Spring Grove Cemetery, section 116, lot grave 2, Cincinnati Ohio.
There was one baseball player that wasn't listed on Spring Grove's list of players buried there. That would be Harry Steinfeldt. He is more famous for being an answer to the question - Who was the third baseman of the Tinker to Evers to Chance infield?
Two cards from the 1909-1911 T206 baseball card set.
1911 T205 Baseball card. Steinfeldt came up with the Cincinnati Reds in 1898. In 1901, Steinfeldt became the regular 3rd baseman for the Reds. They traded Steinfeldt to the Cubs. He was in the famous Cubs infield until 1910. In 1911, Steinfeldt played for the minor league St. Paul Saints of the American Association. The saints traded him to the National League Boston Rustlers, current day Atlanta Braves. He apparently had a nervous breakdown in July, 1911. Steinfeldt along with Jim Nealon led the National League in RBI's in 1906 with 83. He was also on the World Series champs in 1907 and 1908. He died at the age of 36 in Bellevue, Kentucky.
Frank Chance & Joe Tinker 1911 T205 baseball cards.
Steinfeldt was not mentioned in the famous poem - Baseball's Sad Lexicon by Franklin Pierce Adams.
Baseball's Sad Lexicon
These are the saddest of possible words:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon[a] bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double[b] –
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
