(2) WALT STREULI INDEX CARD SIGNED 1954-56 TIGERS PSA/DNA CERTIFIED 1935-2017

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(2) WALT STREULI INDEX CARD SIGNED 1954-56 TIGERS PSA/DNA CERTIFIED 1935-2017
Walter Herbert Streuli
(September 26, 1935 – January 19, 2017) is an
American
former
professional baseball
player, a
catcher
who appeared in six
Major League Baseball
games
over parts of three seasons with the 1954–1956
Detroit Tigers
. Streuli stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall, weighed 195 pounds (88 kg), and threw and batted
right-handed
. He is an alumnus of Southwestern College (now
Rhodes College
) in Memphis.
Streuli's professional career lasted for six seasons, from 1953 through 1957 with a brief return to the game in 1961. The day before his 19th birthday, in
1954
, Streuli made his first MLB appearance in the penultimate game of the year, relieving Tiger catcher
Red Wilson
in the seventh
inning
of an 11–1 loss to the
American League
champion
Cleveland Indians
. He handled one
chance
in the field without an
error
and drew a
base on balls
against future
Hall of Famer
Early Wynn
.
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He had two more "cups of coffee" with Detroit, playing two games in September
1955
and three more in April
1956
before he was sent back to
minor league baseball
at the May cutdown. In his six MLB games, Streuli
batted
12 times and collected three
hits
, two of which were
doubles
.