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Harry Danning
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Birthdate: 9/6/1911 Died: 11/29/2004
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 190 lbs. Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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A fans favorite and a every-day type of guy, Harry 'the Horse' Dannig was the perfect-team player...

The following from Microsoft Complete Baseball: 'Up on Coogan's Bluff back in the 1930s New York Giants fans fell in love with a guy they called "Harry the Horse.' Harry Danning, who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 190 pounds, was a backup catcher for the first half of his career until Giants manager Bill Terry (the last National Leaguer to bat .400 in one season) elevated him to a starting role in 1938. Given his opportunity, Danning didn't disappoint. He became an All-Star. In 120 games that year, Danning batted .306, the first of three consecutive .300 seasons. Harry the Horse, a contact hitter with a little pop in his bat, had the year of his career the following season when he hit .313, drove in 74 runs and smashed 16 home runs. And he handled the great Carl Hubbell to boot. Giants fans were wild about Harry, maybe because he represented the underdog, the guy who waited patiently for his big chance and then delivered when his turn in the spotlight came. Danning played 890 big-league games - all for the Giants - in his 10 seasons and finished with a career batting average of .285. baseballhistorian.com - Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
10 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1933 NYG (NL) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .333 SLG
1934 NYG (NL) 53 97 8 32 7 0 1 7 1 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 .330 .337 SLG
1935 NYG (NL) 65 152 16 37 11 1 2 20 9 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 .243 .286 SLG
1936 NYG (NL) 32 69 3 11 2 2 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 .159 .183 SLG
1937 NYG (NL) 93 292 30 84 12 4 8 51 18 20 0 0 0 1 1 0 .288 .331 SLG
1938 NYG (NL) 120 448 59 137 26 3 9 60 23 40 1 0 0 4 1 0 .306 .345 SLG
1939 NYG (NL) 135 520 79 163 28 5 16 74 35 42 4 0 0 2 6 0 .313 .359 SLG
1940 NYG (NL) 140 524 65 157 34 4 13 91 35 31 3 0 0 5 2 0 .300 .349 SLG
1941 NYG (NL) 130 459 58 112 22 4 7 56 30 25 1 0 0 1 3 0 .244 .292 SLG
1942 NYG (NL) 119 408 45 114 20 3 1 34 34 29 3 0 0 0 3 0 .279 .335 SLG
10 years   890 2971 363 847 162 26 57 397 187 217 13 0 0 14 22 0 .285 .330 .SLG



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