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Stan Hack

Major League Baseball player (1909-1979)

PersonDied aged 70humanQ7597673

Born: December 6, 1909
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: December 15, 1979
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Sacramento
Place of death: Dixon
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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Education: Sacramento Charter High School

Overview

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Stanley Camfield Hack, nicknamed "Smiling Stan", was an American third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago Cubs and was the National League's top third baseman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Usually a leadoff hitter, he batted .301 lifetime, scored 100 runs seven times and led the NL in hits and stolen bases twice each. His 1092 walks ranked fourth in NL history when he retired, and remain a franchise record; he also hit .348 in the World Series, which he competed in four times. His .394 career on-base percentage was the highest by a 20th-century third baseman until Wade Boggs exceeded it in the late 1980s, and was the top NL mark until 2001. Hack led the NL in putouts five times, in double plays three times and in assists and fielding percentage twice each. At the end of his career he ranked second in major league history to Pie Traynor in games (1836) at third base, second in NL history to Traynor in putouts (1944), assists (3494) and total chances (5684), and third in NL history in double plays (255).

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MLB batting stats — season by season

16 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1932	Chicago Cubs	72	178	32	42	5	6	2	19	5	17	16	.236	.306	.365	.671
1933	Chicago Cubs	20	60	10	21	3	1	1	2	4	8	3	.350	.451	.483	.934
1934	Chicago Cubs	111	402	54	116	16	6	1	21	11	45	42	.289	.363	.366	.729
1935	Chicago Cubs	124	427	75	133	23	9	4	64	14	65	17	.311	.406	.436	.842
1936	Chicago Cubs	149	561	102	167	27	4	6	78	17	89	39	.298	.396	.392	.788
1937	Chicago Cubs	154	582	106	173	27	6	2	63	16	83	42	.297	.388	.375	.762
1938	Chicago Cubs	152	609	109	195	34	11	4	67	16	94	39	.320	.411	.432	.843
1939	Chicago Cubs	156	641	112	191	28	6	8	56	17	65	35	.298	.364	.398	.762
1940	Chicago Cubs	149	603	101	191	38	6	8	40	21	75	24	.317	.395	.439	.834
1941	Chicago Cubs	151	586	111	186	33	5	7	45	10	99	40	.317	.417	.427	.844
1942	Chicago Cubs	140	553	91	166	36	3	6	39	9	94	40	.300	.402	.409	.811
1943	Chicago Cubs	144	533	78	154	24	4	3	35	5	82	27	.289	.384	.366	.750
1944	Chicago Cubs	98	383	65	108	16	1	3	32	5	53	21	.282	.369	.352	.722
1945	Chicago Cubs	150	597	110	193	29	7	2	43	12	99	30	.323	.420	.405	.826
1946	Chicago Cubs	92	323	55	92	13	4	0	26	3	83	32	.285	.431	.350	.781
1947	Chicago Cubs	76	240	28	65	11	2	0	12	0	41	19	.271	.377	.333	.711
Career		1,938	7,278	1,239	2,193	363	81	57	642	165	1,092	466	.301	.394	.397	.791

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Stan
Member of sports team: Chicago Cubs
Family name: Hack
Position played on team / speciality: third baseman
Sport: baseball
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1.Stated in MLB.comRetrieved 2022-05-04
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League: Major League Baseball
Place of burial: Grand Detour Cemetery
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1.Stated in Find a Grave
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