# Babe Danzig
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1887–1931)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Babe Danzig
|image=Babe Danzig.jpg
|position=[First baseman](/source/First_baseman)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1887|4|30}}
|birth_place=[Binghamton, New York](/source/Binghamton%2C_New_York), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1931|7|14|1887|4|30}}
|death_place=[San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 12
|debutyear=1909
|debutteam=Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 4
|finalyear=1909
|finalteam=Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=6
|stat2label=[At bat](/source/At_bat)s
|stat2value=13
|stat3label=[Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball))
|stat3value=2
|teams=
*[Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) ({{by|1909}})
}}
'''Harold Paul''' '''"Babe"''' '''Danzig''' (April 30, 1887 – July 14, 1931) was an American [first baseman](/source/first_baseman) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball), playing for the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) in 1909. He stood at {{height|ft=6|in=2}} and weighed 205 lbs.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/danziba01.shtml "Babe Danzig Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-26.]
==Career==
thumb|left|120px|Danzig as a member of the Portland Beavers
Danzig was born in [Binghamton, New York](/source/Binghamton%2C_New_York) to German immigrants,[[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a0faa084] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701214923/http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a0faa084 |date=2017-07-01 }} "Father, Peter Danzig emigrated to the United States in 1880, he was considered and listed himself in the 1900 census as German."] and started his professional baseball career in 1906. In 1907, Danzig played for the [New Bedford Whalers](/source/New_Bedford_Whalers_(baseball)) of the [New England League](/source/New_England_League). He [batted](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) .289 and led the league in [slugging percentage](/source/slugging_percentage), total bases, and [triples](/source/Triple_(baseball)).[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=12925 "1907 New England League Batting Leaders"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-26.] The following season, he moved over to the [Pacific Coast League](/source/Pacific_Coast_League) and was again one of the premiere hitters. The PCL was not strong offensively that year, and Danzig won the batting title at .298.[Nemec, David. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=U-bvSAq8DV4C&q=%22babe+danzig%22 The Great American Baseball Team Book]'' (Plume, 1992), p. 127.][Campf, Brian. [http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2159&pid=9161 "Walt McCredie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714040349/http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=9161&bid=2159 |date=2010-07-14 }}. ''bioproj.sabr.org''. Retrieved 2010-11-26.] He also topped the circuit with 39 [doubles](/source/Double_(baseball)).[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=13353 "1908 Pacific Coast League Batting Leaders"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-26.]
Danzig joined the Red Sox roster for 1909 and made his major league debut on April 12, at the age of 21. He appeared in a total of six MLB games in April and May and got 2 [hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)) in 13 [at bat](/source/at_bat)s, for a batting average of .154.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=danzig001har "Babe Danzig Minor League Statistics & History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-26.]
In 1910, Danzig returned to the Pacific Coast League. He played the next two seasons for the Sacramento Sacts, then one season in the [Southern Association](/source/Southern_Association),[Weiss, William J. [http://research.sabr.org/journals/first-negro-in-20th-c-ob "The First Negro in 20th Century O.B."]. ''research.sabr.org''. Retrieved 2010-11-26.]
Danzig died in [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco), at the age of 44.