Hank Leiber
[edit] Biography
Hank Leiber (Henry Edward Leiber) was born on January 17, 1911 in Phoenix, Arizona. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1933 for the New York Giants. In 1934, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 2 home runs and 25 RBI. Leiber played for the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Hank Leiber's best season was 1935, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .331 average and knocked in 107 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1933
| NY
| N
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1934
| NY
| N
| 63
| 187
| 17
| 45
| 2
| 25
| .241
| .257
| .332
| 5
| 3
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1935
| NY
| N
| 154
| 613
| 110
| 203
| 22
| 107
| .331
| .389
| .512
| 37
| 4
| 48
| 29
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 20
|
| 1936
| NY
| N
| 101
| 337
| 44
| 94
| 9
| 67
| .279
| .352
| .457
| 19
| 7
| 37
| 41
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 5
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| 51
| 184
| 24
| 54
| 4
| 32
| .293
| .347
| .429
| 7
| 3
| 15
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| 98
| 360
| 50
| 97
| 12
| 65
| .269
| .327
| .442
| 18
| 4
| 31
| 45
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| 112
| 365
| 65
| 113
| 24
| 88
| .310
| .411
| .556
| 16
| 1
| 59
| 42
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 14
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 117
| 440
| 68
| 133
| 17
| 86
| .302
| .371
| .482
| 24
| 2
| 45
| 68
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 8
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 53
| 162
| 20
| 35
| 7
| 25
| .216
| .291
| .377
| 5
| 0
| 16
| 25
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1942
| NY
| N
| 58
| 147
| 11
| 32
| 4
| 23
| .218
| .315
| .340
| 6
| 0
| 19
| 27
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
|
| Total
|
|
| 813
| 2805
| 410
| 808
| 101
| 518
| .288
| .356
| .462
| 137
| 24
| 274
| 319
| 21
| 40
| 5
| 0
| 78
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1933
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| NY
| N
| OF
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 99
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1935
| NY
| N
| OF
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 357
| 5
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1936
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1936
| NY
| N
| OF
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 165
| 9
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1937
| NY
| N
| OF
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 78
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1938
| NY
| N
| OF
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 181
| 6
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1939
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 249
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 187
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1940
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 11
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1941
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 140
| 7
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1942
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1942
| NY
| N
| OF
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 93
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 255
| 18
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 698
| 0
| 0
| 1464
| 41
| 41
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1942
| NY
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.00
| 5
| 9
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Dick Bartell and Gus Mancuso to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Frank Demaree, Billy Jurges and Ken O'Dea (December 6, 1938).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Giants in exchange for Bob Bowman (December 3, 1941).
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