Larry Eugene Hisle

Born May 5, 1947 in Portsmouth, Ohio

Hisle Plays HS Basketball At PHS	Hisle Attends OSU	Debut Game - April 10, 1968	Hisle Gets Hepatitis	Hisle Joins Phillies
Hisle Joins Minnesota - 1973	Hisle Joins Milwaukee - 1978			Final Game - May 6, 1982

 

Information below taken from:  www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/H/Hisle_Larry.stm

Larry Hisle, a soft-spoken orphan, was recruited for Ohio State University by the governor of Ohio.  He signed with the Phillies while still enrolled at OSU.

Despite tying the then ML rookie record by striking out 152 times, Hisle was a Topps Rookie All-Star (.266, 20 HR) in 1969 even though he was still weak from a 1968 hepatitis infection.

He had an abysmal sophomore season, batting .205 and fanning once every three at-bats. Traded and returned to the minors, he resurfaced with Minnesota in 1973 and blossomed. Fleet afoot, with strong arm and exellent power, he became a top run producer in five seasons as a Twins regular, culminating in 1977 with a league-leading 119 RBI (.302, 28 HR). He didn't get along with the parsimonious Twins owner Calvin Griffith; as a free agent, Hisle signed a $3.2 million package with Milwaukee in 1978 and delivered 34 homers and 115 RBI to finish third in the AL MVP balloting. Brewer manager George Bamberger called him "the kind of player kids should look up to" and "without a doubt one of the nicest men I've ever known." In April 1979, Hisle tore his rotator cuff making a throw and played just 79 games in four more ML seasons.