{{Short description|American baseball player (1859–1937)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=George Shoch |position=Outfielder/Shortstop/Second baseman |image=George Shoch.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1859|1|6}} |birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1937|9|30|1859|1|6}} |death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= September 10 |debutyear= 1886 |debutteam= Washington Nationals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 2 |finalyear=1897 |finalteam=Brooklyn Bridegrooms |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.265 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=10 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=323 |teams= * Washington Nationals (1886–1889) * Milwaukee Brewers (1891) * Baltimore Orioles (1892) * Brooklyn Grooms/Bridegrooms (1893–1897) |highlights= }} '''George Quintus Shoch''' (January 6, 1859 – September 30, 1937) was an American baseball player. A utility member of the Washington Nationals from 1886 through 1889, he also played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1891), Baltimore Orioles (1892) and Brooklyn Grooms/Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1893–97).<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/168451632/ Athletic Club's Players]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', April 11, 1892, p. 3 (subscription required).</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/168135493/ Paste This in Your Bonnet]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', April 26, 1896, p. 40 (subscription required).</ref>
==Biography== Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 6, 1859, Shoch who became known for his adaptability as a utility for multiple baseball teams across American during the latter part of the nineteenth century. In eleven seasons he played in 706 Games and had 2,536 at bats, 414 runs, 671 hits, eighty-nine doubles, twenty-eight triples, ten home runs, 323 RBI, 138 stolen bases, 298 walks, .265 batting average, .355 On-base percentage, .334 Slugging percentage, and 846 total bases.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shochge01.shtml George Shoch] (baseball statistics), in Baseball Reference Newsletter, retrieved online June 4, 2024.</ref> During the 1892 season, he was sidelined after breaking his arm.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/168329152/ Chat of the Diamond]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', August 21, 1892, p. 3 (subscription required).</ref>
==Death and interment== Shoch died at the age of seventy-eight in Philadelphia on September 30, 1937, and was interred at that city's Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *{{Find a Grave|13414840}}
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