Gus Suhr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1906
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Death: 15-Jan-2004
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Gus Suhr
- August Richard Suhr (January 3, 1906 – January 15, 2004) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman.
- Suhr was born in San Francisco, California.
- The fourth son of August Richard Suhr and Elise (Nobmann) Suhr, both of German descent.
- He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Suhr was a career .279 hitter with 84 home runs and 818 RBI in 1435 games played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1930–39) and Philadelphia Phillies (1939–40).
- He hit better than .300 twice, with a career high .312 in 1936 and .303 in 1939 with the Pirates and Phillies.
- Prior to playing in the majors, Suhr played for the San Francisco Seals.
- In 1929, he hit .381 with 51 home runs and 177 RBI for his team.
- During that season, he became the only player in baseball history to be sued (in addition to his team) by a fan injured after being struck by a foul ball he hit.
- The case was dismissed under the legal Baseball Rule, a verdict upheld by the California Supreme Court three years later.
- In his rookie season with the Pirates, he belted 17 homers with 107 RBI.
- He produced three 100-RBI seasons in his 11-year career.
- Selected for the 1936 All-Star game, Suhr played 1,339 games at first base for Pittsburgh, a team record for a Pirates' first baseman. On September 11, 1931, Suhr started a then National League record streak of 822 games played, which ended on June 4, 1937 when he missed a game to attend his mother's funeral.
- His record stood until June 12, 1957 when it was broken by Stan Musial.
- The record is currently held by Steve Garvey. After retiring from baseball, Suhr became a liquor store owner.
- He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, of natural causes at the age of 98.
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