Steve Hertz (third baseman)

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|name=Steve Hertz

|position=Third baseman

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|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1945|2|26}}

|birth_place=Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

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|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 21

|debutyear=1964

|debutteam=Houston Colt .45s

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 7

|finalyear=1964

|finalteam=Houston Colt .45s

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

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|stat2label=Games played

|stat2value=5

|stat3label=At bats

|stat3value=4

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Houston Colt .45s (1964)}}

Stephen Allan Hertz (born February 26, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player. He was also manager of the Tel Aviv Lightning in the Israel Baseball League.{{cite news|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/other/professional/holtzman-blomberg-shamsky-set-to-manage-in-israeli-baseball-league/article_49d25d0e-29f1-598f-854e-870ca7e74d93.html |title=Holtzman, Blomberg, Shamsky set to manage in Israel Baseball League |access-date=2016-05-03 |agency=Associated Press}} He attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and is Jewish.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hertzst01.shtml |title=Steve Hertz Stats |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=2020-02-04}}{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=Jewish Sports Review |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=19}}

Major League Baseball

Hertz made his major league debut in 1964 with the Houston Colt .45s and played in five games.

Israel Baseball League

In 2007, Hertz was manager of the Tel Aviv Lightning in the lone season of the Israel Baseball League.[http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=13756 ] {{dead link|date=February 2020}} The Lightning finished the regular season in second place with a 26-14 (.650) record, and lost to the Modi'in Miracle in the playoff semifinals.

High school and college coach

Hertz coached baseball teams at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami Southridge High School, and Miami Dade-Wolfson Community College.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZzxydPInwgC&q=%22Steve+Hertz%22+%22high+school%22+baseball&pg=PA85 |title=The Big Book of Jewish Baseball |author= Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz |year=2001 |publisher=SP Books |isbn=9781561719730 |access-date=2020-02-04}}

Halls of fame

In 1985, Hertz was inducted into the Miami High School Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was inducted into the Florida Community College Activities Association Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.mdc.edu/Home/Press/coaches_in_hall_of_fame.htm |title=NewsPressRelease |access-date=2007-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808001604/http://www.mdc.edu/Home/Press/coaches_in_hall_of_fame.htm |archive-date=2007-08-08 }}

References

External links

[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/steve-hertz.shtml Baseball Cube stats]
[http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1005744&position=3B Fangraphs stats]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hertzst01 Baseball Almanac bio]
[http://www3.mdc.edu/athletics/baseball_coaches.asp Miami Dade bio]
[http://thompsonian.info/colts-2003-Fleer-Jewish-Steve-Hertz.jpg Jewish Major Leaguers baseball card]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070808001604/http://www.mdc.edu/Home/Press/coaches_in_hall_of_fame.htm "Miami Dade College Coaches to be inducted into the Florida Community College Activities Association Hall of Fame", 10/10/06]

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