Hack Wilson

Lewis R. "Hack" Wilson played in major league baseball for 12 seasons, finishing his career with a lifetime .307 average, 244 home runs and 1,063 RBIs. Though his tenure in baseball was relatively short, he hit the ball well enough to be remembered. He captured four home run titles during his time with the Chicago Cubs. In 1929, he finished third in the league with 39, and he was just getting started.

Career: 244 HR, .307 BA, 1063 RBI, CF, HOF in 1979, Cubs/Dodgers/... 1923-1934, b:R/t:R, 4x HR Leader, born in PA 1900, died 1948

Reigning American League MVP Miguel Cabrera is at it again. Through 42 games, the Detroit Tigers third baseman is hitting .387 with 11 homers and 47 RBI, numbers that put him in fine shape for a run at a second straight Triple Crown...

Hack Wilson set the all-time RBI mark playing for the Chicago Cubs, driving in 191 runs, including a remarkable 53 in August alone.But was it an all-time great season?

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A few guys populate Baseball’s Hall of Fame who deserve the title of “hard luck hero.” Addie Joss comes to mind, a superb righthanded pitcher from the first decade of the 20th century who died of tuberculosis at the age of 31 after nine seasons, 160 wins, a perfect game, a no-hitter, seven one-hitters, and the second lowest career ERA (1.89) ever. Or Ross Youngs, an equally superb outfielder for the New York Giants in the ’20s, ten seasons, .322 lifetime hitter, and dead at age 30 of Bright’s disease. An on-field foot injury shattered Dizzy Dean’s career, chronic arm problems truncated Sandy Koufax’s, while catcher Roy Campanella was crippled in an auto accident after playing only ten major-league seasons.

Lewis Robert Wilson (April 26, 1900 – November 23, 1948) was an American Major League Baseball player who played 12 seasons for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.[1] Despite his diminutive stature, he was one of the most accomplished power hitters in the game during the late 1920s and early 1930s.[2] His 1930 season with the Cubs is widely considered one of the most memorable individual single-season hitting performances in baseball history. Highlights included 56 home runs, the National League record for 68 years; and 191 runs batted in, a mark yet to be surpassed. "For a brief span of a few years", wrote a sportswriter of the day, "this hammered down little strongman actually rivaled the mighty [Babe] Ruth."[3]