A Hall of Fame Glass Ceiling For Amish Baseball Players
Please sign this petition. Ezekiel Klopfenstein has waited long enough to be in the MLB Hall of Fame. Let get enough signatures that they’ll have to put him on next year’s ballot.
Ezekiel "The Blotter" Klopfenstein (nickname due to his fielding prowess) 1865-1909
Played Third Base for the American Amish Baseball Association's, O'Fallon Wagon Masters from 1882-1909.
Today in Cooperstown, NY, six former players are being inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. But not this man, who has never even been on the ballot. WHY?
Could it be anti Amish bigotry?
I mean look at Klopfenstein's career stats.
Life time batting average .467
Home Runs 46 (dead ball era)
RBI 1,080
Runs scored 1,058
Stolen Bases 1,056
Errors 7
He once went 11 straight seasons without making an error.
He was so fast he could run from his 3B position and catch medium popups to short right field.
He was such a deadly bunter that teams employed the "Klophenstein Shift" where the entire infield would play within twenty feet of home plate with the right fielder covering first base.
Ezekiel was killed when he was kicked in the head by a mule during the 1909 off season. He was survived by his wife and 22 children.
Please sign this petition. Ezekiel Klopfenstein has waited long enough to be in the MLB Hall of Fame. Let get enough signatures that they’ll have to put him on next year’s ballot.
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