Gus Suhr
First baseman, Baseball Player
1906 – 2004
Who was Gus Suhr?
August Richard "Gus" Suhr was a Major League Baseball first baseman. Suhr was born in San Francisco, California, USA. 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 and Philadelphia Phillies.
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. 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. 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 age of 98.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1906
San Francisco - Profession
- Lived in
- San Francisco
- Died
- Jan 15, 2004
Scottsdale
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on July 23, 2013
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