{{Short description|American baseball player (1938–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ted Schreiber |position= Third baseman/Shortstop |image= Ted Schreiber.webp |caption= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date= {{Birth date|1938|7|11}} |birth_place= Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |death_date= {{Death date and age|2022|9|8|1938|7|11}} |death_place= Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= April 14 |debutyear= 1963 |debutteam= New York Mets |finalleague = MLB |finaldate= September 29 |finalyear= 1963 |finalteam= New York Mets |statleague = MLB |stat1label= Batting average |stat1value= .160 |stat2label= Home runs |stat2value= 0 |stat3label= Runs batted in |stat3value= 2 |teams= *New York Mets ({{mlby|1963}}) }}
'''Theodore Henry Schreiber''' (July 11, 1938 – September 8, 2022) was an American professional baseball player. He played part of one season ({{by|1963}}) in Major League Baseball — largely as a third baseman — with the New York Mets, batting .160 with no extra base hits in 50 at-bats, with two runs batted in. He threw and batted right-handed, stood {{Convert|5|ft|11|in|abbr=on}} tall, and weighed {{Convert|175|lb|abbr=on}}.
Schreiber graduated from Brooklyn's James Madison High School and St. John's University. In {{by|1959}} he signed his first professional contract with the Boston Red Sox, and he played four full seasons in Boston's farm system, culminating as the regular second baseman for the 1962 Seattle Rainiers of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, where he batted .279 in 147 games. He was selected by the Mets in the Rule 5 draft on November 26, {{mlby|1962}},<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bnQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3YgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1947%2C4409771 "Majors Pay Draft High Of $695G," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Tuesday, November 27, 1962.] Retrieved February 27, 2023.</ref> and spent the 1963 season with New York and its top farm club, the Buffalo Bisons of the International League. On September 18, 1963, Schreiber pinch hit for Larry Bearnarth in the bottom of the ninth inning; the Mets trailed the Philadelphia Phillies, 5–1. Facing left-hander Chris Short, Schreiber bounced into a double play, ending the game.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Retrosheet |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B09180NYN1963.htm |date=18 September 1963 |title=Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 1 |access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref> In doing so, he became the last batter in the history of New York's venerable Polo Grounds stadium.<ref name="tedtevan">{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Ted-Schreiber/ |last1=Costello |first1=Rory |title=Ted Schreiber |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project |website=sabr.org |access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref>
During the 1963 off-season, Schreiber was a temporary teacher with the New York City Board of Education, and had assignments at Montauk Junior H.S. 223 in Brooklyn. After two more seasons in the IL, Schreiber retired after the 1965 campaign. He batted .260 with 36 home runs in 668 minor league games during his career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=schrei001the |title=Ted Schreiber Minor Leagues Statistics |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref>
Upon leaving baseball, Schreiber became a full-time teacher at a junior high school in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He retired after 27 years at the school.<ref name="tedtevan"/> He died September 8, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scobeecombsbowdenfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Theodore-Ted-Schreiber/#!/Obituary |title=Theodore "Ted" H. Schreiber |website=Scobee Combs Bowden Funeral Home & Crematory |access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats |mlb=121866 |espn= |br=s/schrete01 |fangraphs= |brm=schrei001the |retro=S/Pschrt101}}
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