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Gus Suhr
1906-2004

1B 1930-40 Pirates, Phillies

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Suhr arrived in Pittsburgh after batting .381 with 51 homers and 177 RBI in 202 Pacific Coast League games in 1929. A slick-fielding, lefthanded-hitting first baseman, he had a 107-RBI rookie season, then was benched due to poor hitting. On September 11, 1931, he began what was then a NL-record streak of 822 games played, which ended June 4, 1937, when he attended his mother's funeral. He topped 100 RBI in three NL seasons, in 1936 finishing third in the league with 118. (ME)


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» May 19, 1935: Pittsburgh 1B Gus Suhr injures his hand and leaves the game with the Dodgers. He plays in the OF one inning the next day to continue his consecutive-game streak, which eventually reaches a National League record 822.

» September 16, 1935: Brown beats Brown as Pittsburgh reliever Mace Brown pitches five innings of shutout relief to beat Boston, 5–3. Wally Berger's 3rd double of the game in the 9th is the only hit he allows. The Bucs Gus Suhr plays 1B in the last inning to run his streak of consecutive games played to 619, a new NL record. The old mark was set by Eddie Brown from 1924 to 1928.

» April 20, 1936: Pittsburgh's Gus Suhr belts a two-out homer in the 9th with two on off Roy Henshaw to give the Bucs a dramatic win over the Cubs, 9–8. Bill Swift picks up the win.

» June 14, 1936: Pirates 1B Gus Suhr completes a string of 70 consecutive errorless games for a NL record.

» June 5, 1937: Gus Suhr's NL record of 822 consecutive games, started on September 11, 1931, ends when he attends his mother's funeral in San Francisco.

» February 8, 1942: At California's Folsom prison, the annual game between major leaguers and the prison team is stopped when it's discovered that two prisoners have escaped. With the pros leading 24-5 at the end of seven innings, the game ends and guards go after the two lifers, who are found three hours later. The major leaguers include Ernie Lombardi, Ernie Bonham, Gus Suhr, Joe Marty, and Johnny Babich.

» June 12, 1957: Cardinal Stan Musial plays in his 823rd game for a new NL consecutive-game streak, beating Gus Suhr's record. Larry Jackson beats the Phils 4-0 to improve his record to 8-2; he has now beaten every NL team this season.