Editing Hack Wilson (section)

===New York Giants===
Wilson made his major league debut with the Giants on September 29, 1923, at the age of 23, and became the starting [[left fielder]] the following season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hack Wilson Cost The Giants Price Of A Bag Of Peanuts |agency=King Features Syndicate |work=Rochester Evening Journal |page=8 |date=September 11, 1924 |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4htgAAAAIBAJ&pg=2863,4015960&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426120625/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4htgAAAAIBAJ&pg=2863%2C4015960&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> By mid-July he was ranked second in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) in hitting.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hack Wilson Is The Old-Style Type Of Bull-Necked Slugger |work=The Washington Reporter |date=July 17, 1924 |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QS5eAAAAIBAJ&pg=1602,798237&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121231715/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QS5eAAAAIBAJ&pg=1602%2C798237&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> He ended the season with a .295 average, 10 [[home run]]s, and 57 [[runs batted in]] (RBIs) as New York won the NL [[Pennant (sports)|pennant]].<ref name="Hack Wilson statistics"/> In the [[1924 World Series]] he averaged only .233 in a seven-game loss to the [[1924 Washington Senators season|Washington Senators]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1924_WS.shtml |title=1924 World Series |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=February 28, 2011 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112042905/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1924_WS.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

Multiple stories exist to explain the origin of Wilson's nickname. By one account, a New York newspaper held a nicknaming contest; the winning entry was "Hack" because he reminded many fans of another stocky athlete, the popular wrestler [[Georg Hackenschmidt]].<ref name="Hack Wilson Belted Homers, Hecklers with Equal Gusto"/> In another version, McGraw is said to have remarked that Wilson's physique was reminiscent of a "hack" (slang for [[taxicab]] in that era). Giants teammate [[Bill Cunningham (outfielder)|Bill Cunningham]] claimed that the nickname was based on Wilson's resemblance to [[Hack Miller]], an outfielder with the Chicago Cubs. The ''[[New York Times]]'' printed the first documented usage of "Hack" on June 10, 1924.{{sfn|Parker|2000|p=29}}

Early in the [[1925 New York Giants (MLB) season|1925 season]], Wilson hit the longest home run on record at [[Ebbets Field]] against the [[1925 Brooklyn Robins season|Brooklyn Robins]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Homers By Hack Wilson And Kelly Play Important Part In Giants Win Over Robins |work=The Lewiston Daily Sun |page=9 |date=April 20, 1925 |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w7EgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1620,1529214&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201040652/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w7EgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1620%2C1529214&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> but fell into a slump in May, and was replaced in left field by [[Irish Meusel]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Irish Meusel In Giants' Outfield |work=The Norwalk Hour |page=12 |date=May 30, 1925 |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H94gAAAAIBAJ&pg=3248,1840538&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426120632/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H94gAAAAIBAJ&pg=3248%2C1840538&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 2, he hit two home runs in one [[inning]], tying [[Ken Williams (baseball)|Ken Williams]]' major league record set in 1922,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hack Wilson Ties Record With Two Home Runs In One Inning |agency=Associated Press |work=Reading Eagle |page=18 |date=July 2, 1925 |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wokhAAAAIBAJ&pg=6405,388132&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426120625/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wokhAAAAIBAJ&pg=6405%2C388132&dq=hack+wilson&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> but his hitting slump continued. In August, McGraw told reporters that he had "... made the mistake of rushing [Wilson] along,"{{sfn|Parker|2000|p=39}} and sent him to the Giants' minor league affiliate, the [[Toledo Mud Hens]] of the [[American Association (20th century)|American Association]]. At season's end, a front office oversight — or possibly, deliberate inaction{{sfn|Parker|2000|pp=42-3}} — left him unprotected on the Toledo roster, and the last-place Chicago Cubs acquired him on [[Major League Baseball transactions#Waivers|waivers]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zIDAAAAMBAJ&q=hack+wilson+baseball+digest&pg=PA38 |title=Will They Beat 56 In '56? |author=Dexter, Charles |date=June 1956 |work=Baseball Digest |access-date=February 28, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2014}}</ref> "They let go the best outfielder I ever played alongside," said Giants right fielder [[Ross Youngs]], "and they're going to regret it."{{sfn|Parker|2000|p=44}}

During the 1925 World Series — between the Senators and the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] — Wilson's son, Robert, was born.{{sfn|Parker|2000|p=47}}