Steve Hertz (third baseman)

Steve Hertz
Third baseman
Born: (1945-02-26) February 26, 1945 (age 79)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 21, 1964, for the Houston Colt .45s
Last MLB appearance
June 7, 1964, for the Houston Colt .45s
MLB statistics
Batting average.000
Games played5
At bats4
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Stephen Allan Hertz (born February 26, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player. He was also manager of the Tel Aviv Lightning in the Israel Baseball League.[1] He attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and is Jewish.[2][3]

Major League Baseball

Hertz made his major league debut in 1964 with the Houston Colt .45s and played in five games.

Israel Baseball League

In 2007, Hertz was manager of the Tel Aviv Lightning in the lone season of the Israel Baseball League.[4] The Lightning finished the regular season in second place with a 26-14 (.650) record, and lost to the Modi'in Miracle in the playoff semifinals.

High school and college coach

Hertz coached baseball teams at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami Southridge High School, and Miami Dade-Wolfson Community College.[5]

Halls of fame

In 1985, Hertz was inducted into the Miami High School Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was inducted into the Florida Community College Activities Association Hall of Fame.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Holtzman, Blomberg, Shamsky set to manage in Israel Baseball League". Associated Press. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Steve Hertz Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 19. January–February 2020.
  4. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  5. ^ Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz (2001). The Big Book of Jewish Baseball. ISBN 9781561719730. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "NewsPressRelease". Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2007.

Further reading

Ruttman, Larry (2013). "Steve Hertz: Major League Infielder, Legendary College Coach". American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball. Lincoln, Nebraska and London, England: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 305–312. ISBN 978-0-8032-6475-5. This chapter in Ruttman's history, based on a June 24, 2007 interview with Hertz conducted for the book, discusses Hertz's American, Jewish, baseball, and life experiences from youth to the present.