twice on September 30, 1907 against Boston Broke up four no-hitters over the course of his career Hit two inside-the-park home runs against Brooklyn on August 5, 1912 Picked up hits in 10 consecutive at bats in , tying a record which would later be broken Led the league in total bases in (278) Made the Top 10 in the league in batting average six times (1909, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920) Recorded the third-most career putouts in MLB history Has the most career triples of any player not in the Hall of Fame Quotes "I know I tried to play baseball as soon as I was big enough to raise a bat from the ground." – Konetchy "Hard work. I made it my business to study closely the pitchers who bothered me most, particularly Nap Rucker's high fastball." – Konetchy, when asked how he improved his batting "I suppose every player had the ambition to be a pitcher, and it may be that I might have had some chance to succeed if I had ever tried." – Konetchy "I'm the most traded man in baseball without getting anywhere." – Konetchy on swirling trade rumors while in St. Louis "The Federal League is the best league I have ever been connected with." – Konetchy "Ed Koney's still a kid first baseman, just getting limbered up. You tell 'em." – Konetchy on being the oldest player in the NL “One of the fellows stepped forward, shook my hand and greeted me cordially. Then he began speaking in what I later found out was Greek. I stopped him and told him that I was very sorry, but that I happened to be Bohemian. He looked puzzled, then disappointed, glanced at me, then the big floral piece, which was fully as tall as I am, and said, ‘You take it, kid, and the best of luck to you.’” – Konetchy on being approached by a group of Greek fans at a Cardinals/Pirates game, Pittsburgh, 1907 See also List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball individual streaks List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders List of St. Louis Cardinals team records References External links 1885 births 1947 deaths American people of Czech descent Baseball players from Wisconsin Boston Braves players