Harry Danning

Harry Danning

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=#FD5A1E
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Harry Danning
position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1911|9|6|mf=y
deathdate=death date and age|2004|11|29|1911|9|6
debutdate=July 30
debutyear=1933
debutteam=New York Giants
finaldate=September 25
finalyear=1942
finalteam=New York Giants
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.285
stat2label=HR
stat2value=57
stat3label=Hits
stat3value=847
teams=
*New York Giants (by|1933-by|1942)
highlights=
* Four All-Star appearances
* One World Series ring (1933)

Harold Danning, nicknamed Harry the Horse (September 6, 1911, Los Angeles, California – November 29, 2004) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played his entire career with the New York Giants (1933-42). He batted and threw right-handed.

Danning, who was Jewish, was nicknamed "Harry The Horse" for Damon Runyon's Broadway character. He attended Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles.

Baseball career

He was selected for the National League All-Star squad in four consecutive years (1938-41), played for the Giants team which defeated the Washington Senators in the 1933 World Series championship, and appeared in the pennant-winning clubs that were defeated by the New York Yankees in the 1936 and 1937 World Series.

Danning was a career .285 hitter with 57 home runs and 397 RBI in 890 games. He caught the screwballer Carl Hubbell, and also was a teammate of Mel Ott, Bill Terry and Travis Jackson, four Hall of Famers.

From 1938 to 1940 Danning hit .306, .313, and .300, and finished in the top 10 in National League MVP voting in 1939 (9th) and 1940 (7th). He collected career highs in home runs (16) in 1939, and in RBI (91) in 1940.

On June 9, 1939, Danning hit one of the five home runs in an inning that helped the Giants to set a record. Then, on June 15, 1940, he hit for the cycle in a game against Pittsburgh. His home run comes on an inside-the-parker that landed 460 feet on the fly in front of the Giants' clubhouse, wedged behind the Eddie Grant memorial.

After baseball

Danning retired from baseball after serving in the military, working later as a minor league coach.

He received one vote in Hall of Fame Voting in both 1958 and 1960.

Danning died in Valparaiso, Indiana, at the age of 93.

Other highlights

* The BBWAA in TSN poll names the 1940 All Star team: Frank McCormick, 1B - Joe Gordon, 2B - Luke Appling, SS - Stan Hack, 3B - Harry Danning, C - Bob Feller, Bucky Walters, Paul Derringer, pitchers (January 8, 1941)

ee also

*Hitting for the cycle

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Danning_Harry.stm Baseball Library (profile)]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/danniha01.shtml Baseball Reference stats]
* [http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1002978&position=C Fangraphs stats]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Danning BR Bullpen profile]
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/D/Harry-Danning.shtml Baseball Cube profile]
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=baseball&ID=7 Jews in Sports]


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