Born:(1906-01-03)January 3, 1906 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died: January 15, 2004(2004-01-15) (aged 98) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 15, 1930, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
May 12, 1940, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average
.279
Home runs
84
Runs batted in
818
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1930–1939)
Philadelphia Phillies (1939–1940)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1936)
August Richard Suhr (January 3, 1906 – January 15, 2004) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Suhr was born in San Francisco, California. The fourth son of August H Suhr and Elise (Nobmann) Suhr, both of German descent.[1] He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Suhr was a career .279 hitter with 84 home runs and 818 RBI in 1435 games played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1930–39) and Philadelphia Phillies (1939–40). He hit better than .300 twice, with a career high .312 in 1936 and .303 in 1939 with the Pirates and Phillies. Defensively, he recorded a career .992 fielding percentage as a first baseman. Prior to playing in the majors, Suhr played for the San Francisco Seals. In 1929, he hit .381 with 51 home runs and 177 RBI for his team. During that season, he became the only player in baseball history to be sued (in addition to his team) by a fan injured after being struck by a foul ball he hit.[2] The case was dismissed under the legal Baseball Rule, a verdict upheld by the California Supreme Court three years later.[3] In his rookie season with the Pirates, he belted 17 homers with 107 RBI. He produced three 100-RBI seasons in his 11-year career. Selected for the 1936 All-Star game, Suhr played 1,339 games at first base for Pittsburgh, a team record for a Pirates' first baseman.
On September 11, 1931, Suhr started a then National League record streak of 822 games played, which ended on June 4, 1937 when he missed a game to attend his mother's funeral.[4] His record stood until June 12, 1957 when it was broken by Stan Musial. The record is currently held by Steve Garvey.
After retiring from baseball, Suhr became a liquor store owner. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, of natural causes at the age of 98.
^Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Q-Z
^Carl Zollman, "Injuries From Flying Baseballs to Spectators at Ball Games", 24 Marq. L. Rev. 198, 199 (1940)
^Quinn v. Recreation Park Association, 3 Cal. 2nd 725 (Cal. 1932).
^Eckhouse, Morris A. "The Ballplayers – Gus Suhr". baseballbiography.com. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
August Richard Suhr (January 3, 1906 – January 15, 2004) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Suhr was born in San Francisco, California....
Cubs (1963–1970), Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals (1952–1957), and GusSuhr of the Pittsburgh Pirates (1931–1937). Of the top 17 streaks on this list...
Suhr can refer to: Johannes Nicolaus von Suhr (1792–1847), botanist with the standard author abbreviation "Suhr" Denmark Suhr family Johan Peter Suhr...
Rooster Teeth GusSuhr (1906–2004), American Major League Baseball player Gus Weyhing (1866–1955), American Major League Baseball pitcher Gus Williams (vaudeville)...
169 RBI and a batting average of.340. Another future major league player GusSuhr had an incredible season for the Seals in 1929, hitting .381 with 51 home...
LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2009-09-28. "GusSuhr Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC....
Elbie Fletcher 13,237 73 John Mayberry 13,169 74 Fred Luderus 13,126 75 GusSuhr 13,104 76 Jason Kendall 13,067 77 Lee May 13,029 78 Bill White 13,015 79...
Bay Area, including Ernie Lombardi, Augie Galan, Cookie Lavagetto, and GusSuhr, as well as Pacific Coast League star Joe DiMaggio, who was making his...
compiled a record of 7-23 while based in Roseville and were managed by GusSuhr, Rosie Rose and Bill Shewey, while finishing 24.5 games behind the first...
find a protected one. A foul ball hit by GusSuhr struck and injured her. She sued not only the club but Suhr, the first reported instance in which a plaintiff...
Tom Padden 23 Val Picinich Infielders 15 Bill Brubaker 22 Tony Piet 24 GusSuhr 25 Tommy Thevenow 20 Pie Traynor 21 Arky Vaughan 26 Pep Young Outfielders...
player and manager, early 1910s–1960s Stephen Strasburg – MLB pitcher GusSuhr – Major League Baseball first baseman Bruce Sutter – Hall of Fame right-handed...
Infielders George Grantham Howdy Groskloss Tony Piet Bill Regan Ben Sankey GusSuhr Tommy Thevenow Pie Traynor Outfielders Fred Bennett Adam Comorosky Woody...
Ostermueller (1928) Bill Rigney (1940) MLB All-Star Ray Starr (1928) MLB All-Star GusSuhr (1923) MLB All-Star Jesse Tannehill (1924) 1901 NL ERA Title Johnny Vander...
right-handed, in the lineup for balance, as Jensen, Lloyd and Paul Waner, GusSuhr, and Arky Vaughan all were left-handed batters. Dickshot struggled early...
labor leader Stephen A. Douglas Puter (1857–1931), criminal and author GusSuhr (1906–2004), Major League Baseball player Samuel D. Woods (1845–1915),...
Delia Scala, 74, Italian ballerina, actress and singer, breast cancer. GusSuhr, 98, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates). Slavomír Bartoň, 77...
Baltimore Orioles' Miguel Tejada plays in his 822nd consecutive game, tying GusSuhr for ninth place on the all-time list. Former Boston Red Sox Brian Daubach...
John Anderson 117 Tony Pérez * 117 91 Boog Powell 116 Albert Pujols 116 GusSuhr 116 94 Ed Cartwright 115 Mike Hargrove 115 Keith Hernandez 115 97 John...
All-Star Game GusSuhr, reserve Arky Vaughan, reserve Cy Blanton #3 in NL in strikeouts (127) Red Lucas #5 in NL in ERA (3.18) GusSuhr #3 in NL in RBI...
32 Ray Berres 30 Al Todd Infielders 25 Bill Brubaker 20 Lee Handley 24 GusSuhr 22 Tommy Thevenow 21 Arky Vaughan 26 Pep Young Outfielders 17 Johnny Dickshot...
Global Information