Gene Hermanski

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Eugene Victor Hermanski (born May 11, 1920, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He is an alumnus of Seton Hall University.

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1939, Hermanski would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 15, 1943, and appeared in his final game on September 22, 1953.

The book Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Hermanski is prominent in many of these stories.

Salem (MA) Evening News, Aug. 8, 1943 , P 8 reports that this 22-year-old outfielder, recently released from the USCG Salem Air Station in order to enlist in the USN's V-5 Aviation Training Program is expected to use a months break to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. "Hermanski hit a homer and two triples in an exhibition game with the Red Sox and poled out a homer and a double in a contest with the Braves".