Heinie Mueller (outfielder)

Clarence Francis "Heinie" Mueller, Major League Baseball player, born September 16, 1899 in Creve Coeur, Missouri, died January 23, 1975 in DeSoto, Missouri.

Playing Career

Mueller debuted September 25, 1920, and played his final game June 15, 1935. Mueller was an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals (1920-1926, 1935), New York Giants (1926-1927), and Boston Braves (1928-1929). In eleven seasons, Mueller played in 693 games (368 as a center fielder) and had a batting average of .282.

Major League Heinie's

Today considered a slang term for the buttocks, "Heinie" was previously a generic, sometimes derogatory, term for persons of German descent. Its origin is as a short version of Heinrich. "Heinie" was also a popular nickname for German baseball players in the early part of the 20th Century. Mueller was one of 22 Major League Heinie's in the first half of the century. Others include:

Heinie Beckendorf 1909-1910 
Heinie Berger 1907-1910 
Heinie Elder 1913-1913 
Heinie Groh 1912-1927  -- of "bottle bat" fame
Heinie Heitmuller 1909-1910 
Heinie Heltzel 1943-1944 
Heinie Jantzen 1912-1912 
Heinie Kappel 1887-1889 
Heinie Manush 1923-1939 - the only Hall of Fame "Heinie"
Heinie Meine 1922-1934, also known as "The Count Of Luxemburg" 
Heinie Mueller 1920-1935 
Heinie Mueller 1938-1941 
Heinie Odom 1925-1925 
Heinie Peitz 1892-1913 
Heinie Reitz 1893-1899 
Heinie Sand 1923-1928 -- offered a $500 bribe in 1923
Heinie Scheer 1922-1923 
Heinie Schuble 1927-1936 
Heinie Smith 1897-1903  
Heinie Stafford 1916-1916 
Heinie Wagner 1902-1918  
Heinie Zimmerman 1907-1919 - implicated in the Black Sox scandal