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Stan Hack

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left  •  Throws: Right
6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)
Born: December 6, 1909 in Sacramento, CA
Died: December 15, 1979 in Dixon, IL
Buried: Grand Detour Cemetery, Grand Detour, IL
High School: Sacramento HS (Sacramento, CA)
Debut: April 12, 1932 (Age 22-128d, 7,441st in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 24, 1947 (Age 37-292d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Stanley Camfield Hack
Nicknames: Smiling Stan
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Notable Events and Chronology for Stan Hack Career

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October 7, 1935

Goose Goslin drives in Mickey Cochrane to win 1935 World Series

May 5, 1938

Hal Kelleher of the Philadelphia Phillies faces 16 batters in the 6th inning as the Cubs score 12 runs. Both marks are National League records off one pitcher in a single inning. The Cubs win, 21 – 2, with Joe Marty collecting four hits, four runs, and four RBI. The loss goes to Wayne LaMaster, who throws just three pitches to leadoff batter Stan Hackbefore leaving the game with pain in his throwing arm.

October 1, 1938

1938 World Series Game 1 – Chicago Cubs vs New York Yankees

October 6, 1938

DiMaggio takes Dean deep to seal World Series Win

October 9, 1938

New York Yankees become the first team in major league history to win three consecutive World Championships

October 10, 1938

Yankees sweep Cubs 1938 World Series – Full Radio Broadcast

January 8, 1941

In a poll in The Sporting News, the Baseball Writers Association of America names the 1940 All-Star team

August 30, 1945

Stan Hack of the Cubs becomes No. 82 in the 2,000-hit club

October 8, 1945

Stan Hack’s double makes a tricky bounce over left fielder Hank Greenberg’s shoulder with two outs in the 12th inning to score runner Bill Schuster and give the Chicago Cubs an 8 – 7 win in Game 6 to even the World Series with Detroit.

March 29, 1954

 Chicago Cubs manager Phil Cavarretta gives team owner Phil Wrigley an honest assessment of the Cubs’ chances, and is fired for his defeatist attitude, becoming the first manager ever to be given the gate during spring training. Stan Hack replaces him. Cavarretta is right: the Cubs will drop to seventh place this year.

Biography

 
A patient leadoff man, third baseman Stan Hack played in four World Series for the Chicago Cubs. A five-time All-Star, Hack led the National League in hits and stolen bases twice, and frequently garnered MVP support despite not having slugging power. Slick at the hot corner, Hack led the league in fielding twice, and in putouts five times. He was one of the most popular players in Cubs history.

Genial Stan Hack, with his famous smile, was one of the most popular players of his day. He batted .352 in 1931, his first year in pro ball, and William Veeck personally went to Sacramento to sign him to a Cubs contract. By 1934 Hack was a fixture at third base in Wrigley Field. He exhibited a smooth, easy style, twice leading the NL in fielding and assists, and five times in putouts. At bat, he slashed singles and doubles, rarely swinging for the fences. He topped the 100 mark in runs scored seven times (six consecutive), had league-high stolen base totals in 1938 and 1939, and league-high hit totals in 1940 and 1941.

Hack retired in 1943, in part because he didn’t get along with Cubs manager Jimmy Wilson. When Wilson was fired early in 1944, Charlie Grimm returned and coaxed Hack out of retirement. In 1945 Hack hit a career-high .323 in helping the Cubs to a pennant for a fourth time. When he finished playing in 1947, he had tied the then-record for most years as a NL third baseman (16). He began managing the Cubs in 1954, in three years never finishing higher than sixth. He coached for the Cardinals, and managed in the minors until 1966.

An opposing player once said that Hack “has more friends than Leo Durocher has enemies.” Hack was known to party in his early career, and reportedly was often carried home by drinking partner Pat Malone. Bill Veeck turned Hack’s captivating smile into a promotion; he once walked the Wrigley bleachers selling an item featuring a grinning picture of Hack on the back of a mirror, with the slogan, “Smile with Stan Hack.” The fans began shining the mirrors into opposing batters’ eyes, which prompted the umpires to confiscate the gimmicks and threaten to forfeit the game.@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@