1910
Born November 23, 1910
Hinckley, NY, USA
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b. November 23, 1910 · New York Giants 1931–1942, 1946
He went 19-12 with a 2.16 earned run average in 1933 and 23-10 the following season, pitching behind Carl Hubbell for John McGraw's successor Bill Terry. New York won the 1933 World Series and he started and won a game in it, and lost the 1936 and 1937 Series to the Yankees.
Thirteen seasons, all with the Giants, gave him 158 wins against 121, a 3.36 earned run average, 2,482 innings, 138 complete games and 27 shutouts. He was called Prince Hal and was chosen for two All-Star teams.
He signed out of St. Lawrence University without a day in the minor leagues, served three years in the Navy in the Second World War, and came back for one more season at thirty-five. He ran a sporting-goods company in Ohio afterward. Seven writers' ballots gave him no more than eleven votes. He died in 1993, at eighty-two.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 2 | 1933, 1935 |
| Baseball Magazine All-Star | 1 | 1934 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | NYG | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| 1932 | NYG | 30 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .226 |
| 1933 | NYG | 39 | 98 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 0 | .214 |
| 1934 | NYG | 44 | 117 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 0 | .239 |
| 1935 | NYG | 38 | 107 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 0 | .196 |
| 1936 | NYG | 46 | 74 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .216 |
| 1937 | NYG | 45 | 81 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .222 |
| 1938 | NYG | 36 | 67 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .239 |
| 1939 | NYG | 30 | 69 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .203 |
| 1940 | NYG | 35 | 78 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .192 |
| 1941 | NYG | 38 | 66 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .152 |
| 1942 | NYG | 37 | 75 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .173 |
| 1946 | NYG | 24 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .038 |
| Career | — | 450 | 896 | 100 | 181 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 102 | 32 | 196 | 0 | .202 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18.1 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 10.80 |
| 1932 | NYG | 5 | 6 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 101.1 | 119 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 3.55 |
| 1933 | NYG | 19 | 12 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 258.2 | 199 | 62 | 84 | 96 | 2.16 |
| 1934 | NYG | 23 | 10 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 297.0 | 299 | 105 | 89 | 112 | 3.18 |
| 1935 | NYG | 19 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 261.2 | 235 | 84 | 70 | 79 | 2.89 |
| 1936 | NYG | 11 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 215.1 | 234 | 83 | 69 | 75 | 3.47 |
| 1937 | NYG | 13 | 12 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 217.2 | 222 | 87 | 89 | 100 | 3.60 |
| 1938 | NYG | 13 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 185.0 | 178 | 72 | 50 | 54 | 3.50 |
| 1939 | NYG | 13 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 181.2 | 199 | 97 | 89 | 58 | 4.81 |
| 1940 | NYG | 13 | 13 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 227.0 | 218 | 82 | 96 | 123 | 3.25 |
| 1941 | NYG | 12 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 206.0 | 187 | 77 | 79 | 63 | 3.36 |
| 1942 | NYG | 12 | 13 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 216.0 | 208 | 73 | 82 | 49 | 3.04 |
| 1946 | NYG | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 96.2 | 95 | 42 | 52 | 48 | 3.91 |
| Career | — | 158 | 121 | 391 | 329 | 7 | 2482.1 | 2424 | 926 | 902 | 906 | 3.36 |
On this day & linked events
1993
Died April 21, 1993
1931
Major-league debut: Hal Schumacher
Hal Schumacher made a major-league debut on April 15, 1931.
1946
Final major-league game: Hal Schumacher
Hal Schumacher played a final major-league game on September 25, 1946.
Image: Goudey, public domain