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Last season was one of the best in the majors for Harry. He played in 129 games for the Cubs, batted .294, and drove in 54 runs. Before that his best season in the majors was his rookie year, 1943, when he hit .292 and knocked in 63 tallies. He spent the next season in military service and then returned to Chicago for the 1945 season when he hit .283 and batted in 89 runs. He has been in one World's Series and in one All-Star game.
A Triple with the bases full and a spectacular catch to stop a Giant rally in the 9th inning, made Hank the hero of the final game of the 1951 World Series. After a year in pro ball, he served in the Marines 1942-43-44-45 and won a Purple Heart. In '46 at Quincy, Hank hit .323 and .313 at Kansas City in '47. The Yanks brought him up at the end of the '48 season after he hit .305, 23 Homers and drove in 100 runs at Kansas City. As a Yankee, in 1949 and '50, he hit .272 and .320.
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