Gene Hermanski

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=
bgcolor2=
textcolor1=black
textcolor2=black
name=Gene Harmanski
position=Outfielder
birthdate=birth date and age|1920|5|11
bats=Left
throws=Right
debutdate=August 15
debutyear=by|1943
debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
finaldate=September 22
finalyear=by|1953
finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
stat1label=AVG.
stat1value=.272
stat2label=HR
stat2value=46
stat3label=R
stat3value=276
teams=
*Brooklyn Dodgers (1943, 1946-1951)
*Chicago Cubs (1951-1953)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (1953)
highlights=
*Participated in the 1947 & 1949 World Series

Eugene Victor Hermanski (born May 11, 1920, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He is an alumnus of Seton Hall University.

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1939, Hermanski would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 15, 1943, and appeared in his final game on September 22, 1953.

The book "" (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Hermanski is prominent in many of these stories.

Salem (MA) Evening News, Aug. 8, 1943 , P 8 reports that this 22-year-old outfielder, recently released from the USCG Salem Air Station in order to enlist in the USN's V-5 Aviation Training Program is expected to use a months break to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. "Hermanski hit a homer and two triples in an exhibition game with the Red Sox and poled out a homer and a double in a contest with the Braves".

ee also

* Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hermage01.shtml Gene Hermanski at "Baseball Reference.com"]