Hank Workman


Henry Kilgariff Workman was an American professional baseball player who appeared in two games in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees during the season. Workman was listed at tall and. He threw right-handed and batted left-handed. He was born in Los Angeles, California.

Early life

Workman attended the University of Southern California and was elected to the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. He was captain of the USC Trojans baseball team that won the 1948 College World Series, playing also on USC conference winners in 1946–47. Workman's father, Tom, also lettered in baseball at USC.
Workman enlisted in the United States military, during World [War II], in 1944 and was in the naval aviation training program when World War II ended. He went to Loyola Law School and then practiced law in Los Angeles.

Career

In his brief big league career, Workman played one game as a first baseman and appeared in the other as a pinch hitter. He had one hit in five at bats—a single off Harry Taylor of the Boston Red Sox on October 1, 1950—for a.200 batting average. Workman replaced future Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe DiMaggio as the fourth batter in the lineup the day he played first base. He also played six years in minor league baseball, where he was primarily an outfielder, and in Cuba during the winter of 1952–53. Workman became a lawyer after his baseball career ended.

Personal life

Workman's paternal grandfather was William H. Workman who was the mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1886 to 1888. He died on March 16, 2020, in Santa Monica, California.