Andy Hansen
[edit] Biography
Born on November 12, 1924 in Lake Worth, Florida, Andy Hansen (Andrew Viggo Hansen) played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 9 year career. Hansen broke into the bigs on June 30, 1944 with the New York Giants, and put up a 6.49 ERA in 52.2 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Andy Hansen's best season was 1952, when he posted a 3.26 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1944
| NY
| N
| 23
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 6.49
| 15
| 39
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 52.2
| 63
| 3
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1945
| NY
| N
| 23
| 13
| 4
| 3
| 4.66
| 37
| 52
| 48
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 92.2
| 98
| 7
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| 27
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 4.37
| 18
| 45
| 40
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 82.1
| 78
| 8
| 38
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 36
| 9
| 5
| 3
| 2.97
| 27
| 40
| 33
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 100
| 96
| 4
| 36
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| 33
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 4.61
| 26
| 35
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 66.1
| 58
| 7
| 28
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1950
| NY
| N
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.53
| 19
| 37
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 57
| 64
| 8
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 2.54
| 11
| 14
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 34
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1952
| PHI
| N
| 43
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 3.26
| 18
| 36
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 77.1
| 76
| 6
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1953
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4.03
| 17
| 30
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 51.1
| 60
| 6
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 270
| 39
| 23
| 30
| 4.22
| 188
| 328
| 290
| 8
| 0
| 16
| 618.2
| 627
| 53
| 246
| 0
| 17
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1944
| NY
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| NY
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| NY
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| PHI
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1953
| PHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 270
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 130
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1944
| NY
| N
| 24
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .286
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| NY
| N
| 23
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .038
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| 27
| 21
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .190
| .190
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 36
| 20
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .050
| .269
| .050
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| 33
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| NY
| N
| 31
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| PHI
| N
| 24
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .500
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| PHI
| N
| 43
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .182
| .357
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 271
| 118
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .102
| .209
| .110
| 1
| 0
| 15
| 50
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1943).
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from New York Giants in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Jack Lohrke and $70000 to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Murry Dickson (January 13, 1954).
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