Hank Borowy
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1942
| NY
| A
| 25
| 21
| 15
| 4
| 2.52
| 85
| 56
| 50
| 13
| 4
| 1
| 178.1
| 157
| 6
| 66
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1943
| NY
| A
| 29
| 27
| 14
| 9
| 2.82
| 113
| 75
| 68
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 217.1
| 195
| 11
| 72
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 35
| 30
| 17
| 12
| 2.64
| 107
| 93
| 74
| 19
| 3
| 2
| 252.2
| 224
| 15
| 88
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1945
| NY
| A
| 18
| 18
| 10
| 5
| 3.13
| 35
| 61
| 46
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 132.1
| 107
| 6
| 58
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 15
| 14
| 11
| 2
| 2.13
| 47
| 33
| 29
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 122.1
| 105
| 2
| 47
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1945
| Total
|
| 33
| 32
| 21
| 7
| 2.65
| 82
| 94
| 75
| 18
| 2
| 1
| 254.2
| 212
| 8
| 105
| 0
| 7
| 1
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 28
| 12
| 10
| 3.76
| 95
| 96
| 84
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 201
| 220
| 9
| 61
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 25
| 8
| 12
| 4.38
| 75
| 99
| 89
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 183
| 190
| 19
| 63
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 39
| 17
| 5
| 10
| 4.89
| 50
| 80
| 69
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 127
| 156
| 9
| 49
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 28
| 28
| 12
| 12
| 4.19
| 43
| 99
| 90
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 193.1
| 188
| 19
| 63
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 6.39
| 9
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 25.1
| 32
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.68
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 3.31
| 12
| 15
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 32.2
| 23
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1950
| Total
|
| 27
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 4.76
| 24
| 38
| 34
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 64.1
| 60
| 9
| 29
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 6.25
| 12
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31.2
| 37
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 6.95
| 16
| 39
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45.1
| 58
| 3
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 168
| 115
| 49
| 49
| 4.02
| 322
| 430
| 383
| 40
| 5
| 4
| 858.1
| 896
| 64
| 296
| 0
| 11
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 146
| 99
| 59
| 33
| 2.99
| 368
| 339
| 285
| 54
| 11
| 3
| 858.2
| 764
| 44
| 327
| 0
| 23
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 314
| 214
| 108
| 82
| 3.50
| 690
| 769
| 668
| 94
| 16
| 7
| 1717
| 1660
| 108
| 623
| 0
| 34
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1942
| NY
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 38
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1943
| NY
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 46
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 47
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1945
| NY
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1945
| Total
|
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 51
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 42
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 36
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1950
| Total
|
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 314
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 350
| 11
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1942
| NY
| A
| 25
| 70
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 7
| .157
| .169
| .200
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1943
| NY
| A
| 29
| 74
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 7
| .203
| .253
| .284
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 35
| 90
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 7
| .133
| .161
| .189
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1945
| NY
| A
| 18
| 50
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 6
| .220
| .264
| .300
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 15
| 41
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .171
| .244
| .195
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| Total
|
| 33
| 91
| 10
| 18
| 0
| 6
| .198
| .255
| .253
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 72
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 8
| .181
| .192
| .264
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 56
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 6
| .125
| .169
| .179
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 39
| 36
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .263
| .306
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| PHI
| N
| 28
| 61
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .213
| .294
| .262
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 13
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1950
| Total
|
| 27
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| 14
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 26
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 170
| 272
| 26
| 49
| 0
| 20
| .180
| .228
| .239
| 14
| 1
| 16
| 71
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 146
| 299
| 17
| 50
| 0
| 28
| .167
| .199
| .227
| 8
| 5
| 12
| 67
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 316
| 571
| 43
| 99
| 0
| 48
| .173
| .213
| .233
| 22
| 6
| 28
| 138
| 1
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 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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