Hank Gornicki

{{Short description|American baseball player (1911–1996)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Hank Gornicki

|image=Hank Gornicki.JPG

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1911|1|14}}

|birth_place=Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1996|2|16|1911|1|14}}

|death_place=Riviera Beach, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 17

|debutyear=1941

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 24

|finalyear=1946

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=15–19

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.38

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=123

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{baseball year|1941}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1941}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1942}}–{{baseball year|1943}}, {{baseball year|1946}})

}}

Henry Frank Gornicki (January 14, 1911 – February 16, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the Majors, 1941 to 1943 and 1946, for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

From 1944 to 1945, Gornicki served in the military during World War II.{{cite book |title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia |year=2007 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7 |pages=1225}}{{cite web |title=Baseball in Wartime – Hank Gornicki |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/gornicki_hank.htm |website=BaseballinWartime.com |access-date=February 20, 2019}}