Simsbury Taverneers

Vintage Base Ball Club

Simsbury, Connecticut - Established 2004

 
 
 
 
 
 

Fred "Heinz" Kaplan

Joined the Simsbury Taverneers in the 2005 season.

Height:           5 feet 6 inches

Weight:          165 pounds

Occupation:    Chemist specializing in glowing materials and "spitter" juice

Positions:        Pitcher/Infield/Outfield

Throw/Bat:      Right/Right

Career Kappy grew up just outside of Cooperstown, New York.  He started playing Rounders and played with Abner Doubleday and the Cooperstown kids when Doubleday "invented" baseball in 1840.  Kappy then moved to Cincinnati and got involved with the local teams before professional baseball existed.  He then tried out for, and made, the original 1861 Red Stocking team but got injured.  Kappy is now, belatedly, making a comeback with the Simsbury Taverneers as a pitcher and utility infielder.