Heinie Jantzen

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Walter Charles "Heinie" Jantzen (April 9, 1890 - April 1, 1948) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who was born in Chicago, Illinois and died at age 57 in Hines, Illinois. Jantzen played one season in the major leagues, playing 31 games for the St. Louis Browns (all in right field) between June 29 and September 13, 1912. Jantzen had a career batting average of .185 with 22 hits, 10 runs, 1 home run, and 1 RBI. In his 31 games in right field, he was never charged with an error and finished his career with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

"Heinie" was a popular nickname for German baseball players in the early part of the 20th Century. Jantzen was one of 22 major league Heinies in the first half of the century. Others include: Heinie Beckendorf 1909-1910, Heinie Berger 1907-1910, Heinie Elder 1913-1913, Heinie Groh 1912-1927, Heinie Heitmuller 1909-1910, Heinie Heltzel 1943-1944, Heinie Kappel 1887-1889, Heinie Manush 1923-1939 - the only Hall of Famer, Heinie Meine, Heinie Mueller 1920-1935, Heinie Mueller 1938-1941, Heinie Odom 1925-1925, Heinie Peitz 1892-1913, Heinie Reitz 1893-1899, Heinie Sand 1923-1928, Heinie Scheer 1922-1923, Heinie Schuble 1927-1936, Heinie Smith 1897-1903, Heinie Stafford 1916-1916, Heinie Wagner 1902-1918, and Heinie Zimmerman 1907-1919 - implicated in the Chicago "Black Sox" scandal.

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• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference