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American baseball player
Baseball player
Steve Biras Jr
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Second baseman
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Born:
(
1917-02-26
)
February 26, 1917
East Saint Louis, Illinois
, U.S.
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Died:
April 21, 1965
(1965-04-21)
(aged 48)
Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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September 15, 1944, for the
Cleveland Indians
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September 26, 1944, for the
Cleveland Indians
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Batting average
| 1.000
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At-bats
| 2
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Hits
| 2
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Stefan Alexander Biras Jr
(February 26, 1917 ? April 21, 1965) was an American
Major League Baseball
second baseman
who played for one season. He played for the
Cleveland Indians
from September 15, 1944, to September 26, 1944.
He was born on February 26, 1917, to Steve Biras Sr., a mechanic from
Czechoslovakia
. He was of
Slovak
descent.
Biras originally played semi-pro baseball in
St. Louis
before being signed by the Cleveland Indians.
[1]
He played in only two games. He debuted on September 15, 1944, against the
Detroit Tigers
, pinch hitting for
pitcher
Ray Poat
in the fifth inning with Cleveland trailing 5?0. Against Detroit pitching ace, and 1944
American League
MVP
Hal Newhouser
, Biras singled in his first Major League at bat. This game would be Newhouser's 25th victory in a season in which he won 29 games.
[2]
Biras' last game came on September 26 in an 8-3 loss to the
Washington Senators
. Biras came on as a substitute for
second baseman
Ray Mack
, and made one fielding
error
, one putout and one fielding assist for a
fielding average
of .667. In his lone at bat in the game, Biras hit a single off of
Dutch Leonard
, driving in two runners (
RBI
's).
After the 1944 season ended, he was assigned to the
Wilkes-Barre Barons
, but refused to report to the team. He instead returned to his semi-pro team in St. Louis, ending his professional career.
[1]
Biras died on April 21, 1965, in
St. Louis
,
Missouri
, at the age of 48.
[1]
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