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Hank Borowy
Henry Ludwig Borowy
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 12, 1916 in Bloomfield, NJ
Schools: Fordham University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1942
Final Game: September 14, 1951
Died: August 23, 2004 in Brick, NJ
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1942 26 NYY AL 15 4 .789 2.52 25 21 2 13 4 1 178.1 157 56 50 6 66 85 0 1 3 747 136 1.250 7.9 0.3 3.3 4.3 1.29 MVP-21
1943 27 NYY AL 14 9 .609 2.82 29 27 1 14 3 0 217.1 195 75 68 11 72 113 2 1 4 896 115 1.229 8.1 0.5 3.0 4.7 1.57
1944 28 NYY AL 17 12 .586 2.64 35 30 4 19 3 2 252.2 224 93 74 15 88 107 0 0 5 1044 133 1.235 8.0 0.5 3.1 3.8 1.22 AS,MVP-31
1945 29 TOT 21 7 .750 2.65 33 32 1 18 2 1 254.2 212 94 75 8 105 82 1 1 7 1060 134 1.245 7.5 0.3 3.7 2.9 0.78 MVP-6
1945 29 NYY AL 10 5 .667 3.13 18 18 0 7 1 0 132.1 107 61 46 6 58 35 1 1 6 553 111 1.247 7.3 0.4 3.9 2.4 0.60
1945 29 CHC NL 11 2 .846 2.13 15 14 1 11 1 1 122.1 105 33 29 2 47 47 0 0 1 507 171 1.243 7.7 0.1 3.5 3.5 1.00
1946 30 CHC NL 12 10 .545 3.76 32 28 4 8 1 0 201.0 220 96 84 9 61 95 1 0 1 881 88 1.398 9.9 0.4 2.7 4.3 1.56
1947 31 CHC NL 8 12 .400 4.38 40 25 11 7 1 2 183.0 190 99 89 19 63 75 1 1 1 784 90 1.383 9.3 0.9 3.1 3.7 1.19
1948 32 CHC NL 5 10 .333 4.89 39 17 12 2 1 1 127.0 156 80 69 9 49 50 0 0 3 564 80 1.614 11.1 0.6 3.5 3.5 1.02
1949 33 PHI NL 12 12 .500 4.19 28 28 0 12 1 0 193.1 188 99 90 19 63 43 0 1 4 796 95 1.298 8.8 0.9 2.9 2.0 0.68
1950 34 TOT 2 4 .333 4.76 27 5 7 1 0 0 64.1 60 38 34 9 29 24 1 0 3 274 95 1.383 8.4 1.3 4.1 3.4 0.83
1950 34 TOT NL 1 3 .250 6.25 14 3 4 0 0 0 31.2 37 23 22 6 13 12 1 0 1 140 69 1.579 10.5 1.7 3.7 3.4 0.92
1950 34 PHI NL 0 0 5.68 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 4 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 25 71 1.421 7.1 0.0 5.7 4.3 0.75
1950 34 PIT NL 1 3 .250 6.39 11 3 4 0 0 0 25.1 32 19 18 6 9 9 1 0 1 115 69 1.618 11.4 2.1 3.2 3.2 1.00
1950 34 DET AL 1 1 .500 3.31 13 2 3 1 0 0 32.2 23 15 12 3 16 12 0 0 2 134 141 1.194 6.3 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.75
1951 35 DET AL 2 2 .500 6.95 26 1 11 0 0 0 45.1 58 39 35 3 27 16 1 0 3 219 60 1.875 11.5 0.6 5.4 3.2 0.59
10 Seasons 108 82 .568 3.50 314 214 53 94 16 7 1717.0 1660 769 668 108 623 690 7 5 34 7265 104 1.330 8.7 0.6 3.3 3.6 1.11
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .568 3.50 40 28 7 12 2 1 221 214 99 86 14 80 89 1 1 4 936 104 1.330 8.7 0.6 3.3 3.6 1.11
CHC (4 yrs) 36 34 .514 3.85 126 84 28 28 4 4 633.1 671 308 271 39 220 267 2 1 6 2736 96 1.407 9.5 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.21
NYY (4 yrs) 56 30 .651 2.74 107 96 7 53 11 3 780.2 683 285 238 38 284 340 3 3 18 3240 124 1.239 7.9 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.20
PHI (2 yrs) 12 12 .500 4.24 31 28 0 12 1 0 199.2 193 103 94 19 67 46 0 1 4 821 94 1.302 8.7 0.9 3.0 2.1 0.69
DET (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 5.42 39 3 14 1 0 0 78.0 81 54 47 6 43 28 1 0 5 353 81 1.590 9.3 0.7 5.0 3.2 0.65
PIT (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.39 11 3 4 0 0 0 25.1 32 19 18 6 9 9 1 0 1 115 69 1.618 11.4 2.1 3.2 3.2 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 49 49 .500 4.02 168 115 32 40 5 4 858.1 896 430 383 64 296 322 3 2 11 3672 94 1.389 9.4 0.7 3.1 3.4 1.09
AL (6 yrs) 59 33 .641 2.99 146 99 21 54 11 3 858.2 764 339 285 44 327 368 4 3 23 3593 117 1.271 8.0 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.13

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1942 26 NYY AL WS L STL 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
1943 27 NYY AL WS W STL 1 0 1.000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 2 2 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 31 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1945 29 CHC NL WS L DET 2 2 .500 4.00 4 3 1 1 1 0 18.0 21 8 8 0 6 0 8 1 0 0 78 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 2 .600 4.97 6 5 1 1 1 0 29.0 33 16 16 0 12 2 13 1 0 0 127 1.552 10.2 0.0 3.7 4.0 1.08
3 WS 3 2 .600 4.97 6 5 1 1 1 0 29.0 33 16 16 0 12 2 13 1 0 0 127 1.552 10.2 0.0 3.7 4.0 1.08
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 26 NYY AL 25 75 70 4 11 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 17 .157 .169 .200 .369 4 14 1 0 4 1 MVP-21
1943 27 NYY AL 29 87 74 2 15 4 1 0 7 0 0 5 17 .203 .253 .284 .537 56 21 3 0 8 1
1944 28 NYY AL 35 100 90 5 12 1 2 0 7 0 0 3 17 .133 .161 .189 .350 -1 17 4 0 7 1 AS,MVP-31
1945 29 TOT 33 108 91 10 18 3 1 0 6 0 0 7 23 .198 .255 .253 .508 44 23 2 0 10 1 MVP-6
1945 29 NYY AL 18 56 50 5 11 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 12 .220 .264 .300 .564 60 15 1 0 3 1
1945 29 CHC NL 15 52 41 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 11 .171 .244 .195 .440 24 8 1 0 7 1
1946 30 CHC NL 33 80 72 9 13 4 1 0 8 0 1 18 .181 .192 .264 .456 30 19 0 0 7 1
1947 31 CHC NL 41 59 56 5 7 3 0 0 6 0 2 14 .125 .169 .179 .348 -6 10 1 1 0 1
1948 32 CHC NL 39 38 36 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 .222 .263 .306 .569 56 11 0 0 0 1
1949 33 PHI NL 28 73 61 2 13 3 0 0 6 0 7 19 .213 .294 .262 .556 52 16 0 0 5 1
1950 34 TOT 27 18 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .154 .308 -21 2 1 0 5 1
1950 34 TOT NL 14 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 3 1
1950 34 PHI NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
1950 34 PIT NL 11 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 2 1
1950 34 DET AL 13 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -28 1 1 0 2 1
1951 35 DET AL 26 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 316 646 571 43 99 22 6 0 48 0 0 28 138 .173 .213 .233 .446 25 133 12 1 46
162 Game Avg. 162 331 293 22 51 11 3 0 25 0 14 71 .173 .213 .233 .446 25 68 6 1 24
CHC (4 yrs) 128 229 205 23 35 11 1 0 14 0 9 51 .171 .209 .234 .443 23 48 2 1 14
NYY (4 yrs) 107 318 284 16 49 8 5 0 27 0 0 12 63 .173 .206 .236 .442 26 67 9 0 22
PHI (2 yrs) 31 74 61 2 13 3 0 0 6 0 7 19 .213 .294 .262 .556 52 16 0 0 6
DET (2 yrs) 39 17 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 1 0 2
PIT (1 yr) 11 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 2
NL (6 yrs) 170 311 272 26 49 14 1 0 20 0 16 71 .180 .228 .239 .467 29 65 2 1 22
AL (6 yrs) 146 335 299 17 50 8 5 0 28 0 0 12 67 .167 .199 .227 .427 21 68 10 0 24

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 26 NYY AL WS STL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 27 NYY AL WS STL W 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1945 29 CHC NL WS DET L 4 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 6 10 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .444 .667 4 0 0 1 0 0
3 WS 6 10 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .444 .667 4 0 0 1 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 NYY AL 26 P 25 51 12 38 1 3 .980 2.00 .957 1.30 MVP-21
1943 NYY AL 27 P 29 59 12 46 1 4 .983 2.00 .963 1.27
1944 NYY AL 28 P 35 61 13 47 1 5 .984 1.71 .959 1.14 AS,MVP-31
1945 TOT 29 P 33 61 10 51 0 3 1.000 1.85 .956 1.18 MVP-6
1945 NYY AL 29 P 18 36 5 31 0 3 1.000 2.00 .953 1.28
1945 CHC NL 29 P 15 25 5 20 0 0 1.000 1.67 .960 1.06
1946 CHC NL 30 P 32 54 9 42 3 1 .944 1.59 .961 1.01
1947 CHC NL 31 P 40 45 7 36 2 2 .956 1.08 .967 0.91
1948 CHC NL 32 P 39 41 6 34 1 3 .976 1.03 .963 0.91
1949 PHI NL 33 P 28 38 6 32 0 0 1.000 1.36 .950 0.91
1950 TOT 34 P 27 19 8 10 1 0 .947 0.67 .958 0.97
1950 TOT NL 34 P 14 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 0.71 .960 0.97
1950 PHI NL 34 P 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 0.97
1950 PIT NL 34 P 11 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 0.82 .956 0.97
1950 DET AL 34 P 13 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0.62 .956 0.96
1951 DET AL 35 P 26 17 2 14 1 1 .941 0.62 .953 0.99
10 Seasons P 314 446 85 350 11 22 .975 1.39 .959 1.05
10 Seasons TOT 314 446 85 350 11 22 .975 1.39 .935 1.05

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1944 (P)
1945

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1945-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-AL-21-2%
1944-AL-31-1%
1945-NL-6-25%
0.28 Career Shares (611th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL--2.523--5th
1944 AL--2.636--8th

Wins s c a p y
1942 AL--15--6th
1943 AL--14--10th
1944 AL--17--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1942 AL--.789--2nd
1944 AL--.586--9th
Career--.568--227th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 AL--1.250--9th
1949 NL--1.298--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--7.923--7th
1944 AL--7.979--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--2.731--9th
1947 NL--3.098--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--4.290--7th
1943 AL--4.679--6th
1946 NL--4.254--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL--252.7--5th
1946 NL--201.0--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1943 AL--113--8th
1944 AL--107--8th
1946 NL--95--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1943 AL--27--9th
1944 AL--30--8th
1946 NL--28--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1943 AL--14--10th
1944 AL--19--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 AL--4--2nd
1943 AL--3--5th
1944 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 AL--11--8th
1944 AL--15--2nd
1947 NL--19--7th
1949 NL--19--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL--88--5th

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL--224--8th
1946 NL--220--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 AL--1.288--9th
1943 AL--1.569--6th
1946 NL--1.557--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--.303--10th

Losses s c a p y
1947 NL--12--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 NL--84--2nd
1947 NL--89--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1943 AL--4--9th
1944 AL--5--8th
1945 AL--6--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL--1044--6th
1946 NL--881--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL--136--10th
1944 AL--133--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 68 (366), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 43 (300), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (530), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

July 27, 1945: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Yankees for $97,000.

December 14, 1948: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Eddie Waitkus to the Philadelphia Phillies for Monk Dubiel and Dutch Leonard.

June 12, 1950: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies for $10,000.

August 3, 1950: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Pittsburgh Pirates for $15,000.

November 9, 1951: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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