Hostetler, Chuck (Charles Cloyd) b. September 22, 1903 d. February 18, 1971 Major League Baseball Player. His major league debut was with the Detroit Tigers as a rightfielder on April 18, 1944. He is best remembered as being the baseball's oldest rookie as he was 40 years old at the time of his debut. He is also known as the player who's base running blunder cost the Tigers Game 6 of the 1945 World Series. His error is known as the "Hostetler Flop". In this incident he was running to third base. He missed the coach's signal to stop and kept running. As he headed toward...[Read More] (Bio by: Whispers From The Grave) Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri, USA
b. September 22, 1903 d. February 18, 1971