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Lee Stine Obituary
Baseball Almanac presents the actual word-for-word transcript from the obituary of Lee Stine, taken from The Los Angeles Times.
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"Just after (Lou) Gehrig turned 17, Commerce (High School) was invited to play in a high school baseball championship at beautiful, new Wrigley Field in Chicago. Gehrig almost did not go because his mother did not want him to travel that far. 'This baseball is a waste of time,'' his mother said. 'It will never get you anywhere.' But Mama Gehrig consented, and Lou ended up hitting a long grand slam out of Wrigley Field as Commerce won the game 12-6. Only 18 home runs had been hit at Wrigley Field by the professionals that season and Gehrig quickly became known as the, 'Babe Ruth of the school yards.'" - Columnist Paul C. Smith in Lou Gehrig Bids Farewell to Baseball (MLB.com, 07/23/2003)
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| Lee Stine Obituary |
Lee Elbert Stine, 91, a former major league pitcher died , May 6, 2005, in Hemet Calif., due to complications from a stroke. At age 16, Lee was recruited to play for the San Franciso Seals and eventually played for the Chicago White Sox in 1934. By 1936 he was playing for Cincinnati and then became a New York Yankee (in 1938). Plagued by tendinitis and injuries, Lee returned to California to play for the Los Angeles Angeles in 1940. Although friends with many California ball playing families, Lee is best known for his historic role in pitching Lou Gehrig's 14th grand slam home run in 1934. In that play Gehrig brought in Babe Ruth. By 1943 Lee had joined the Navy and after discharge settled in Long Beach. He and his wife, Lynn, later moved to Huntington Beach to raise their daughters. After retirement as a parimutuel clerk, Lee and Lynn moved to Hemet to be near brothers Charlie and Barker. Lee is survived by daughters Chris Rousseau from Pueblo Colo. and Jackie Braemer of Aurora, Colo. He also has many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and 2 great- great- grandchildren as well as nieces Maryann Taylor, and Linda Chapel, and nephew Charles Stine he leaves behind his best friend of 65 years Johnnie Hainline. The two attended school in Long Beach. Contributions can be made to Hospice in Hemet.
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Lee Stine Obituary
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