Major League Baseball Player. His major league debut was with the Detroit Tigers as a rightfielder on April 18, 1944. He is best remembered as being the baseball's oldest rookie, as he was 40 years old at the time of his debut. He is also known as the player whose baserunning blunder cost the Tigers Game 6 of the 1945 World Series. His error is known as the "Hostetler Flop". In this incident he was running to third base. He missed the coach's signal to stop and kept running. As he headed toward home plate, he tripped and landed face-first onto the ground. He was tagged out, bringing an end to the Tigers rally. He was let go after the 1945 season and retired from baseball the same year.
Major League Baseball Player. His major league debut was with the Detroit Tigers as a rightfielder on April 18, 1944. He is best remembered as being the baseball's oldest rookie, as he was 40 years old at the time of his debut. He is also known as the player whose baserunning blunder cost the Tigers Game 6 of the 1945 World Series. His error is known as the "Hostetler Flop". In this incident he was running to third base. He missed the coach's signal to stop and kept running. As he headed toward home plate, he tripped and landed face-first onto the ground. He was tagged out, bringing an end to the Tigers rally. He was let go after the 1945 season and retired from baseball the same year.
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