Gabby Hartnett (Charles Leo Hartnett) was born on December 20, 1900 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1922 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1923, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 8 home runs and 39 RBI. Hartnett played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants over the course of his 20 year career.
Most people believe that Gabby Hartnett's best season was 1930, when he slugged 37 home runs, hit for a .339 average and knocked in 122 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1922
CHI
N
31
72
4
14
0
4
.194
.256
.236
1
1
6
8
0
4
1
0
2
1923
CHI
N
85
231
28
62
8
39
.268
.347
.442
12
2
25
22
3
4
4
0
0
1924
CHI
N
111
354
56
106
16
67
.299
.377
.523
17
7
39
37
5
9
10
0
0
1925
CHI
N
117
398
61
115
24
67
.289
.351
.555
28
3
36
77
2
7
1
0
0
1926
CHI
N
93
284
35
78
8
41
.275
.352
.468
25
3
32
37
2
7
0
0
0
1927
CHI
N
127
449
56
132
10
80
.294
.361
.454
32
5
44
42
3
13
2
0
0
1928
CHI
N
120
388
61
117
14
57
.302
.404
.523
26
9
65
32
2
9
3
0
0
1929
CHI
N
25
22
2
6
1
9
.273
.407
.591
2
1
5
5
0
1
1
0
0
1930
CHI
N
141
508
84
172
37
122
.339
.404
.630
31
3
55
62
1
14
0
0
0
1931
CHI
N
116
380
53
107
8
70
.282
.370
.434
32
1
52
48
1
5
3
0
0
1932
CHI
N
121
406
52
110
12
52
.271
.354
.436
25
3
51
59
1
4
0
0
0
1933
CHI
N
140
490
55
135
16
88
.276
.326
.433
21
4
37
51
0
8
1
0
17
1934
CHI
N
130
438
58
131
22
90
.299
.358
.502
21
1
37
46
3
9
0
0
15
1935
CHI
N
116
413
67
142
13
91
.344
.404
.545
32
6
41
46
1
6
1
0
13
1936
CHI
N
121
424
49
130
7
64
.307
.361
.443
25
6
30
36
6
8
0
0
12
1937
CHI
N
110
356
47
126
12
82
.354
.424
.548
21
6
43
19
0
6
0
0
8
1938
CHI
N
88
299
40
82
10
59
.274
.380
.445
19
1
48
17
3
3
1
0
9
1939
CHI
N
97
306
36
85
12
59
.278
.358
.467
18
2
37
32
1
7
0
0
11
1940
CHI
N
37
64
3
17
1
12
.266
.347
.359
3
0
8
7
0
1
0
0
3
1941
NY
N
64
150
20
45
5
26
.300
.356
.433
5
0
12
14
1
2
0
0
5
Total
1990
6432
867
1912
236
1179
.297
.370
.489
396
64
703
697
35
127
28
0
95
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1922
CHI
N
C
27
21
172.2
79
29
2
0
0
0
19
16
0
.982
1923
CHI
N
C
39
0
0
143
24
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.994
1923
CHI
N
1B
31
0
0
270
15
4
23
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1924
CHI
N
C
105
0
0
369
97
18
12
0
12
0
0
0
.963
1925
CHI
N
C
110
0
0
409
114
23
15
0
5
0
0
0
.958
1926
CHI
N
C
88
0
0
307
86
9
6
0
12
0
0
0
.978
1927
CHI
N
C
126
0
0
479
99
16
21
0
12
0
0
0
.973
1928
CHI
N
C
118
0
0
455
103
6
14
0
7
0
0
0
.989
1929
CHI
N
C
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1930
CHI
N
C
136
0
0
646
68
8
11
0
10
0
0
0
.989
1931
CHI
N
C
105
0
0
444
68
10
16
0
8
0
0
0
.981
1932
CHI
N
C
117
0
0
484
75
10
8
0
11
0
0
0
.982
1932
CHI
N
1B
1
0
0
14
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1933
CHI
N
C
140
0
0
550
77
7
7
0
4
0
0
0
.989
1934
CHI
N
C
129
0
0
605
86
3
11
0
9
0
0
0
.996
1935
CHI
N
C
110
0
0
477
77
9
11
0
5
0
0
0
.984
1936
CHI
N
C
114
0
0
504
75
5
8
0
5
0
0
0
.991
1937
CHI
N
C
103
0
0
436
65
2
7
0
8
0
0
0
.996
1938
CHI
N
C
83
0
0
358
40
2
8
0
6
0
0
0
.995
1939
CHI
N
C
86
0
0
336
47
3
3
0
8
0
0
0
.992
1940
CHI
N
C
22
0
0
69
9
4
2
0
1
0
0
0
.951
1940
CHI
N
1B
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1941
NY
N
C
34
0
0
138
15
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
.994
Total
1B
33
0
0
285
16
4
25
0
0
0
0
0
.987
Total
C
1793
21
172.2
7292
1254
139
163
0
126
19
16
0
.984
Transactions
Signed by New York Giants (December 10, 1940).
Released by New York Giants (September 25, 1941).
Career Highlights
Won the NL MVP in 1935, finished second in the voting in 1937
