Admiral Schlei Baseball player

George Henry "Admiral" Schlei was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors, between 1904 and 1911, for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants. He was a starting catcher from the 1904 to the 1909 season. He was the first Reds catcher to wear shin guards.Schlei attended St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati.

Personal facts

Admiral Schlei
Birth dateJanuary 12, 1878
Birth place
Cincinnati
Date of deathJanuary 24, 1958
Place of death
Huntington West Virginia

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Baseball player

Career startApril 24, 1904
Career endApril 24, 1911
batting sideRight
former teams
Cincinnati Reds
San Francisco Giants
position
Catcher
teams
Cincinnati Reds
San Francisco Giants
throwing sideRight

Admiral Schlei on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schlead01.shtml