Heinie Manush
Henry " Heinie " Emmett Manush ( born July 20, 1901 in Tuscumba, Alabama, † May 12, 1971 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball.
Biography
Heinie Manush made his debut in the American League on 20 April 1923 as outfielder with the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers, however, he stood in the shadow of Ty Cobb and Harry Heilmann. In his first year he came up with a batting average of 33.4 %. His best year with the Tigers, he had 1926. He achieved a batting average of 37.8 %. With Babe Ruth, he delivered a fight for the title of best batsman, which was not decided until the last day of the season. In a double header on September 26, Manush scored six hits in nine chances and could blow Ruth, who came at a stroke average of 37.2 %, leave behind. In 1928 he moved to the St. Louis Browns and came back to 37.8 % in this category, but had to settle for second place behind Goose Goslin satisfied by the Washington Senators.
1930 moved to the Washington Senators Manush. In 1933, he led the Senators with the help of his services to their last World Series participation. However, they lost while the New York Giants clearly with 1:4 games. In the fourth game Manush Baseball history was written when he was the first player ever to be referenced in a World Series game of the field. The referee evaluated the action of Manush with a strike that led to the From the player. Manush protested violently on it, drew on the fly from the referee, which was secured with a rubber band and let them back strap. Then Manush was dismissed.
After Washington Manush was still playing for the Boston Red Sox, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he denies his last game in the major leagues on May 22, 1939.
In 1964, Manush was taken from the Veterans Committee in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He died in 1971 at the age of 69 in Sarasota, Florida.