Gabby Hartnett

Full Name: Charles Leo Hartnett	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: April 12, 1922
Birthdate: December 20, 1900	Final Game: September 24, 1941
Birthplace: Woonsocket, Rhode Island	MLB Experience: 20 years
Died: December 20, 1972
Deathplace: Park Ridge, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1955

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[edit] Biography

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.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1922	CHI	N	31	72	4	14	0	4	.194	.256	.236	1	1	6	8	0	4	1	2
1923	CHI	N	85	231	28	62	8	39	.268	.347	.442	12	2	25	22	3	4	4	0
1924	CHI	N	111	354	56	106	16	67	.299	.377	.523	17	7	39	37	5	9	10	0
1925	CHI	N	117	398	61	115	24	67	.289	.351	.555	28	3	36	77	2	7	1	0
1926	CHI	N	93	284	35	78	8	41	.275	.352	.468	25	3	32	37	2	7	0	0
1927	CHI	N	127	449	56	132	10	80	.294	.361	.454	32	5	44	42	3	13	2	0
1928	CHI	N	120	388	61	117	14	57	.302	.404	.523	26	9	65	32	2	9	3	0
1929	CHI	N	25	22	2	6	1	9	.273	.407	.591	2	1	5	5	0	1	1	0
1930	CHI	N	141	508	84	172	37	122	.339	.404	.630	31	3	55	62	1	14	0	0
1931	CHI	N	116	380	53	107	8	70	.282	.370	.434	32	1	52	48	1	5	3	0
1932	CHI	N	121	406	52	110	12	52	.271	.354	.436	25	3	51	59	1	4	0	0
1933	CHI	N	140	490	55	135	16	88	.276	.326	.433	21	4	37	51	0	8	1	17
1934	CHI	N	130	438	58	131	22	90	.299	.358	.502	21	1	37	46	3	9	0	15
1935	CHI	N	116	413	67	142	13	91	.344	.404	.545	32	6	41	46	1	6	1	13
1936	CHI	N	121	424	49	130	7	64	.307	.361	.443	25	6	30	36	6	8	0	12
1937	CHI	N	110	356	47	126	12	82	.354	.424	.548	21	6	43	19	0	6	0	8
1938	CHI	N	88	299	40	82	10	59	.274	.380	.445	19	1	48	17	3	3	1	9
1939	CHI	N	97	306	36	85	12	59	.278	.358	.467	18	2	37	32	1	7	0	11
1940	CHI	N	37	64	3	17	1	12	.266	.347	.359	3	0	8	7	0	1	0	3
1941	NY	N	64	150	20	45	5	26	.300	.356	.433	5	0	12	14	1	2	0	5
Total			1990	6432	867	1912	236	1179	.297	.370	.489	396	64	703	697	35	127	28	95

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1922	CHI	N	C	27	21	172.2	79	29	2	0	0	19	16	.982
1923	CHI	N	C	39	0	0	143	24	1	2	0	0	0	.994
1923	CHI	N	1B	31	0	0	270	15	4	23	0	0	0	.986
1924	CHI	N	C	105	0	0	369	97	18	12	12	0	0	.963
1925	CHI	N	C	110	0	0	409	114	23	15	5	0	0	.958
1926	CHI	N	C	88	0	0	307	86	9	6	12	0	0	.978
1927	CHI	N	C	126	0	0	479	99	16	21	12	0	0	.973
1928	CHI	N	C	118	0	0	455	103	6	14	7	0	0	.989
1929	CHI	N	C	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1930	CHI	N	C	136	0	0	646	68	8	11	10	0	0	.989
1931	CHI	N	C	105	0	0	444	68	10	16	8	0	0	.981
1932	CHI	N	C	117	0	0	484	75	10	8	11	0	0	.982
1932	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1933	CHI	N	C	140	0	0	550	77	7	7	4	0	0	.989
1934	CHI	N	C	129	0	0	605	86	3	11	9	0	0	.996
1935	CHI	N	C	110	0	0	477	77	9	11	5	0	0	.984
1936	CHI	N	C	114	0	0	504	75	5	8	5	0	0	.991
1937	CHI	N	C	103	0	0	436	65	2	7	8	0	0	.996
1938	CHI	N	C	83	0	0	358	40	2	8	6	0	0	.995
1939	CHI	N	C	86	0	0	336	47	3	3	8	0	0	.992
1940	CHI	N	C	22	0	0	69	9	4	2	1	0	0	.951
1940	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	NY	N	C	34	0	0	138	15	1	1	3	0	0	.994
Total			1B	33	0	0	285	16	4	25	0	0	0	.987
Total			C	1793	21	172.2	7292	1254	139	163	126	19	16	.984

[edit] Transactions

Signed by New York Giants (December 10, 1940).
Released by New York Giants (September 25, 1941).

[edit] Career Highlights

Won the NL MVP in 1935, finished second in the voting in 1937
All-Star Games: 6 times 1933-1938
Made it to the World Series with the Chicago Cubs 4 times, but lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in 1929, the Detroit Tigers in 1935, and the New York Yankees in 1932 and 1938

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