1910 Spalding's Official St. Louis Base Ball Book	George Schaefer Born: January 12, 1891 Died: April 10, 1974 Goto Baseball Reference for George Schaefer P Majors: No
	St. Louis Terriers Position: P Only game: July 7, 1913 # of games: 1	Of Schaefer's performance, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat wrote "The former Trolley League hurler performed very creditably, allowing but one run the three innings he was in the box" (July 8, 1913). He was identified as with the Ben Millers by the St. Louis Star (July 8, 1913). George Schaffer pitched for Alton in the Trolley League in 1912 and with the Ben Millers in 1911 and again in 1913.

In 1910, Schaefer was pitching for the Orphan Boys in the Trolley League when he signed with Dubuque in the Three-I League (Des Moines Register, July 30, 1910, pg. 6). He made his professional debut on July 31 against Rock Island, entring the game in the seventh inning. He allowed two hits, hit a batter, and threw one wild pitch, allowing two runs, before he was pulled (Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, August 1, 1910, pg. 7). The box scores also indicate he struck out two batters. On August 9 it was reported he was still with the club, and he was credited with two at-bats in statistics published on August 10. On August 11 it was reported he was out with a sore arm after pitching but two innings for the club. That was the last mention of Schaefer in the Dubuque papers.

In 1912, the Star noted that Roy Schaefer, brother of George Schaefer of the Ben Millers, pitched for the Spring Avenue Athletic Club (May 14, 1912). Based on this relationship, George L Schaefer is identified in the 1900 Census as 9 years old, son of John and Martha Schaefer, with brothers John, Edward, William, Roy and Lee, and sisters Mabel and Louise. This puts his birth date in 1891. John Scahefer died in 1929, a retired police officer, while his wife died prior in 1927.

Roy Schaefer had a short career in the minors in 1920s (PDF). There were also reports that brother Lee Schaefer played in the minors, including for Henryetta in 1921 and Cairo in 1924 (St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 4, 1934, pg. 19).

George Schaefer died Arpril 10, 1974 in Florida. (Roy's obituary in 1972 puts George living in Florida.) His obituary stated that he was 83 years old (1891 birth date), and that he moved to Florida seven years earlier from St. Louis (Fort Lauderdale News, April 12, 1974). He was survived by two sisters, Louise Juengel and June Rolf, both of St. Louis. Louise Schaefer Juengel died in April 1984, and her Find-A-Grave website identifies her parents as John and Martha, and gives her birth date as 1888, matching the information on the 1900 Census for the family.

There was a player named Schaefer in a team photo of the Weckers club, in the 1910 Spalding's Official St. Louis Base Ball Book (pg. 104). The Weckers were an amateur club in St. Louis; the photo depicts the 1909 club. While there is no direct evidence that this is George Schaefer, the next season he was pitching for the Orphan Boys in the Trolley League. No other Schaefer has been identified playing in the St. Louis area around that time., as his brothers were not yet old enough to be playing in the St. Louis Trolley League. The other photo is of brother Roy Schaefer, printed in the Okmulgee Sunday Times Democrat in 1927.