Former St. Louis Cardinals utility man Stubby Clapp of Windsor, Ontario was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Mary’s, Ontario on Saturday according to Rogers Sportsnet. Other Canadians inducted were Canadian women’s baseball player Kate Psota of Burlington, Ontario, Major League Baseball umpire Paul Runge of St. Catharines, Ontario, and former Baseball Canada Executive Director Jim Baba of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, who was honoured posthumously.
Clapp played one Major League Baseball season with the Cardinals in 2001 as a second baseman and outfielder. He batted .200 with zero hone runs and one run batted in. Clapp had five hits, two doubles, one walk, and seven total bases. During 23 games, 25 at bats and 26 plate appearances, he had an on base percentage of .231 and a slugging percentage of .280.
Clapp’s RBI and walk came in two Cardinals’s blowout wins. The RBI came in a 14-3 Cardinals win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 28, 2001, and the walk came in a 10-3 Cardinals win over the Milwaukee Brewers on October 4, 2001.
Clapp is best known throughout Canada for his game-winning RBI in a 7-6 Canada win over the United States at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Canada went on to win the bronze medal. After his playing career, Clapp went on to become the Cardinals’s first base coach.
Runge was a National League umpire from 1973 to 1997. He umpired four World Series (1979, 1984, 1989, and 1993), and three MLB All-Star Games (1978, 1986 and 1994).
