:Steamboat Struss

{{Short description|American baseball player (1909–1985)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Steamboat Struss

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1909|2|24}}

|birth_place=Riverdale, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1985|9|12|1909|2|24}}

|death_place=Grand Rapids, Michigan

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 30

|debutyear=1934

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear=1934

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.43

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=3

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1934}})

}}

Clarence Herbert "Steamboat" Struss (February 24, 1909 – September 12, 1985), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1934 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted and threw right-handed. He was the starting pitcher for the final game of Pittsburgh's 1934 season and was tagged with the loss, giving up 6 runs (5 earned) in 7 innings.{{Cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1934/B09302CHN1934.htm |title=Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 (2) |date=September 30, 1934 |website=retrosheet.org |access-date=November 26, 2023}} At the plate, he was rather more successful, going 1-for-3, with his lone hit being a 2-RBI double.

Struss was born in Riverdale, Illinois, and died in Grand Rapids, Michigan.