circa 1977

Before the start of the 1978 season, Stein re-signed with the Seattle Mariners.[29] His contract meant he was now signed through the 1980 season.[30] In May 1978, he bruised his left hand, which caused him to miss some playing time.[31] On August 25, he broke up Dennis Martínez's potential no-hitter in the seventh inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles.[32][33] On August 28, in a game against the Boston Red Sox, Stein had a season-high four hits.[33][34] On the season, he batted .261 with 41 runs scored, 105 hits, 24 doubles, four triples, four home runs, and 37 RBIs in 114 games played. In the field, Stein played 67 games at third base, 17 games at second base, and three games at shortstop. His 24 errors at third base was second in the American League.[35]

Early into the 1979 season, Stein was placed on the

Charlie Beamon, Jr. was called up from the minor leagues to replace Stein during his injury.[36] In late June, the Mariners activated Stein from the disabled list.[37] By the time he had returned, the Mariners had already positioned Dan Meyer at his position, so Stein filled in at second base during his first game back.[37]
That year, Stein batted .248 with 28 runs scored, 62 hits, nine doubles, two triples, seven home runs, and 27 RBIs in 88 games played. As a fielder, he played 67 games at third base, 17 games at second base, and three games at shortstop.

Stein's final season with the Seattle Mariners would come in 1980. On April 29, against the Minnesota Twins, Stein had a season high four hit game.[38] He matched that high on July 26, against the Toronto Blue Jays.[38] On July 28, Stein broke up a no-hit bid by Cleveland Indians pitcher Len Barker.[39] In his final season with the Mariners, Stein batted .268 with 16 runs scored, 53 hits, five doubles, one triple, five home runs, and 27 RBIs in 67 games played. Defensively, he played 34 games at third base, 14 games at second base, and eight games at first base. He also played five games that season as Seattle's designated hitter.

Texas Rangers

In December 1980, Stein was signed as a free agent by the Texas Rangers.[40] Stein made his Rangers debut on April 14, 1981, against the Cleveland Indians.[41] In that game, he got one hit in two at-bats.[41] In May, Stein set an American League record by recording seven consecutive pinch hits.[42][43] Through June, Stein had a .441 batting average.[44] On the season, Stein batted .330 with 21 runs scored, 38 hits, six doubles, two home runs, and 22 RBIs in 53 games played. In the field, he played 20 games at first base, seven games at third base, seven games in left field, three games at second base, one game in right field, and one game at shortstop.[citation needed]

On April 16, 1982, in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Stein hit a game-winning double in the top of the ninth inning.[45] In June, while playing against his former team, the Seattle Mariners, Stein praised their pitching staff.[46] In 85 games that year, Stein batted .239, the lowest average of his career since the 1972 season where he played with the St. Louis Cardinals. He also compiled 14 runs scored, 44 hits, eight doubles, one home run, and 16 RBIs. In the field, he played 34 games at second base, 28 games at third base, six games at shortstop, two games at first base, and one game in left field. Stein also was the designated hitter during three games.[citation needed]

In March 1983, Stein praised the Texas Rangers new manager, Doug Rader, for working on the game in a "serious" way.[47] On May 18, in a game against the Cleveland Indians, Stein was brought in as a pinch hitter during the 14th inning, and proceeded to get the game-winning hit for the Rangers.[48] With Texas that year, he batted .310 with 21 runs scored, 72 hits, 15 doubles, one triple, two home runs, and 33 RBIs in 78 games played. Stein played the majority of his games at second base, but also played first base and third base. He was used as the Rangers designated hitter in six contests that year. After the season, Stein spoke out against a transaction that the Rangers made, trading Jim Sundberg to the Milwaukee Brewers, calling him a "mainstay of the organization".[49]

In 1984, the Associated Press stated that Stein was one of the American League's best pinch hitters.[50] Early into the season, he injured his wrist, which caused him to miss some playing time.[51] In mid-June, the Rangers activated him from the disabled list.[52] On the season, Stein batted .279 with three runs scored, 12 hits, one double and three RBIs in 27 games played. Stein played 11 games at second base, three games at first base, and three games at third base. He also spent four games as the Rangers designated hitter.

Before the 1985 season, it was announced that the Texas Rangers had traded Stein to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for a player to be named later, pending a physical.[53] The Pirates later canceled the trade after team doctors discovered a "probable disc problem" in his back.[54] Rumors then circulated that it was possible that Steins' career would be ended by the injury.[55] However, Stein did play 44 games with the Rangers that season, batting .253 with five runs scored, 20 hits, three doubles, one triple, one home run, and 12 RBIs. He played 11 games at third base, eight games at first base, three games at second base, and three games in right field. Stein was the team's designated hitter in six games that year. In his final season in the majors, he earned a salary of $250,000 ($708,230 inflation adjusted). At the end of the season, Texas announced that it would not re-sign Stein.[56] Through an agent, Stein commented that if he could not play for Texas in the upcoming season, he would retire.[56]

Coaching career

In 1987, Stein

Class-A Columbia Mets, and promoted Stein to that position.[60] At the helm of Colombia that year, Stein led them to a 73–67 record.[61] He also served as a player-coach with the Orlando Juice of the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989.[62]

Stein continued to manage the Columbia Mets in 1990, leading them to an 83–60 record.

Tyler WildCatters.[69]

He recently[when?] relocated and lives in Palm Coast Florida, where he has been an infielder in the Flagler (County) Senior Softball League.[citation needed]

References

General references
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  2. "Bill Stein Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
Inline citations
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