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Austin McHenry-Outfield(Cardinals)
Born: September 22, 1895, Wrightsville, OH.
Died: November 27, 1922, Adams County, OH (Brain Tumor)
Drafted in the 1st round of the 1918 draft by the Crimson Tide.(Pick #20)
Drafted in the 7th round of the 1922 draft by the Shamokin Stogies. (Pick #111)
Austin was a member of the 1st Place 1919 Crimson Tide. They lost to the Caterpillars in the NLCS. He appeared in 1 game as a pinch hitter going 0-1. In the 1920 Wild Card game he hit just .063(1-16) in a 5 game loss to the Warbirds. McHenry hit .269 with 2 Hrs in a 6 game loss to the Terrapins in the 1921 NLCS.
In 1921 Austin McHenry hit .320-19-149 for the Crimson Tide, finishing 2nd in the league in rbi behind Babe Ruth.
SCL STATS:
Team Year AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
CCT 1918 .247 .296 .337 94 368 91 13 4 4 39 59 26 30 1 1 14 14
CCT 1919 .263 .306 .376 86 346 91 12 12 1 45 75 21 60 2 1 0 1
CCT 1920 .302 .331 .421 103 361 109 12 8 5 43 79 15 40 3 0 2 2
CCT 1921 .320 .353 .474 154 654 209 34 5 19 115 149 36 76 4 4 2 1
SS 1922 .248 .301 .391 51 161 40 9 4 2 23 18 12 21 0 1 0 0
.286 .324 .412 488 1890 540 80 33 31 265 380 110 227 10 7 18 18
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OBP SLG
Real Life Totals: 1918-1922 543 1959 262 592 105 39 34 286 .302 .343 .448
Austin McHenry hit .350-17-102 in 1921, finishing in 2nd in the NL in both Avg and rbi.
He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1922. He died 6 weeks after an unsuccessful surgery to remove the tumor. He was just 27 years old.