finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1889 right 27 august 1905 philadelphia , pennsylvania philadelphia , pennsylvania 1887 august 1 .269 4 51 33 infielder columbus solons batting average home runs runs batted in stolen bases may 22 september 1863 heinie kappel.jpg heinie kappel
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heinie kappel

henry `` heinie '' kappel -lrb- september 1863 -- august 27 , 1905 -rrb- was an american infielder in major league baseball who was born and died in philadelphia , pennsylvania .
kappel played three seasons in the major leagues with the cincinnati red stockings -lrb- 1887 -- 1888 -rrb- and the columbus solons -lrb- 1889 -rrb- .
kappel played in 105 games : 49 games at shortstop , 33 at third base , and 16 at second base .
as a batter , he had 54 hits , 51 runs batted in , and a .269 career batting average .
`` heinie '' was a popular nickname for german baseball players in the early part of the 20th century ; in fact , 22 heinies have played in the major leagues , but kappel was the firste .
the others are : heinie beckendorf , 1909 -- 1910 ; heinie berger , 1907 -- 1910 ; heinie elder , 1913 -- 1913 ; heinie groh , 1912 -- 1927 , known for his use of the `` bottle bat '' ; heinie heitmuller , 1909 -- 1910 ; heinie heltzel , 1943 -- 1944 ; heinie jantzen , 1912 -- 1912 ; heinie manush , 1923 -- 1939 , the only hall of famer ; heinie meine 1922-1934 , also known as `` the count of luxemburg '' ; heinie mueller , 1920 -- 1935 ; heinie mueller , 1938 -- 1941 ; heinie odom , 1925 -- 1925 ; heinie peitz , 1892 -- 1913 ; heinie reitz , 1893 -- 1899 ; heinie sand , 1923 -- 1928 ; heinie scheer , 1922 -- 1923 ; heinie schuble , 1927 -- 1936 ; heinie smith , 1897 -- 1903 ; heinie stafford , 1916 -- 1916 ; heinie wagner , 1902 -- 1918 ; and heinie zimmerman , 1907 -- 1919 , implicated in the chicago `` black sox '' scandal .
