Chris Hartje
| Chris Hartje | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Catcher | |||
| Born: March 25, 1915 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
|||
| Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
|||
|
|||
| MLB debut | |||
| September 9, 1939, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 23, 1939, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting Average | .313 | ||
| Home Runs | 0 | ||
| RBI | 5 | ||
| Teams | |||
|
|||
Christian Henry Hartje (March 25, 1915 – June 26, 1946) was a professional baseball player, primarily in the minor leagues. Born in San Francisco, California, he was a catcher and played in nine games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the major leagues in September during the 1939 baseball season.
After signing with the Spokane Indians of the Western International League in June 1946,[1] Hartje died less than a week later when the team's bus crashed en route to a game. At the time it was the worst accident in U.S. sports history, as nine team members were killed and six were injured.[2] Seriously injured and badly burned,[3] Hartje was taken to Harborview Hospital in Seattle and died the following day, the ninth fatality.[4][5]
Hartje served with the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, and was buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) or Baseball Almanac
- Excerpt from book featuring stories of Hartje
- Article about bus crash
- Chris Hartje at Find a Grave
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
.jpg){kind=small}   |
This biographical article relating to a United States baseball catcher born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Use mdy dates from January 2015
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Brooklyn Dodgers players
- Road accident deaths in Washington (state)
- 1915 births
- 1946 deaths
- Baseball players from California
- Sportspeople from San Francisco, California
- Wheeling Stogies players
- Oakland Oaks (baseball) players
- Akron Yankees players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Hollywood Stars players
- Montreal Royals players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Spokane Indians players
- Burials at Golden Gate National Cemetery
- American baseball catcher, 1910s birth stubs
