Hank Borowy

Full Name: Henry Ludwig Borowy	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: April 18, 1942
Birthdate: May 12, 1916	Final Game: September 14, 1951
Birthplace: Bloomfield, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: August 23, 2004
Deathplace: Brick, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 12, 1916 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Hank Borowy (Henry Ludwig Borowy) played for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 10 year career. Borowy broke into the bigs on April 18, 1942 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.52 ERA in 178.1 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Hank Borowy's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1945, when he posted a 2.65 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 82 batters. However, others believe that it was 1944, when he posted a 2.64 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 107 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1942	NY	A	25	21	15	4	2.52	85	56	50	13	4	1	178.1	157	6	66	3	0
1943	NY	A	29	27	14	9	2.82	113	75	68	14	3	0	217.1	195	11	72	4	2
1944	NY	A	35	30	17	12	2.64	107	93	74	19	3	2	252.2	224	15	88	5	0
1945	NY	A	18	18	10	5	3.13	35	61	46	7	1	0	132.1	107	6	58	6	1
1945	CHI	N	15	14	11	2	2.13	47	33	29	11	1	1	122.1	105	2	47	1	0
1945	Total		33	32	21	7	2.65	82	94	75	18	2	1	254.2	212	8	105	7	1
1946	CHI	N	32	28	12	10	3.76	95	96	84	8	1	0	201	220	9	61	1	1
1947	CHI	N	40	25	8	12	4.38	75	99	89	7	1	2	183	190	19	63	1	1
1948	CHI	N	39	17	5	10	4.89	50	80	69	2	1	1	127	156	9	49	3	0
1949	PHI	N	28	28	12	12	4.19	43	99	90	12	1	0	193.1	188	19	63	4	0
1950	PIT	N	11	3	1	3	6.39	9	19	18	0	0	0	25.1	32	6	9	1	1
1950	PHI	N	3	0	0	0	5.68	3	4	4	0	0	0	6.1	5	0	4	0	0
1950	DET	A	13	2	1	1	3.31	12	15	12	1	0	0	32.2	23	3	16	2	0
1950	Total		27	5	2	4	4.76	24	38	34	1	0	0	64.1	60	9	29	3	1
1950	TOT	N	14	3	1	3	6.25	12	23	22	0	0	0	31.2	37	6	13	1	1
1951	DET	A	26	1	2	2	6.95	16	39	35	0	0	0	45.1	58	3	27	3	1
Total	NL		168	115	49	49	4.02	322	430	383	40	5	4	858.1	896	64	296	11	3
Total	AL		146	99	59	33	2.99	368	339	285	54	11	3	858.2	764	44	327	23	4
Total			314	214	108	82	3.50	690	769	668	94	16	7	1717	1660	108	623	34	7

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1942	NY	A	P	25	12	38	1	3	.980
1943	NY	A	P	29	12	46	1	4	.983
1944	NY	A	P	35	13	47	1	5	.984
1945	NY	A	P	18	5	31	0	3	1.000
1945	CHI	N	P	15	5	20	0	0	1.000
1945	Total		P	33	10	51	0	3	1.000
1946	CHI	N	P	32	9	42	3	1	.944
1947	CHI	N	P	40	7	36	2	2	.956
1948	CHI	N	P	39	6	34	1	3	.976
1949	PHI	N	P	28	6	32	0	0	1.000
1950	PIT	N	P	11	5	4	0	0	1.000
1950	PHI	N	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000
1950	DET	A	P	13	2	6	1	0	.889
1950	Total		P	27	8	10	1	0	.947
1950	TOT	N	P	14	6	4	0	0	1.000
1951	DET	A	P	26	2	14	1	1	.941
Total			P	314	85	350	11	22	.975

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1942	NY	A	25	70	4	11	7	.157	.169	.200	1	1	1	17	0	4	1
1943	NY	A	29	74	2	15	7	.203	.253	.284	4	1	5	17	0	8	3
1944	NY	A	35	90	5	12	7	.133	.161	.189	1	2	3	17	0	7	4
1945	NY	A	18	50	5	11	6	.220	.264	.300	2	1	3	12	0	3	1
1945	CHI	N	15	41	5	7	0	.171	.244	.195	1	0	4	11	0	7	1
1945	Total		33	91	10	18	6	.198	.255	.253	3	1	7	23	0	10	2
1946	CHI	N	33	72	9	13	8	.181	.192	.264	4	1	1	18	0	7	0
1947	CHI	N	41	56	5	7	6	.125	.169	.179	3	0	2	14	1	0	1
1948	CHI	N	39	36	4	8	0	.222	.263	.306	3	0	2	8	0	0	0
1949	PHI	N	28	61	2	13	6	.213	.294	.262	3	0	7	19	0	5	0
1950	PIT	N	11	6	1	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1950	PHI	N	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1950	DET	A	13	7	1	1	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
1950	Total		27	13	2	2	1	.154	.154	.154	0	0	0	2	0	5	1
1950	TOT	N	14	6	1	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1951	DET	A	26	8	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Total	NL		170	272	26	49	20	.180	.228	.239	14	1	16	71	1	22	2
Total	AL		146	299	17	50	28	.167	.199	.227	8	5	12	67	0	24	10
Total			316	571	43	99	48	.173	.213	.233	22	6	28	138	1	46	12

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1939).
Sold by New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs for $97000 (July 27, 1945).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Eddie Waitkus to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Monk Dubiel and Dutch Leonard (December 14, 1948).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates for $10000 (June 12, 1950).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Detroit Tigers for $15000 (August 3, 1950).
Released by Detroit Tigers (November 9, 1951).

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