Chuck Klein Baseball player

Charles Herbert "Chuck" Klein (October 7, 1904 – March 28, 1958), nicknamed the "Hoosier Hammer", was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1928–33, 1936–39, 1940–44), Chicago Cubs (1934–36) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1939). He was one of the most prodigious National League sluggers in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He became the first baseball player to be named to the All-Star Game as a member of two different teams.

Personal facts

Chuck Klein
Birth dateOctober 07, 1904
Date of deathMarch 28, 1958

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Baseball player

Career startJuly 30, 1928
Career endJune 01, 1944
batting sideLeft
former teams
Philadelphia Phillies
position
Right fielder
teams
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

Chuck Klein on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/graves/grave55.shtml
  2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/K/Klein_Chuck.stm