Chris Hartje
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| Chris Hartje | ||
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| Catcher | ||
| Born: March 25, 1915 | ||
| Died: June 26, 1946 (aged 31) | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 9, 1939 for the Brooklyn Dodgers |
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| Final game | ||
| September 23, 1939 for the Brooklyn Dodgers |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting Average | .313 | |
| Home Runs | 0 | |
| RBI | 5 | |
| Teams | ||
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
Christian Henry Hartje (born March 25, 1915 in San Francisco, California, died June 26, 1946) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played in nine games for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1939 baseball season.
Hartje died in 1946 when a bus carrying the Spokane Indians minor league team, which he was a part of, crashed en route to a game. At the time it was the worst accident in U.S. Sports history as nine team members were killed and six were injured. [1]
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference or Baseball Almanac
- Excerpt from book featuring stories of Hartje
- Article about bus crash
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