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Washington American League TeamJoe Boehling pitched for the Washington American League Team from 1912 until 1916. The left-hander started playing for the Battleaxes in Richmond Virginia, where Clark Griffith discovered him in 1910. In his first full season (1913), he had his best year winning 17 games, 11 of them consecutively. This 1913 team card shows him on the back row, fourth from the left. Also in the picture is Hall of Famer Walter Johnson. Click images to enlarge. |
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Joe Boehling–Washington SenatorsIn 1914, Joe Boehling appeared in 27 games for the Washington Senators. He won 12 and lost 8. This 1914 Cracker Jack baseball card is actually printed upside down on the back (It has been rotated in this thumbnail). The 1915 card is identical, except the text on the back is not upside down. Click images to enlarge. |
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Washington Senators–1914The 1914 "Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide" shows 18 vignettes of team members. Joe Boehling is number 11, third from the top on the right. Click images to enlarge. |
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Cleveland Indians–1917In the middle of the 1916 season, Joe Boehling was traded to Cleveland. This card is one of a series of 200 cards produced by the Collins-McCarthy Candy Company of San Francisco. This would be Boehling's last full season as a major leaguer. Click images to enlarge. |
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Cleveland Indians–1920Joe Boehling returned to Cleveland in 1920 after being out of the major leagues for 2 years. During this season he made only 3 appearances pitching for the team. Click images to enlarge. |
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Joe Boehling portraitJoe Boehling retired from Major League Baseball in 1920. After playing with several minor league teams, he returned to Richmond and entered the feed and seed business with his brother, F.H. Boehling. Click images to enlarge. |
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Gertrude Wilhelmina Stumpf portraitJoe Boehling married Gertrude Wilhelmina Stumpf, one of 5 daughters of Joseph A. Stumpf and Wilhelmina Dorsam Stumpf of Richmond. Click images to enlarge. |
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Gertrude Wilhelmina Stumpf and John Joseph Boehling, Jr.Joe Boehling and Gertrude Boehling had 2 children, John Joseph Boehling, Jr. and Marguerite Boehling. Joe Jr. was born in 1921 and is pictured here with his mother during a summer vacation on Jahnke Road in Bon Air just outside of Richmond. Click images to enlarge. |
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Joe Jr. and Marguerite–1928By 1928 the Boehlings were living on Mulberry Street in Richmond when a traveling photographer with his goat and cart had Joe Jr. and Marguerite pose in front of their house. Click images to enlarge. |
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Joe Jr. and Joey–1952Joe Jr. married Robbie Juanita Whitmore of Virgilina, Virginia, in 1949. They had 4 children: John Joseph Boehling, III (seen here with Joe Jr. on a visit to Virgilina), Robert Burton Boehling, Patricia Lynn Boehling, and Michael Keith Boehling. Joe Jr. retired to Lewistown and was instrumental in establishing the Blair Museum and Historical Society, which today houses much of his family memorabilia. Click images to enlarge. |
Boehling Family History
The Boehling family history in the United States is relatively short. The first Boehling born in America was Herman Heinrich Anton Boehling in 1850, in Richmond, Virginia. His father, Herman Heinrich Boehling and second wife, Maria Elizabeth Gerling immigrated to America from Alfhausen, Germany. Young Herman married Mary Gertrude Holzgrefe. They had 7 children, the youngest of whom was John Joseph Boehling, whose line this page traces.