in 1925. Extremely hard to strike out, he fanned only 189 times in 7,822 at-bats and amassed 2,405 hits. In 1921, he struck out only 9 times in 584 at bats. McInnis also excelled in moving runners ahead with sacrifice hits. His career total of 384 sacrifice hits is third best in MLB history. McInnis also was an especially solid defensive player. He for decades held major league fielding records for first basemen over one season. In 1921, he played in 152 games with the Red Sox and committed only one error in 1,651 chances for a .9993 mark, and his 1,300 errorless chances, also represented a season mark. Between May 31, 1921, and June 2, 1922, McInnis set a third record with 1,700 chances without an error over the course of 163 games. He finished with an overall .991 fielding percentage in the majors. On June 25, 2007, Kevin Youkilis played in his 120th consecutive game at first base without an error, breaking the prior Red Sox record set in 1921 by McInnis. In his 205th game without an error on April 27, 2008, Youkilis also established a new major league record for first basemen when he fielded his 1,701st consecutive chance without an error, passing the old mark of 1,700 set by McInnis. His streak was snapped at 238 games (2,002 fielding attempts) on June 7, 2008. Following his retirement as a player, McInnis managed the Salem Witches of the minor leagues in 1928, coached the Norwich University baseball team from 1931–1944 and the Harvard baseball team from 1949–1954. He died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, at age 69. See also List of Major League Baseball individual streaks List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball player-managers References External links Stuffy McInnis at Baseball Almanac 1890 births 1960 deaths Boston Braves players Boston Red Sox players Cleveland Indians players Major League Baseball first basemen Baseball players from Massachusetts Sportspeople from Gloucester, Massachusetts Harvard Crimson baseball coaches Philadelphia Athletics players Philadelphia Phillies managers Philadelphia Phillies players Pittsburgh Pirates players Minor league baseball managers Haverhill Hustlers players Salem Witches players Landis Senators players Major League Baseball player-managers