Hank Bauer Baseball player

Henry Albert "Hank" Bauer (July 31, 1922 – February 9, 2007) was an American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He played with the New York Yankees (1948–1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961); he batted and threw right-handed. He served as the manager of the Athletics in both Kansas City (1961–62) and in Oakland (1969), as well as of the Baltimore Orioles (1964–68), guiding the Orioles to the World Series title in 1966, a four game sweep over the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers. This represented the first World Series title in the franchise's history.

Personal facts

Hank Bauer
Alias (AKA)Bauer Henry Albert
Birth dateJuly 31, 1922
Birth place
East St. Louis Illinois
Date of deathFebruary 09, 2007
Place of death
Lenexa Kansas

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 06, 1948
Career endJuly 21, 1961
batting sideRight
former teams
Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
position
Right fielder
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

Hank Bauer on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.clubhouselawyer.com
  2. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/baseball/16663076.htm
  3. http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19640911,00.html
  4. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830677,00.html