Heinz Becker

  • National League Pennant: 1945

Heinz Reinhard Becker ( born August 26, 1915 in Berlin, † November 11, 1991 in Dallas, Texas, United States) was a German American baseball player in Major League Baseball.

Becker made ​​his debut in April 1943 for the Chicago Cubs, with whom he was 1945 winner in the National League and participated in the World Series. In the three games of the World Series, where he was in the squad, it brought Becker on two at-bats and scored a hit.

In June 1946, Becker moved in exchange for Mickey Rocco to the Cleveland Indians, for whom he played 50 games in the same year. After Becker did not show good performance in 1947 with his first two inserts his contract on 14 May 1947 resolved. Two days later, Becker signed a contract with the Boston Braves, in which he, however, no longer was used.

Heinz Becker died on 11 November 1991 at the age of 76 years in his adopted hometown of Dallas and is buried in Restland Memorial Park there.

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