Buddy Hassett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1911
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 23-Aug-1997
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Buddy Hassett
- John Aloysius "Buddy" Hassett (September 5, 1911 – August 23, 1997) was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder.
- He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Bees / Braves, and New York Yankees.Hassett started his professional baseball career in 1933 with the Wheeling Stogies and batted .332.
- In 1934 he played for the Norfolk Tars and hit .360.
- He also set the league record at the time for stolen bases.
- In 1935 he played for the Columbus Redbirds and hit .337 in the American Association and won a starting job in the majors for the next seven seasons.
- His major league career was cut short by World War II.
- In 1936 he set the record for fewest strikeouts by a rookie.
- He struck out just 17 times in 635 at bats.
- This record still stands.After serving in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, Hassett played in the minor leagues for a few years.
- He also managed for the Yankees farm team, the Newark Bears in the minors until 1950.
- Hassett was player coach of a team of players from the US Navy Pre-flight training program in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that went to New York to play a War Chest benefit against a team of All Stars from the Yankees and Cleveland Indians, coached by Babe Ruth.
- The Navy team won the game and included Ted Williams, Johnny Sain, and Johnny Pesky along with Hassett.
- Hassett saw action in the Pacific aboard the Carrier the USS Bennington.
- His brother, Billy Hassett, was an All American basketball player at Georgetown University and the University of Notre Dame.
- Billy played professional basketball for the Chicago Gears, the Buffalo Bisons the Tri-City Blackhawks, the Minneapolis Lakers and the Baltimore Bullets (1946–1950). A resident of Hillsdale, New Jersey, Hassett died at the age of 85 of bone cancer at Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, New Jersey.
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