Hal Manders, 92; Pitched for Detroit Tigers/Chicago Cubs
Bill Schenley
FROM: The Des Moines Register ~
By Staff Reports
Waukee native and former Major League Baseball
player Harold "Hal" Manders died Thursday at T
he Village at Legacy Pointe in Waukee. He was 92.
Manders, a right-handed pitcher, played parts of
three seasons in the majors (1941, '42 and '46),
mostly with the Detroit Tigers - but also two
games with the Chicago Cubs.
He broke into the majors, at age 24, in the same
season as future Yankees star Phil Rizzuto. The
1941 baseball season Manders is remembered for
Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak - still
a major-league record - and the .406 batting
average of Ted Williams (no player has hit over
.400 since).
In 30 major-league games, Manders produced
a 3-1 record and 4.77 ERA, with an equal
number of walks and strikeouts (28).
Manders, who attended the University of Iowa,
was the cousin of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob
Feller.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday
at Brandt Funeral Home in Dallas Center. Private
family burial will be at Waukee Cemetery in
Waukee. His family will receive friends from
noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Manders is survived by his wife, Marabel of
Dallas Center; his son Bob and wife Linda of
West Des Moines; his sister Betty Griffith of
Stuart.
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MLB stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mandeha01.shtml
Corby Gilmore
> Former Major Leaguer Manders Dies
>
> FROM: The Des Moines Register ~
> By Staff Reports
>
> Waukee native and former Major League Baseball
> player Harold "Hal" Manders died Thursday at T
> he Village at Legacy Pointe in Waukee. He was 92.
>
> Manders, a right-handed pitcher, played parts of
> three seasons in the majors (1941, '42 and '46),
> mostly with the Detroit Tigers - but also two
> games with the Chicago Cubs.
Hal Manders was unofficially number 29 on the list of oldest living
plyers.