Editing Hack Wilson (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1900–1948)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Hack Wilson
|position=[[Outfielder]]
|image= Hack Wilson BBHOF (cropped).png
|birth_date= {{birth date|1900|4|26|mf=y}}
|birth_place= [[Ellwood City, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date= {{death date and age|1948|11|23|1900|4|26}}
|death_place= [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S.
|bats= Right
|throws= Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= September 29
|debutyear= 1923
|debutteam= New York Giants
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate= August 25
|finalyear= 1934
|finalteam= Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label= [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat2label= [[Home run]]s
|stat3label= [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat1value= .307
|stat2value= 244
|stat3value= 1,063
|teams=
*[[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] ({{baseball year|1923}}–{{baseball year|1925}})
*[[Chicago Cubs]] ({{baseball year|1926}}–{{baseball year|1931}})
*[[Brooklyn Dodgers]] ({{baseball year|1932}}–{{baseball year|1934}})
*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{baseball year|1934}})
|highlights=
*4× [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|NL home run leader]] (1926–1928, 1930)
*2× [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|NL RBI leader]] (1929, 1930)
*MLB record 191 RBI, single season
* [[Chicago Cubs#Cubs Hall of Fame|Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1979 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1979]]
|hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}
'''Lewis Robert''' "'''Hack'''" '''Wilson''' (April 26, 1900 – November 23, 1948) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] player who played 12 seasons for the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]], [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]].<ref name="Hack Wilson statistics">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoha01.shtml |title=Hack Wilson statistics |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=February 21, 2011 |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204200337/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoha01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite his diminutive stature, he was one of the most accomplished power hitters in the game during the late 1920s and early 1930s.<ref name="Hack Wilson Belted Homers, Hecklers with Equal Gusto">{{cite magazine |author=Holway |first=John |date=June 1996 |title=Hack Wilson Belted Homers, Hecklers with Equal Gusto |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_baseball-digest_1996-06_55_6 |url-access=limited |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Baseball Digest |pages=78-84 |volume=55 |issue=6}}</ref> 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 run]]s, the [[National League (baseball)|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|Ruth]]."{{sfn|Parker|2000|p=195}}

While Wilson's combativeness and excessive alcohol consumption made him one of the most colorful sports personalities of his era,<ref name="Death Overtakes Hack Wilson Of Home Run Fame">{{cite news |title=Death Overtakes Hack Wilson Of Home Run Fame |agency=Associated Press |work=The Evening Independent |page=19 |date=November 24, 1948 |access-date=March 1, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7ABQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6624,4503899&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122035122/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7ABQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6624%2C4503899&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> his drinking and fighting undoubtedly contributed to a premature end to his athletic career and, ultimately, his premature death.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Dolgan |first=Bob |date=March 1978 |title=Former Teammates Recall Hack Wilson |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_baseball-digest_1978-03_37_3 |url-access=limited |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Baseball Digest |pages=64-72 |volume=37 |issue=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Drooz |first=Al |date=October 1974 |title=But Memories of Hack Wilson Fade Away |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_baseball-digest_1974-10_33_10 |url-access=limited |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Baseball Digest |pages=56-65 |volume=33 |issue=10}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[1979 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1979]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/wilson-hack |title=Hack Wilson at The Baseball Hall of Fame |publisher=baseballhall.org |access-date=February 28, 2011 |archive-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214112005/http://baseballhall.org/hof/wilson-hack |url-status=live }}</ref>