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Harry Hanebrink

Harry Hanebrink

American baseball player (1927-1996)


Harry Aloysius Hanebrink (November 12, 1927 – September 9, 1996) was an American professional baseball backup second baseman/left fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Braves (1953, 1957–1958) and Philadelphia Phillies (1959). Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 165 lb., Hanebrink batted left-handed and threw right-handed.[1]

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Career

In a four-season big league career, Hanebrink was a .224 hitter (71-for-317), with six home runs, and 25 runs batted in (RBI), in 177 games, including seven doubles, two triples, and one stolen base.[1]

Hanebrink made his MLB debut on May 3, 1953.[2] He was a member of the Braves team that lost the 1958 World Series to the New York Yankees.[3]

After baseball

Hanebrink, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, was a United States Navy World War II veteran. He was a real estate broker for about 20 years with Dolan Realtors in St. Louis and a shuttle bus driver for QuickPark at Lambert Field, from 1992 until his death. On September 9, 1996, Hanebrink died in Bridgeton, Missouri, at the age of 68 from an aneurysm.[2]


References

  1. "Harry Hanebrink Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  2. Lee, Bill (May 30, 2009). "Harry Hanebrink". thebbnlive.com. The Baseball Necrology. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. "1958 World Series - New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3)". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. October 1–9, 1958. Retrieved April 2, 2020.



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