Heinie Schuble

Henry George "Heinie" Schuble (November 1, 1906 – October 2, 1990) was an American baseball infielder. He played professional baseball for 11 years from 1926 to 1936, including seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals (1927 and 1936) and Detroit Tigers (1929–1935). He appeared in 332 major league games (172 at shortstop, 106 at third base) and compiled a .251 batting average and .296 on-base percentage.

Early years Schuble was born in Houston, Texas, in 1906.

Professional baseball Schuble began playing professional baseball in 1925 as a second baseman with the Mount Pleasant Cats of the East Texas League. On July 2, 1926, in his first game for Temple, he hit a home run, a triple, and a single in four at bats.

On September 15, 1926, Schuble was traded by the Houston Buffaloes to the Syracuse Stars. He reported to Syracuse in March 1927, but began the 1927 season with the Danville Veterans of the Three-Eye League before moving up to the St. Louis Cardinals following an injury to St. Louis shortstop Tommy Thevenow. He made his major league debut with the Cardinals on July 8, 1927, and appeared in 65 games, 62 of them as the team's starting shortstop. He compiled a .257 batting average in 218 at bats. During the 1929 season, Schuble appeared in 92 games and committed 46 errors in 86 games at shortstop. His fielding in 1929 was so poor that he was given the nickname "Kid Boots".

During the 1930 season, Schuble appeared in 145 games for Beaumont, principally as a shortstop, compiled a .320 batting average, but committed a career high 55 errors.

In February 1931, Schuble spent spring training with the Tigers, competing with Bill Akers for a roster spot as a backup infielder. Harry Bullion in the Detroit Free Press wrote at the time: "If Schuble possessed half the fielding ability that he does genuine nerve, dynamite would be necessary to blow him out of a regular job. Nothing fazes the kid. He can juggle a grounder or throw a ball away and feel no more concern than if he made a perfect stop and play on it."

After retiring from baseball, Schuble worked as an electrician at the Humble Oil and Refining Co. plant in Baytown, Texas. He began working at Humble Oil in 1945 and moved to Baytown in 1948.

Schuble died in 1990 at age 83 in Baytown. He was buried at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.