Born:(1889-08-24)August 24, 1889 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Died: August 1, 1966(1966-08-01) (aged 76) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1910, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
August 29, 1930, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average
.270
Home runs
21
Runs batted in
322
Teams
As player
New York Giants (1910–1911)
Boston Braves (1911–1917, 1919–1923)
New York Giants (1923–1925)
Boston Braves (1929–1930)
As manager
Cincinnati Reds (1946)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1914, 1940)
Harry Morgan Gowdy (August 24, 1889 – August 1, 1966) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in the Major League Baseball as a catcher and first baseman from 1910 to 1930, most prominently with the Boston Braves where he was a member of the "Miracle" Braves team that went from last place at mid-season to win the 1914 National League pennant and the 1914 World Series.[1] He began his career playing for the New York Giants.[2]
He was the first active major league player to enlist for service in World War I, and the only player to fight in both World War I and World War II.
^Hank Gowdy at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Carol McMains and Frank Ceresi., Retrieved 17 February 2010.
Veteran's Committee). Gowdy died at his home in Columbus, Ohio at age 76. Gowdy Field in Columbus is named in his honor. HankGowdy at the SABR Baseball...
basketball games (then coached by Hank Iba). In 1947–1948, in addition to calling football and basketball on KOMA, Gowdy was also broadcasting the baseball...
player Bruce Gowdy, American guitarist Cornell Gowdy (born 1963), American football player Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), American sportscaster HankGowdy (1889–1966)...
outperformed the Athletics vaunted rotation (929–654) in all four games.: 30 HankGowdy hit .545 (6 of 11) with five extra-base hits and also drew five walks...
Columbus City Council renamed it Gowdy Field after the city's most famous baseball player and war veteran, HankGowdy. On Dec. 15, 1964, Columbus City...
MVP (1947) Johnny Evers – Boston Braves (1914–1917, 1929), HOF (1946) HankGowdy – Boston Braves (1911–1917, 1919–1923, and 1929–1930) Sam Jethroe – Boston...
hit a high, foul ball directly over home plate. The Giants' catcher, HankGowdy, dropped his protective mask to field the ball but, failing to toss the...
bathtub with his throat slit. After the second game, McKechnie had coach HankGowdy bring all the players together in the locker room, stating, "I want to...
Chicago Cubs Charlie Grimm Finished 3rd Cincinnati Reds Bill McKechnie and HankGowdy New York Giants Mel Ott Philadelphia Phillies Ben Chapman Pittsburgh Pirates...
team during the game and dealing with umpires. Evers and fellow coach HankGowdy played in one game in the 1929 season, coming into the bottom of the ninth...
in 1978. His other broadcast partners were Jack Buck, Vin Scully, Curt Gowdy, Dick Stockton, Tim Brant, Steve Zabriskie, Jim Henderson, Sean McDonough...
James Dolf Luque Hub Perdue Dick Rudolph Paul Strand Lefty Tyler Catchers HankGowdy Fred Tyler Bert Whaling Infielders Charlie Deal Johnny Evers Clarence...
four scoreless innings. In the bottom of the 12th inning, Giants catcher HankGowdy stepped on his own discarded mask while trying to catch a Muddy Ruel foul...
least 15% of the vote and has not, as of 2019, been elected is HankGowdy, at 35.9%. Gowdy fared reasonably well in these elections, primarily because of...
one vote in 1960 may have been eligible for the final time: Edd Roush, HankGowdy, Bucky Harris, Dave Bancroft, Joe Sewell, Nick Altrock, Joe Judge, Howard...
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