What is Rich Hacker?
'''Richard Warren Hacker''' (October 6, 1947 – April 22, 2020) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] player, base coach and scout. Hacker was born in [[Belleville, Illinois]]. He played 16 games for the [[Montreal Expos]] in the 1971 season as a shortstop. He had a .121 batting average, with four hits in 33 at-bats. Hacker coached the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] from 1986 to 1990 and the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] from 1991 to 1993. Hacker died of [[leukemia]] in [[Fairview Heights, Illinois]] on April 22, 2020 at the age of 72.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hummel |first1=Rick |title=Former Cardinals coach Rich Hacker, a New Athens product like Herzog, dies at 72 |url=http://www.oleantimesherald.com/sports/national/former-cardinals-coach-rich-hacker-a-new-athens-product-like-herzog-dies-at-72/article_698d0799-2eaa-5f61-96b9-2c5d5fbce0c2.html |website=Olean Times Herald |access-date=24 April 2020 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hacker, Rich}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from leukemia]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Illinois]] [[Category:Montreal Expos players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Illinois]] [[Category:People from Belleville, Illinois]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}