One thing about the minor leagues -- you run into some interesting situations. Hal Stamey was involved in one.
On May 11, 1953, the Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League lacked their first string catcher. Their backup catcher, Everett Johnson, didn't have a very good throwing arm, and the opponent teams had been running wild against the Columbia team. So in a game against Augusta, Columbia manager Ernie White brought strong-armed Hal Stamey in from right field and placed him in the catcher's box next to Everett Johnson when Augusta had been able to get a runner on first base. In other words, in that situation, Columbia had two catchers and only two outfielders. The shift worked, because Augusta made no attempt to steal in any of the three times the device was employed during that game.
Stamey was, of course, an outfielder during the normal course of his career. The pinnacle of his playing career was making the St. Louis Cardinals' spring roster in 1950. You won't find any mention of the Cardinals in baseball-reference.com, but that's because he didn't stick with the organization long enough to merit a citation. He was drafted by the Cardinals from the Phils on November 17, 1949, and went to the Reds from the Cards on waivers on April 3, 1950, so he never appeared in the Redbirds' minor league system.
The photo is from The Tennessean (Nashville) of March 12, 1955 and the headline pertains to the game when Stamey was one of the two catchers. I don't remember what newspaper I snipped it from.
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