Stubby Clapp is one of the most popular and richest Canadian coach who was born on February 24, 1973 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Richard Keith “Stubby” Clapp (born on February 24, 1973) is a Canadian first base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals and is also a former Triple A manager as well as a professional baseball player. For 11 seasons, he played with the most notable being in the St. Louis Cardinals organization as well as a brief stint with Major League Baseball with the Cardinals. In his home country of Canada the player is most well known for his performance in his performance at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg in which he scored an unloaded base hit in the 11th innings to defeat a more experienced U.S. team and put Canada in the finals. Canada ended up winning their bronze trophy.
The year 1999 was the time Clapp played for the Canadian team that competed in the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. An extremely popular player among his fellow teammates, Clapp became a minor media figure in Canada after his game-winning base-loaded hit to beat his U.S. team.
Clapp played 23 games in 2001 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Clapp had five hits in 25 at-bats, including two doubles and one RBI.
He was part of Team Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics who finished in fourth place. He also played for Canada in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. In three games, Clapp hit .154, with a triple and an RBI.
Clapp was a well-known persona throughout Memphis, Tennessee during his four-year tenure (1999-2002) in the Triple A Memphis Redbirds. Clapp was frequently called”the “Mayor of Memphis”. In 2002 his height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 millimeter) Clapp was highlighted on a chart of growth for children, which was which was sponsored by a Memphis-based medical organization. In 2009 Clapp was selected as among the Memphis “Athletes of the Decade”. As of 2010, the team held an “Ode to Clapping Night” and gave away Clapp bobbleheads. Clapp was known for his ability to do back flips every time he entered the field.
