Jewish baseball fans have created an exhaustive list of Jewish players. They missed Monte Pfeiffer
Monte Pfeiffer, who played a single game for the Philadelphia Athletics some 112 years ago, had vanished into baseball obscurity
Monte Pfeiffer is No. 12, second from left on the bottom row in a photograph of the Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Coal Barons. The Jewish shortstop had a breakthrough year for the minor league team in 1913. (photo credit: Courtesy Zak Kranc)BySCOTT BARANCIK/JTA
