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Gabby Hartnett
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Birthdate: 12/20/1900
Died: 12/20/1972
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 195 lbs.
Place of Birth: Woonsocket, RI, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Chicago Cubs catcher, Gabby Harnett following through after swinging bat on field prior to game. 1926 Photo SUMMARY
Informal portrait of baseball player Charles Hartnett of the National League's Chicago Cubs, following through after swinging a baseball bat, standing on the field at Wrigley Field, located at 1060 West Addison Street and bounded by West Waveland Avenue, North Seminary Avenue, North Clark Street, and North Sheffield Avenue in the Lake View community area of Chicago, Illinois. SDN-066215, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Gabby Hartnett started playing for the Chicago Cubs in 1922 and played with them until 1940. When he retired  was the first catcher to hit 200 career homers and have 1000 lifetime RBIs.  He shared the NL record for most consecutive seasons leading catchers in fielding avg., from 1934 thru 1937. I grabbed six fielding titles and four putout titles. 

"Dizzy Dean once said, "If I had that guy to pitch to all the time, I'd never lose me a game." Gabby Hartnett was noted for his powerful throwing arm and ranks with baseball's best.  In 1930, he had his best year hitting 37 homers, 122 RBI's while batting .339.  He helped the Cubs win the pennants in 1929 and 1932 and played in 6 straight All-Star games.  I won the NL MVP Award in 1935 and again led the Cubs to the NL Pennant.  Gabby Hartnett became the Chicago Cubs' manager in 1938 and hit a historic homer in the bottom of the ninth as darkness set on Wrigley Field to win another pennant for the Cubs.  He is a member of the Hall of Fame. Note: He picked up his nickname of Gabby because he was so quite.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
20 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
1922 CHC (NL) 31 72 4 14 1 1 0 4 6 8 1 0 0 0 4 0 .194 .256 SLG
1923 CHC (NL) 85 231 28 62 12 2 8 39 25 22 4 0 0 3 4 0 .268 .347 SLG
1924 CHC (NL) 111 354 56 106 17 7 16 67 39 37 10 2 0 5 9 0 .299 .377 SLG
1925 CHC (NL) 117 398 61 115 28 3 24 67 36 77 1 5 0 2 7 0 .289 .351 SLG
1926 CHC (NL) 93 284 35 78 25 3 8 41 32 37 0 0 0 2 7 0 .275 .352 SLG
1927 CHC (NL) 127 449 56 132 32 5 10 80 44 42 2 0 0 3 13 0 .294 .361 SLG
1928 CHC (NL) 120 388 61 117 26 9 14 57 65 32 3 0 0 2 9 0 .302 .404 SLG
1929 CHC (NL) 25 22 2 6 2 1 1 9 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 .273 .407 SLG
1930 CHC (NL) 141 508 84 172 31 3 37 122 55 62 0 0 0 1 14 0 .339 .404 SLG
1931 CHC (NL) 116 380 53 107 32 1 8 70 52 48 3 0 0 1 5 0 .282 .370 SLG
1932 CHC (NL) 121 406 52 110 25 3 12 52 51 59 0 0 0 1 4 0 .271 .354 SLG
1933 CHC (NL) 140 490 55 135 21 4 16 88 37 51 1 0 0 0 8 0 .276 .326 SLG
1934 CHC (NL) 130 438 58 131 21 1 22 90 37 46 0 0 0 3 9 0 .299 .358 SLG
1935 CHC (NL) 116 413 67 142 32 6 13 91 41 46 1 0 0 1 6 0 .344 .404 SLG
1936 CHC (NL) 121 424 49 130 25 6 7 64 30 36 0 0 0 6 8 0 .307 .361 SLG
1937 CHC (NL) 110 356 47 126 21 6 12 82 43 19 0 0 0 0 6 0 .354 .424 SLG
1938 CHC (NL) 88 299 40 82 19 1 10 59 48 17 1 0 0 3 3 0 .274 .380 SLG
1939 CHC (NL) 97 306 36 85 18 2 12 59 37 32 0 0 0 1 7 0 .278 .358 SLG
1940 CHC (NL) 37 64 3 17 3 0 1 12 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 .347 SLG
1941 NYG (NL) 64 150 20 45 5 0 5 26 12 14 0 0 0 1 2 0 .300 .356 SLG
20 years   1990 6432 867 1912 396 64 236 1179 703 697 28 7 0 35 127 0 .297 .370 .SLG



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