Gene Hermanski

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Gene Harmanski

Outfielder

Born: May 11, 1920 (1920-05-11) (age 88)
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 15, 1943 for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Final game
September 22, 1953 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
AVG.	.272
HR	46
R	276
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1943, 1946-1951) Chicago Cubs (1951-1953) Pittsburgh Pirates (1953)
Career highlights and awards
Participated in the 1947 & 1949 World Series

Eugene Victor Hermanski (born May 11, 1920, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He is an alumnus of Seton Hall University.

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1939, Hermanski would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 15, 1943, and appeared in his final game on September 22, 1953.

The book Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Hermanski is prominent in many of these stories.

Salem (MA) Evening News, Aug. 8, 1943 , P 8 reports that this 22-year-old outfielder, recently released from the USCG Salem Air Station in order to enlist in the USN's V-5 Aviation Training Program is expected to use a months break to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. "Hermanski hit a homer and two triples in an exhibition game with the Red Sox and poled out a homer and a double in a contest with the Braves".