Harry Lunte


Harry August Lunte was an American Major [League Baseball] shortstop. Lunte played for the Cleveland Indians in the 1919 and 1920 seasons. In 49 career games, Lunte had 29 hits, nine RBIs, two doubles, and a.196 batting average. Lunte was a member of the 1920 World Series championship team.
Lunte was the pinch runner for shortstop Ray Chapman after Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by New [York Yankees] pitcher Carl Mays on August 16, 1920. Chapman died the next day, becoming Major League Baseball's second fatality.
He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri.