Hank Arft
Portrait of Hank Arft, first baseman for the St. Louis Browns, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Hank Arft." Printed on back: "Hank Arft. First base, St. Louis Browns. Born: Manchester, Mo., Jan. 28, 1922. Height: 5-10 1/2. Weight: 190. Bats: left. Throws: left. Sometimes called 'Bow-wow' because of pronunciation of last name. In 112 games during 1951. Batted .261. Had 90 hits, including 7 home runs, 5 triples, 16 doubles. Drove in 42 runs. First played for Browns in 1948. Sent to Portland, Pacific Coast League, June 7, 1952. No. 229 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001631
- Subject:
- Arft, Hank (Henry Irven), 1922-2002
- Baseball players--Missouri--Saint Louis
- St. Louis Browns (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Arft, Hank
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.