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Gabby Hartnett

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 20, 1900 in Woonsocket, RI us

Died: December 20, 1972 in Park Ridge, IL

Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL

High School: Dean Academy (Franklin, MA)

School: Dean College (Franklin, MA)

Debut: April 12, 1922 (Age 21-113d, 5,403rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1941 (Age 40-278d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1955. (Voted by BBWAA on 195/251 ballots)
View Gabby Hartnett's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Charles Leo Hartnett

Nicknames: Old Tomato Face

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.5

6432

1912

236

.297

867

RBI

1179

OBP

.370

SLG

.489

OPS

.858

OPS+

126

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
2	2	Apr 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	9	2	0	11	2
3	4 (1)	Apr 14	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	5	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	6	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	8 (1)	Apr 18	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
7	9	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	W,13-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	10	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
9	11	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	12	Apr 22	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	13	Apr 23	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
12	14	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
13	15	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
14	16	Apr 27	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	17	Apr 28	CHC		STL	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	18	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GS	0		7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	36 (17)	May 21	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	39 (2)	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-3	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	40	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	41	May 27	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	42	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
22	45 (2)	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	46	Jun 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
24	47	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
25	48	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	49	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	50	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	51	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	52	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	W,13-11	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	53	Jun 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	54	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-13	CG	44	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
32	55	Jun 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
33	56	Jun 14	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	57	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	58	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	59	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	60	Jun 18 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
38	62 (1)	Jun 20	CHC		STL	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
39	63	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	66 (2)	Jun 23	CHC		STL	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	67	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	68	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
43	70 (1)	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	71	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	72	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
46	73	Jul 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	74	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	75	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	77 (1)	Jul 6	CHC		BRO	W,14-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	78	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
51	80 (1)	Jul 8	CHC		BRO	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
52	81	Jul 9	CHC		BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	82	Jul 10	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	83	Jul 11	CHC		BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	84	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
56	85	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
57	87 (1)	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	88	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	W,10-5	GS	15	4.1	1	0	0	1	0
59	89	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	90	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
61	92 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	93	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	94	Jul 25	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	95	Jul 26	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	64	13.2	1	1	0	2	0
65	96	Jul 27	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	97	Jul 28	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	55	12.2	2	5	0	7	0
67	99 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
68	100	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	101	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	103 (1)	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	104	Aug 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	105	Aug 4	CHC	@	BRO	W,16-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	106	Aug 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	107	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
75	109 (1)	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
76	110	Aug 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
77	111	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
78	112	Aug 12	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	113	Aug 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
80	114	Aug 15	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	115	Aug 16	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	116	Aug 17	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
83	117	Aug 18	CHC		BRO	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
84	118	Aug 19	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	119	Aug 20	CHC		PHI	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
86	120	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	121	Aug 22	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	122	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
89	123	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	124	Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	125	Aug 26	CHC		BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
92	126	Aug 27	CHC		STL	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	127	Aug 28	CHC		STL	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	128	Aug 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	129	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	130	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	131	Sep 2	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
98	132	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-16	GS	40	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	133	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	134	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	135	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	136	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	52	14.0	7	1	0	8	0
103	137	Sep 9	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	138	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	139	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
106	140	Sep 13	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
107	141	Sep 15 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
108	142	Sep 15 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	143	Sep 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,15-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	144	Sep 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
111	145	Sep 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	146	Sep 22	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	147	Sep 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	148	Sep 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
115	149	Sep 26	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
116	150	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	151	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	152	Sep 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	GS	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
							118gm		1003.0	455	103	6	564	14