:George Strief

{{Short description|American baseball player (1856–1946)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Strief

|image=George Strief.jpg

|position=Second baseman / Outfielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1856|10|16}}

|birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1946|4|1|1856|10|16}}

|death_place=Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 1

|debutyear=1879

|debutteam=Cleveland Blues

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 8

|finalyear=1885

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.207

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=5

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=64

|teams=

• Cleveland Blues ({{baseball year|1879}})
• Pittsburgh Alleghenys ({{baseball year|1882}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{baseball year|1883}}–{{baseball year|1884}})
• Kansas City Cowboys ({{baseball year|1884}})
• Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies ({{baseball year|1884}})
• Cleveland Blues ({{baseball year|1884}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1885}})

}}

George Andrew Strief (October 16, 1856 – April 1, 1946) was an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. Strief played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1879 to 1885 for the Cleveland Blues, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, St. Louis Browns, Kansas City Cowboys, Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies, and Philadelphia Athletics.

On May 3, 1882, Strief hit the first-ever home run in Pittsburgh Pirates history. Strief's home run came five years before the Pirates (then called the Pittsburgh Alleghenys) entered the National League. Until 1887, the club was a member of the American Association, and Strief's home run was against the Cincinnati Red Stockings{{cite web|title=Pirates Home Run Leaders Through the Years |publisher=Pirates Prospects |url=http://blogs.piratesprospects.com/history/pirates-home-run-leaders-through-the-years/ |accessdate=December 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202014354/http://blogs.piratesprospects.com/history/pirates-home-run-leaders-through-the-years/ |archivedate=December 2, 2014 }} in a 7-3 Pittsburgh loss. The game was only second, and first loss, in franchise history.{{cite web|title=1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1882-schedule-scores.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=July 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708134411/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1882-schedule-scores.shtml|url-status=live}}

Strief set the record for most triples in a game, four, in 1885{{cite web|last1=Karpinski|first1=David|title=The Hits Just Keep On Coming – Four-HR and Five-XBH Days|url=http://www.baseballroundtable.com/the-hits-just-keep-on-coming-four-hr-and-five-xbh-days/|website=baseballroundtable.com|accessdate=24 September 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924100106/http://www.baseballroundtable.com/the-hits-just-keep-on-coming-four-hr-and-five-xbh-days/|url-status=live}} (equalled by Bill Joyce in 1897). Also in 1885 he became the first player to collect five extra base hits in a game.