the feat in the 2000s. He was at least present, though passively, as the pinch runner at third base in the 1951 play known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World. By 1953 he was back in the minor leagues, playing for the AAA Minneapolis Millers. In 1954 and 1955, he played mostly for the Cincinnati Redlegs' AAA farm team the Havana Sugar Kings of the International League. In 1955, he also briefly played for the Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association, and the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. He played for the Plymouth (Oil Company) Oilers, a nationally known semi-pro team in Sinton, Texas, for several years after leaving the minor leagues, including the summer of 1956, the same year Don Larsen pitched his perfect World Series game against the Dodgers. The baseball statistical reference by Bill James commemorates Hartung with its "Clint Hartung Award", for the most overhyped rookie of each decade (and honors him with one for the 1940s), and baseball-themed musician Terry Cashman wrote a song called "The Hondo Hurricane". Hartung died at his home in Sinton, Texas July 8, 2010. References External links 1922 births 2010 deaths Baseball players from San Antonio Eau Claire Bears players Havana Sugar Kings players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball right fielders Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Nashville Vols players Navegantes del Magallanes players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela New York Giants (NL) players Oakland Oaks (baseball) players People from Hondo, Texas People from Sinton, Texas United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Military personnel from Texas American expatriate baseball players in Cuba