Arnold Hauser (shortstop)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1888–1966)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Arnold Hauser

|position=Shortstop

|image=Hauser-Arnold.jpg

|caption=Arnold Hauser in 1915.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1888|9|25}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1966|5|22|1888|9|25}}

|death_place=Aurora, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= April 21

|debutyear= 1910

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1915

|finalteam=Chicago Whales

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.238

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=6

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=137

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals (1910–1913)
• Chicago Whales (1915)

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File:Arnold Hauser (1912 baseball card).jpg issued by the American Tobacco Company.]]

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Arnold George "Peewee" Hauser (September 25, 1888 – May 22, 1966) was a German American shortstop in Major League Baseball.

Hauser, after starting for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1911 and 1912, was befallen with a series of personal tragedies when in short succession his father and mother died, two children were burned to death in a fire, and his wife died."Arnold Hauser," New York Call, vol. 8, no. 195 (July 14, 1915), pg. 4. The tragedies, which took place over the course of just a few weeks, pushed Hauser to the edge of mental breakdown and essentially wrecked Hauser's career.

After being out of baseball for most of 1913 and all of the 1914 season, Hauser unsuccessfully attempted to come back with the Cardinals in 1915. Failing to land with the Cardinals, Hauser played 23 games for the Chicago Whales of the Federal League, ending his career on September 29, 1915.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hausear01.shtml "Arnold Hauser,"] baseball-reference.com/ Retrieved December 16, 2010.

Hauser was called a "quiet, gentlemanly little chap" and was regarded as a promising talent. During his interrupted 1913 season, Hauser hit a career-best .289 in 22 games played.