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Old 08-18-2023, 01:48 AM
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Henry E. "Heinie" Manush. Outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1930-1935. 2,524 hits and 110 home runs in 17 MLB seasons. Had a .330 career batting average. 1934 All-Star. 1926 AL batting champion. Had more than 200 hits four times. In 1964, was inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame. Debuted with the Detroit Tigers in 1923. Leading batter on the 1933 Washington Senator team that won the AL pennant. First and last player to be ejected from a World Series game. Had 241 hits in 1928. Coach for the Washington Senators in 1953-1954.

Deveaux covers Manush's introduction to Washington: The ax fell in Washington at the mid-June (1930) trading deadline. Clark Griffith dropped a bombshell on June 13, announcing that Goose Goslin, the greatest power hitter in team history, had been traded to the St. Louis Browns. In return, Washington got Heinie Manush, whom Goslin had edged out in the celebrated batting race of '28, and pitcher Alvin "General" Crowder. The involvement of Goslin and Manush in this transaction signifies the only time in major-league history that former batting champions were traded for one another. The deal would tilt heavily in Washington's favor, and was proposed to the Nats by Browns owner Phil Ball, who had had personal differences with both of the players he disposed of. . . .

. . . In Heinie Manush, the Senators got an outstanding hitter. Hot at the time of the trade, his stats at the end of the year were 7-65-.362 (these are his stats for Washington -- 7 home runs, 65 RBIs, and a .362 average). Goslin hit .330, but with 30 homers and an even 100 ribbies.

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