Education
University of Illinois system.
University of Illinois system.
He started off as a catcher before being traded to the Senators, where he moved to first base full-time, with occasional stints in the outfield. He also struck out 128 times that year, a record that would stand until 1938. As a player-manager, he led the Senators to two seventh-place finishes, and in his second managerial stint led the Red Sox to the 1912 World Series title.
His success was short-lived, as he had a falling-out with his teammates and resigned midway through the 1913 season.
Stahl died of tuberculosis in Monrovia, California at age 43. Stahl has a measure of immortality as the acknowledged eponym of the term "jaking it", a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing.
A graduate of the University of Illinois, he was a member of the Kappa Kappa chapter of Sigma Chirurgical
He was regarded as a good fielder and an average hitter, although he did lead all hitters in the American League in home runs with 10 in 1910.