Hy Vandenberg Trades and Transactions

The Hy Vandenberg trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Hy Vandenberg has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Hy Vandenberg may have been a person whose feet seemed to be planted firmly in midair, but he was definitely a well-grounded athlete when he was pitching and the game was on the line." - By Armand Peterson, Tom Tomashek in Town Ball: The Glory Days of Minnesota Amateur Baseball (Univ Of Minnesota Press, 09/29/2006, 'Minnesota's Minor-League Attractions', Page 245)

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Hy Vandenberg

Hy Vandenberg Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#106)

Hy Vandenberg Autograph on a 1979 Diamond Greats (#106)
 

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Birth Name:   Harold Harris Vandenberg
Nickname:   Hy
Born On:   03-17-1906  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Abilene, Kansas
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-31-1994
Place of Death Data Died In:   Bloomington, Minnesota
Cemetery:   Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
High School:   Washburn High School (Minneapolis, MN)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   220
First Game:   06-08-1935 (Age 29)
Last Game:   09-29-1945
Draft:   Not Applicable
Hy Vandenberg

Trades & Transactions

07-20-1937: Sold by Baltimore (International) (with Bill Lohrman) to New York Giants.
01-02-1941: Sold by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

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