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Charles C. Stis [Pepper] (November 3, 1884 – January 9, 1979) was a baseball infielder, manager, scout and umpire.
Little is known about this man who spent more than six decades in professional baseball.
Stis began his baseball career as a Minor league second baseman in 1906, playing or managing for thirteen teams in nine different leagues through 1935.
Stis worked as an umpire in the minors and played with the St. Louis Terriers of the original Federal League in 1913. He also managed the Racine Belles of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for part of the 1945 season.
In addition, Stis scouted during 23 years for several Major League Baseball organizations, including the Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals.
Stis died in Festus, Missouri, at the age of 94. Nine years after his death, he became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire AAGPBL rather individual baseball personalities.
Career timeline
| Year | Club | Level | Position |
| 1906 | Springfield Midgets St. Joseph Packers/Hutchinson Salt Packers | WA | Second base |
| 1907 | Butte Miners Seattle Siwashes | NWES | Second base |
| 1908 | Butte Miners | NWES | Second base |
| 1910 | Holyoke Papermakers New Haven Prairie Hens | CSL | Second base |
| 1911 | Peoria Distillers | IIIL | Second base/Manager |
| 1912 | Peoria Distillers | IIIL | Second base/Manager |
| 1913 | St. Louis Terriers | FBL | Second base |
| 1914 | Regina Red Sox | WCAN | Second base |
| 1915 | Aberdeen Black Cats | NWES | Manager |
| 1917 | Fort Dodge Dodgers | CENA | Second base/Manager |
| 1920 | Mineral Wells Resorters | WTXL | Manager |
| 1921 | Springfield Midgets | WA | Manager |
| 1935 | Beatrice Blues | NESL | Manager |
| 1945 | Racine Belles | AAGPBL | Manager |
Sources
- ^ "Baseball Reference – minor league profile and statistics".
- ^ Girls of Summer: In Their Own League – Lois Browne. Publisher: HarperCollins, 1992. Format: Paperback, 212 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-00-215838-8
- ^ [Official Baseball Guide. Publisher: Sporting News, 1980. Format: Paperback, 592 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-89204-057-2]
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History Archived August 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine