Warren Louis Hacker (November 21, 1924 – May 22, 2002) was an American
professional baseball
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player, a
pitcher
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for the
Chicago Cubs
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(1948–56),
Cincinnati Redlegs
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(1957),
Philadelphia Phillies
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(1957–58) and
Chicago White Sox
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(1961).
He was also the uncle of former Major League
shortstop
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Rich Hacker
Richard Warren Hacker (October 6, 1947 – April 22, 2020) was a Major League Baseball player, base coach and scout. Hacker played 16 games for the Montreal Expos in the 1971 season as a shortstop. He had a .121 batting average, with four hits in ...
.
Hacker's finished 23rd in voting for the
National League
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Most Valuable Player
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Award in 1952 for leading the league in WHIP (.946) and hits allowed/9ip (7.01) and having a 15–9 win–loss record, 33 games pitched (20 started), 12 complete games, 5 shutouts, 5 games finished, 1 save, 185 innings pitched, 144 hits allowed, 56 runs allowed, 53 earned runs allowed, 17 home runs allowed, 31 walks allowed, 84 strikeouts, 1 hit batsmen, 1 wild pitch, 721 batters faced, 1 balk and a 2.58 ERA.
In 12 seasons Hacker had a 62–89 win loss record,
306 games pitched (157 started), 47 complete games, 6 shutouts, 76 games finished, 17 saves, 1,283 innings pitched, 1,297 hits allowed, 680 runs allowed, 601 earned runs allowed, 181 home runs allowed, 320 walks allowed, 557 strikeouts,
21 hit batsmen, 10 wild pitches, 5,438 batters faced, 1 balk, a 4.21 ERA
and a 1.26 WHIP.
After leaving the major leagues in 1961, Hacker played for the
Indianapolis Indians
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from 1962 to 1965, which he recalled as "maybe the best days I ever had in baseball."
He then served as a minor-league pitching coach for the
Oakland As
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from 1967 to 1971, and for much of the 1970s he was a pitching coach in the
San Diego Padres
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' organization.
The native of
Marissa, Illinois
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History
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, died in 2002 in
Lenzburg, Illinois
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Lenzburg is located at .
According to the 2010 census, Lenzburg has a total area of , of which (or 91.82%) is land and (or 8.18%) is ...
, at the age of 77.
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1924 births
2002 deaths
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