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	Hank Borowy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Borowy enjoyed his best season in 1945 when he pitched for both the Yankees and Cubs and registered a combined 21-7, 82, 2.65, between the two teams.
		Borowy went 11-2 for the remainder of the season, including three wins over the Cardinals down the stretch, and led the National League in winning percentage (.846) and ERA (2.14), as the Cubs won the pennant behind a Borowy's 4-3 win over Pittsburgh.
		Hank Borowy died in Brick Township, New Jersey, at age of 88.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hank_Borowy (493 words)

	Former wartime pitcher for Yankees dies at 88 Remembered as one who kept baseball alive during WWII BY DICKMETZGAR ...
		Borowy was one of the players the Yankees brought up to the parent club as a rookie in 1942, the first war year for major league baseball after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
		Borowy started the all-star game for the American League in 1944, when he was 17-12, and was selected to the all-star squad in 1945, but the game was canceled because of wartime travel restrictions.
		Borowy is survived by another daughter, Claire Gelli, Florence, Italy; a son, Henry, of California; a sister, Helen Mur-aski; two brothers, Edward and William; and four grandchildren.
	tritown.gmnews.com /News/2004/0903/Front_Page/007.html (852 words)

	1945 World Series by Baseball Almanac
		Borowy had more than earned the start for Game 1 and he proved himself again and again as he held the Tigers to six singles and was a 9-0 victor as the Cubs bombed twenty-five-game winner Hal Newhouser.
		Grimm, in his second year with the Cubs, was obviously impressed with Borowy's combined regular-season record of 21-7, his second-half heroics (which netted him the National League's ERA title with a 2.14) and his 56-30 mark with the Yankees.
		Borowy was pulled after allowing four straight hits at the outset of the sixth as Detroit scored four runs in the inning and swept to an 8-4 victory.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /ws/yr1945ws.shtml (1192 words)

	BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project.
		True, Borowy does not rank in the Yankee pantheon with Ruth, Jackson and Rodriguez, but at the time of the sale he was their best pitcher, and by World War II standards, he was a big star.
		Henry Ludwig Borowy, the middle child in a family of four boys and one girl, was born to Polish immigrants on May 12, 1916, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, a town situated across the Hudson River, 11 miles west of New York City.
		Hank had rejected Krichell's first contract offer, which had him going to their Class A Binghamton team in the Eastern League, insisting that he was good enough to pitch for the International League team at Newark.
	www.bioproj.sabr.org /bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=90&pid=1332 (5298 words)

	Addict Baseball and Football Forum - Former pitcher Hank Borowy passes away (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Borowy, who pitched from 1942-51, owned a lifetime mark of 108-82 with a 3.50 ERA with the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh and Detroit.
		Borowy's best season came in 1945, when he became the first pitcher in modern history to win at least 10 games in a year for two different clubs.
		Borowy went 10-5 with the Yankees and was later sold to the Cubs, recording a 11-2 record.
	www.addictsports.com /baseball/printthread.php?t=42194 (252 words)

	Hank Borowy -- Won 108 games in major leagues -- HistoricBaseball.com
		Hank Borowy, who pitched in six World Series games and posted 108 wins in a 10-year career, died on Aug. 23, 2004 in Brick, N.J. He was 88.
		Borowy debuted in the major leagues in 1942 and pitched to a 108-82 record in 10 seasons.
		Borowy pitched his first game in the majors on April 18, 1942 when he debuted with the Yankees.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/b/borowy_hank.html (234 words)

	TheDeadballEra.com :: HANK BOROWY'S OBIT
		In 1945 the Yankees sold Borowy to the Chicago Cubs; during the season, he had had 10 wins with the Yankees and a record of 11-2 with the Cubs giving him a combined win total of 21 victories in both leagues, the first to attain that feat.
		He was predeceased by his wife, Katherine Connolly Borowy; and a brother, Frank Borowy.
		Surviving are two daughters, Claire Gelli and Mary Ellen Borowy; a son, Henry A. Borowy; a sister, Helen Muraski; two brothers, Edward Borowy and William Borowy; and four grandsons.
	www.thedeadballera.com /Obits/Borowy.Hank.Obit.html (332 words)

	TSN.ca - Print Story - Canada's Sports Leader
		Borowy was the last pitcher to get four decisions in a World Series, going 2-2 in 1945.
		Borowy's best season was 1945, when he became the first pitcher in modern history to win at least 10 games in a year for two different teams.
		Borowy was 15-4 as a rookie for the Yankees in 1942.
	www.tsn.ca /tools/print_story.asp?id=96162 (335 words)

	Former wartime pitcher for Yankees dies at 88 Remembered as one who kept baseball alive during WWII BY DICKMETZGAR ...
		Allegedly, McPhail maintained that at the age of 29, Borowy would falter during the last half of the season, and that the Yankees were looking toward a youth movement.
		Borowy would later pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pitts-burgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers before retiring in 1942 after a 10-year major league career with a 108-82 record.
		There was one Hall of Famer that Borowy remembered with fondness, the late Yankee catcher Bill Dickey, who was with the club during his years as a Yankee, his daughter said.
	bulletin.gmnews.com /news/2004/0901/Front_page/015.html (823 words)

	Cubbies Baseball - Books
		Borowy was an outstanding pitcher for the Yankees and was 10-5 at the time the Cubs picked him up on waivers.
		Borowy says the Yankees soured on him when he gave up a grand slam home run to Zeb Eaton of th Tigers, the opposing pitcher, in a game in early July.
		I think he went with Borowy because Borowy was the best pitcher down the stretch in the regular season and he was 2-1 in the World Series.
	cubbiesbaseball.com /interviewskipper.htm (1772 words)

	The Last Dominant Team
		Unfortunately, Borowy was knocked out by a 4-run Tigers' 6th inning, and the Tigers went on to win 8-4 to go up 3 games to 2, with Newhouser credited with the victory.
		Borowy redeemed himself in Game 6, however, which was played the very next day.
		Hank Greenburg had tied the game at 7 in the 8th, with 2 outs, on a solo home run.
	www.cubsnet.com /node/844/print?PHPSESSID=02186f3ecb1d343ab2c314dbf0fa0f05 (691 words)

	Hank Borowy Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Hank Borowy was born on Friday, May 12, 1916, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
		Borowy was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1942, with the New York Yankees.
		"Hank Borowy was the kind of pitcher who sent batters back to the bench muttering, 'He's got nothing.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=borowha01 (318 words)

	The Detroit Tigers during World War II
		Their championships were sparked by the return of slugger Hank Greenberg from the U.S. Army and the stellar performance of physically deferred pitcher Hal Newhouser.
		Cub hurlers were among the league leaders; Hank Wyse was second with twenty-two wins and Hank Borowy had the lowest earned-run average at 2.13.
		Borowy did not retire a batter before he left the game in a first inning that saw the Tigers score five runs and put the game out of reach.
	www.michiganhistorymagazine.com /extra/sports/tigers.html (4249 words)

	1945 NL Mathewson Award
		Hank Wyse pitched well during the war, and had another solid season in 1946 before his career deteriorated.
		Borowy had a great rookie season for New York in 1942, and had pitched very well since then.
		He was a sensation with the Cubs, and led all pitchers in the MVP vote (reminiscent of the season Rick Sutcliffe had for the Cubs in 1984).
	venus.lunarpages.com /~double2/History/400Pages/nlcy1945.html (402 words)

	Notable deaths in 2004, July thru September - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
		Hank Borowy, a right-handed pitcher who helped the New York Yankees capture pennants in 1942 and 1943, then starred for the last Chicago Cubs team to reach the World Series, died of cancer on Monday, Aug. 23, 2004 at his home in Brick, N.J. He was 88.
		Featuring a darting fastball delivered from a deceptively easy motion, and overcoming severe blisters on his pitching hand, Borowy was the first pitcher to win at least 10 games in the American League and the National League in a single season.
		Borowy, a native of Bloomfield, N.J., who pitched for Fordham University, was 15-4 as a rookie on the Yankees' 1942 pennant winners.
	www.sun-sentinel.com /news/nationworld/sfl-2004deaths4,0,7748375.photogallery?coll=sfla-news-nationworld&index=21 (167 words)

	Desipio.com » Blog Archive » Daily Dose: Hank White, Venezuelan Hero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The biggest shame of the 2005 Cubs season was that their removal from the pennant race in July (probably more like April) meant that Cubs fans were robbed of a chance to see the great Henry Blanco in action when the games meant the most.
		Hank didn’t hold in his hands one of those weird heated screwdriver things that my brother used to use to carve his name into…well, anything.
		What Hank White did last night in the 40 watt lighting at a stadium named, apparently, after Neifi Perez’s other brother (not Rubby, but Jose, the one who moved to Venezuela and opened a successful chain of Pontiac dealerships), wasn’t just difficult, it was legendary.
	www.desipio.com /?p=1104 (1083 words)

	HANK BOROWY 1916-2004
		Borowy, from Bloomfield, New Jersey, then appeared in 4 World Series games but he was so tired, he lost the final of a 7 game series to the Detroit Tigers.
		Lowrey was a former roommate of Hank Borowy.
		As for Hank Borowy and the Chicago Cubs' last pennant.Ê That's over.Ê It was nice knowing you and thanks for those dreams.
	personal.riverusers.com /~emr/hankborowy.html (801 words)

	WorldSeries.com History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hank Greenberg, back from military service, had five extra-base hits and an average of.304 for Detroit.
		Borowy had earned the victory in Game 6 with four innings of scoreless relief, but after a day off, Cubs manager Charlie Grimm elected to start his ace in Game 7.
		Unfortunately, Borowy allowed singles to the first three batters he faced, was lifted, and the Tigers wound up scoring five runs in the first inning.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/ws/history/ws_recap_year.jsp?content=ws_history_recap1945 (441 words)

	Addict Baseball and Football Forum - Tigers used T.N.T. in '45 series Tigers beat favored Cubs in memorable championship
		They also had Hank Borowy, a midseason waiver pickup from the Yankees who was 11-3 for his career against the Tigers.
		Newhouser won his rematch with Borowy when four straight hits leading off the sixth led to four runs.
		Borowy allowed three straight singles to start the game and was pulled.
	www.addictsports.com /baseball/printthread.php?t=29290 (1048 words)

	Hank Borowy \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Borowy pitched reliably for the Yankees during WWII, going 15-4 as a 1942 rookie and following with 14-9 and 17-12 years.
		Borowy, 10-5 with the Yankees, was put on waivers, apparently to solve a roster problem, and was passed over by all 7 AL teams who assumed the Yanks would pull him back if claimed.
		April 15, 1947: In his National League debut, Hank Greenberg doubles home the only run in the 6th as the Pirates Rip Sewell wins the opener in Chicago 1—0.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Borowy_Hank.stm (882 words)

	Chicago Cubs News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Borowy was 10-5 with the Yankees yet placed on waivers and the Cubs picked him up for $97,000 in late July.
		Borowy was the winning pitcher on Sept. 29, 1945, when the Cubs clinched the pennant with a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh in the first game of a doubleheader.
		Borowy finished the Series 2-2 with a 4.00 ERA, appearing in four games (three starts) and totaling 18 innings.
	chicago.cubs.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/chc/news/chc_news.jsp?ymd=20041026&content_id=905968&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp (1529 words)

	Amazon.com: 1945 World Series - Detroit Tigers vs Chicago Cubs: Video: MLB,Hank Greenberg,Bob Elson,Hal ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Detroit Tigers and Hank Greenberg, Hal Newhouser, and Virgil Trucks.
		The big story that year was the Tigers, with Hank Greenberg getting back from the service and hitting a grand slam on the last day of the leason to win the pennant.
		Hank Borowy, acquired by the Cubs from the Yankees, shut out the Tigers in the opener, lost the fifth game, won the sixth game in relief and then tried to pitch the deciding game on one day's rest, but got nobody out.
	www.amazon.com /1945-World-Detroit-Tigers-Chicago/dp/6304962991 (603 words)

	1944 All-Star Game \| NL Wins Lopsided Contest at Forbes Field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hall of Fame manager Joe McCarthy chose two of his own players to form an all-Yankee battery, but the names were unfamiliar to many casual fans, and indicative of the dearth of talent at the big league level in the midst of World War II.
		Right-hander Hank Borowy, a first-time All-Star, was on the hill, and stocky Rollie Hemsley, a 37-year old veteran playing for his sixth team, was behind the plate for the American League.
		Borowy was chosen to start despite being afflicted with poison ivy.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /history/2006/060708.htm (900 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Odds & Honors -- Oct. 8, 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Big Hank Greenberg rubbed a lucky piece of bone on his bat, strode thoughtfully to the plate, and slammed a grand-slam homer into the left field bleachers.
		That did it: Hank's 13th home run (in 78 games since his Army discharge) finally clinched the American League pennant for the Detroit Tigers, on the last day of the season.
		Thanks to Pitcher Hank Borowy (and with the compliments of Yankee Boss Larry MacPhail, who decided in mid-season that he needed $100,000 more than he needed an outstanding pitcher like Borowy), the Cubs copped their pennant a day earlier—after giving Chicagoans almost as many palpitations as Detroiters had ruffered.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,776263,00.html (225 words)

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		BRICK, N.J. -- Hank Borowy, who helped pitch the New York Yankees to the 1943 World Series championship and two years later lost Game 7 with the Chicago Cubs, has died.
		He started the 1944 All-Star Game and pitched three scoreless innings, and was again picked for the AL squad in 1945 -- there was no game that year because of travel restrictions during World War II.
		He went 10-5 for the Yankees, and was sold to the Cubs for $97,000 on July 27.
	cbs.sportsline.com /print/mlb/story/7611371 (430 words)

	Hank Greenberg \| BaseballLibrary.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hank graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx, then attended New York University on an athletic scholarship for one semester before beginning his professional baseball career.
		Hank turned down a lucrative offer from the Yankees, realizing there would be little chance of making the ML with Lou Gehrig on first for the Bombers.
		Hank served with distinction in the Far East until his discharge in mid-1945.
	www.baseballlibrary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Greenberg_Hank.stm (3818 words)

	Hank Borowy
		Henry Ludwig "Hank" Borowy (May 12, 1916 - August 23, 2004) was a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the New York Yankees (1942-45), Chicago Cubs (1945-48), Philadelphia Phillies (1949-50), Pittsburgh Pirates (1950) and Detroit Tigers (1950-51).
		He takes the loss and the Tigers won the Series.
		In the remainder of his career, Borowy was plagued by finger blisters and a cronic sore shoulder.
	www.wikimoz.org /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ha/hank_borowy.html (470 words)

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