Hank Leiber
| Hank Leiber | |||
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| Center fielder | |||
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Born: January 17, 1911 Phoenix, Arizona |
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Died: November 8, 1993 (aged 82) Tucson, Arizona |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 16, 1933, for the New York Giants | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 25, 1942, for the New York Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .288 | ||
| Home runs | 101 | ||
| Runs batted in | 518 | ||
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Henry Edward Leiber (January 17, 1911 – November 8, 1993) was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1942 with the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs.
Leiber was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1911. He attended the University of Arizona and was a pitcher for the Arizona Wildcats baseball team. He began his professional baseball career in 1932. He hit .362 in the Class B Piedmont League and debuted in the majors the following April, with the Giants. However, he spent most of 1933 with the Memphis Chickasaws of the Southern Association, where he hit .358. In 1934, he started the season with the Nashville Volunteers. He was hitting .424 through 45 games when he was again called up by the Giants, this time for good.
Leiber batted just .241 with the Giants in 1934. The following season, he broke out, hitting .331 with 22 home runs and 107 runs batted in. He finished 11th in the 1935 National League Most Valuable Player Award voting; this would remain his best season in the majors. Leiber was a hold-out the following spring. He eventually played in 101 games, but his numbers dropped and he only batted .279. Leiber platooned with Jimmy Ripple, who played in the games Leiber did not play.
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