Hall of Fame
Steve Luebber has been associated with major league baseball for 35 years. He was an outstanding baseball and basketball player at Joplin High School. He was a brilliant right-handed pitcher at JHS and started at forward on Joplin’s renowned Missouri State Championship basketball team in 1967. Luebber signed with the Minnesota Twins organization in 1967 and moved up from the minors to the major leagues in 1971. He played five years in the majors, all in the American League, with the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Baltimore Orioles. Luebber played for 17 years as a major and minor league player. In the minor league he played in a 33-inning game, which is still considered the longest game in the history of professional baseball. His professional career consisted of a 4.63 ERA in 66 games. One highlight \of his career included throwing a no hitter for 8 2/3’s inning for the Minnesota Twins against the Texas Rangers. The Twins won the game 2 to 1. Currently Luebber is a successful minor league pitching coach with the Texas Rangers and works during the off-season tutoring the pitching staff of Missouri Southern State College.
