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Hank Borowy

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
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

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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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