
Coach Stiegler played collegiate baseball at the University of
Central Missouri. He contributed to the growth of that prominent
NCAA Division II program as the pitching staff's lead conference
game / tournament starting pitcher and the team's designated
hitter.
Beginning in 1989, Coach Stiegler managed the Ralston Purina
and Denny's Baseball Clubs in the Metro Collegians Instructional
Baseball League for the next 7 years. His team's won five St.
Louis City Championships in a row from 1991 - 1995, two AABC
Missouri State Championships, and one NABF regional
championship going on to finish 5th in the NABF Collegiate
Summer League World Series in Cincinnati, Ohio.
All players that played for Coach Stiegler for two years or more
graduated from College, but one... and that one was fortunate
enough to marry a successful attorney. Fast forward to today
and those players are now successful businessmen, baseball
coaches, teachers, or leaders in their chosen field.
12 Players from that 7 year time-frame were either drafted by, or
free agent contract signees of, professional baseball clubs. Two
of those players reached the Major Leagues Both of those
players have played in the Major League Baseball Playoff series,
with one obtaining a World Series Championship ring.
Coach Stiegler's collegiate coaching record is 170-67, equating
to a .717 winning percentage.
Coach Stiegler was also a ballboy and batboy for the Kansas City
Royals from 1973 - 1983. He became a student of the game early
on with the following baseball greats as his teachers: Whitey
Herzog, Dick Howser, Charley Lau, George Brett, Hal McRae,
Frank White, Amos Otis, Harmon Killebrew, Gaylord Perry, David
Cone, his Dad, and many more...
