Bart Zeller

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Barton Wallace Zeller (born July 22, 1941) is an American professional baseball coach and former catcher. He played one game in Major League Baseball in 1970 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Zeller grew up in the Chicago Southland and attended Rich Township High School. After high school he played college baseball and college basketball as a freshman at the University of Arizona for the Wildcats. He later transferred to Eastern Illinois where he excelled in both baseball and football. Zeller was signed by the Cardinals in 1963 and spent four years in the Cardinals' farm system. After missing the 1967 season, he spent 1968 and 1969 with the Lewiston Broncs and Arkansas Travelers, respectively. Zeller played in his only major league game on May 21, 1970, against the Philadelphia Phillies. He was inserted to catch the bottom of the ninth inning. Zeller never had a plate appearance, but was credited with one put out, on Billy McCool's strikeout of Jim Hutto. Zeller batted and threw right-handed. His jersey number was 29. At the time of play he was 6 ft 1 in tall and weighed 185 lb. Zeller was released as an active player by the Cardinals on June 8, but stayed on as a coach for the balance

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