Steamboat Struss
baseball player
- February 24, 1909
- September 12, 1985
- 76 years
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Steamboat Struss, 76, American baseball player.
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|Clarence Herbert "Steamboat" Struss (February 24, 1909 – September 12, 1985), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1934 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted and threw right-handed. He was the starting pitcher for the final game of Pittsburgh's 1934 season and was tagged with the loss, giving up 6 runs (5 earned) in 7 innings. At the plate, he was rather more successful, going 1-for-3, with his lone hit being a 2-RBI double.
Struss was born in Riverdale, Illinois, and died in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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