in november 1896, stenzel was traded to the baltimore orioles. he had another solid season in 1897, batting .353 and leading the nl with 43 doubles. he also hit .381 in the post-season temple cup series, which baltimore won over the boston beaneaters. in 1898, stenzel was batting .254 in june when he was traded to the st. louis browns. he finished the year with the browns and then played briefly for the browns and the cincinnati reds in 1899 before his professional baseball career ended. over his nine-year mlb career, stenzel had 1,024 hits and a .338 batting average in 761 games. he has the 21st-highest batting average in history.