Gabby Hartnett

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Gabby Hartnett was a Hall of Fame catcher for the Chicago Cubs, renowned as one of the greatest defensive catchers in baseball history and remembered for his dramatic "Homer in the Gloamin'" in 1938.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
catcher
human
AllStarSelection 6
award National League Most Valuable Player NERFINISHED
bats right
battedBehind Rogers Hornsby NERFINISHED
battingAverage .297
birthDate 1900-12-20
birthPlace Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States NERFINISHED
contemporaries Hack Wilson NERFINISHED
Kiki Cuyler NERFINISHED
Rogers Hornsby NERFINISHED
deathDate 1972-12-20
deathPlace Park Ridge, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
finalMLBgameDate 1941-09-24
finalMLBteam New York Giants NERFINISHED
fullName Charles Leo Hartnett NERFINISHED
gamesPlayed 1990
givenName Charles
HallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum NERFINISHED
HallOfFameInduction 1955
HallOfFameVoteMethod Baseball Writers Association of America NERFINISHED
homeRuns 236
jerseyNumber 9
league National League NERFINISHED
managedTeam Chicago Cubs NERFINISHED
St. Louis Browns NERFINISHED
middleName Leo NERFINISHED
MLBdebutDate 1922-04-12
MLBdebutTeam Chicago Cubs NERFINISHED
MVPseason 1935
nickname Gabby NERFINISHED
Old Tomato Face NERFINISHED
notableEvent Homer in the Gloamin' NERFINISHED
notableEventDate 1938-09-28
notableEventDescription Hit a walk-off home run in near darkness at Wrigley Field to put the Chicago Cubs into first place during the 1938 pennant race
opponentDuringHomerInTheGloamin Pittsburgh Pirates NERFINISHED
playedFor Chicago Cubs NERFINISHED
New York Giants NERFINISHED
position catcher
reputation one of the greatest defensive catchers in baseball history
role player-manager
runsBattedIn 1179
teamDuringHomerInTheGloamin Chicago Cubs NERFINISHED
throws right
WorldSeriesAppearances 4
WorldSeriesTeams Chicago Cubs NERFINISHED

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1937 MLB All-Star Game notablePlayer Gabby Hartnett