prince prince january june professional baseball player years played portions seasons major_league_baseball outfielder philadelphia_phillies pinch hitter pitcher detroit_tigers debuted phillies fourth hawaiian player appear major leagues compiled batting average earned run average era major league seasons born hawaii played sports high school took baseball professionally noticed spent seasons minor leagues joining phillies sent minors games decade played minor league teams hawaiian heritage proved selling point teams making majors outbreak world war facing shortage active players tigers signed played parts team sold dallas rebels finished professional career later operated fishing business death early years born hawaii site plantation father native hawaiian graduate later worked plantation station agent local railroad depot mother mary portuguese descent attended honolulu nickname sport star baseball football basketball track swimming running football twice selected star team baseball career youth played hawaiian baseball team went tour japan japan saw playing suggested play professionally united_states recommended advice traveled california winter try seals spent season san_francisco affiliate class arizona state league compiled batting average bears year professional play compiled average games start season promoted san_francisco joined seals organization ability pitch play infield outfield ultimately found outfielder blessed powerful throwing arm great speed ability ball far reaches parks spent seasons outfielder seals compiled batting averages totaled home runs doubles triples bats season led rbis philadelphia_phillies november philadelphia_phillies acquired portland exchange cash player named later portland manager noted deal required phillies pay look retained years major league debut april fourth hawaiian player play major_league_baseball appeared games phillies starting left fielder compiled batting average double rbis bats phillies sent portland days big leagues hawaiian heritage nickname hawaiian heritage selling point promoters handicap terms ability major leagues signed team owner advertised hawaiian prince graham claimed honolulu discovered playing baseball bare feet popularity swimmer sporting news noted great swimmer listed duke graham figured prince portland manager boasted invested halo hawaiian royalty hawaiian heritage handicap era racial integration major_league_baseball january shortly acquired phillies wrote feature story headline prince pops melting pot adding dash hawaii cuban author offered promotion phillies evidence baseball american america cosmopolitan national population daniel wrote going justice color line color line baseball adhered strictly daniel wrote despite batting record san_francisco owner difficulty selling major league club suggested welcome ranks big leagues seals signed rated important money prospect likely draw figures sale big league club overcome color line graham backed away story hawaiian prince noted mother portuguese graham find major league buyer acquired phillies end season published page story referring hawaiian dark skinned comes royal stock old hawaiian dynasty ruled islands united_states took country title prince wears atlanta brief stint phillies returned portland shortly sold atlanta previously managed portland manager atlanta offered allow portland price paid recalled atlanta racially segregated rationale acquiring atlanta needed powerful right handed hitter hit ball negro left field needed hero colored citizens man agreed fly atlanta asked dress sharply wear arranged press photographers meet atlanta airport later recalled sold hawaiian royalty stuff far beam hank comes best stock islands looked like prince tall dark handsome spent season compiling batting average home runs bats despite playing season led circuit home runs finished second league rbis finding interest major league clubs season atlanta reportedly expressed interest pursuing career professional wrestler account indicating hoped cash wrestling experience island japanese later 1930s spent seasons hit doubles triples home runs bats season spent season injury forced finish season playing ball north_carolina spent years playing hit doubles home runs hit doubles triples career high home runs conversion pitcher worth end season jackson club sole continued play outfielder offensive production dropped batting averages season batting decline worked pitcher tour mexico took manager chance pitcher according account reportedly prepared release hitting said hank hit like pitcher replied good pitcher initially thought pitcher finally relented allowed pitch relief day houston innings pitcher compiled earned run average era threw consecutive innings earned run pitched hitter mid july scoreless streak national news resulted feature story sporting news total games pitcher season compiled record era detroit_tigers disbanded shortage players world war sold february appeared games team baseball commissioner ruled free agent disbanded late june signed detroit_tigers introductory interview detroit press supposed connection hawaiian royalty joined seals stories published hawaiian prince denied people believed plain plain hank july played key role double sweep new_york_yankees detroit general manager said brought greatest thrills game witnessed second game double yankees led inning detroit manager brought newly acquired pitcher reportedly concluded game lost waste good pitchers gave runs yankees led seven innings held yankees scoreless eighth inning hit run home run eighth inning held yankees scoreless ninth inning tigers won game runs ninth winning pitcher major league home run game appeared games tigers compiling record era innings pitched compiled batting average doubles triple home run seven rbis bats tigers late season returned milwaukee brewers appearing games sustained fractured wrist december brewers sold international_league compiled record era games spent season buffalo compiling record era games august recommendation buffalo manager tigers called big leagues tigers competing american_league pennant appeared games starter compiled era innings tigers team won pennant world series major league game starting pitcher september allowed hit innings pitched innings allowed runs tigers lost game 16th inning final years minors season sold dallas rebels july ranked league hitters pitchers finished season record era batting average seven home runs bats remained dallas years played years player manager concluded career player manager ended minor league career batting average hits including doubles triples home runs personal later life playing career developed reputation playboy extra activities reported dressed like baseball fans appeal sex married multiple times wife sons george born henry born october married florida remarried atlanta reported happily married texas girl marriages late life woman named minor league manager portland atlanta recalled worried hell according friends town tough live resembling life speculated despite having major league talent lifestyle held star major leagues opined handsome fellow ability year star major leagues baseball career ended vision problems spring underwent surgery austin texas remove right eye reportedly underwent eye surgery times years lived worked late 1950s early 1960s rehabilitation center blind austin texas worked instructor teaching crafts totally blind associated_press reported vision returned hoped secure job baseball coach enable assistance provided vision substantially lost eyes later years regained vision continued living austin texas operated fishing business captain died heart attack home austin texas age buried cemetery annex austin
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