Andy Hansen
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"Andrew Viggo Hansen, Jr.", nicknamed ""Swede"", was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In a nine-season career, he played for the San Francisco Giants/New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies. Hansen was officially listed as standing and weighing . He was nicknamed Swede despite being of Denmark/Danish ancestry, according to The Sporting News' Baseball Register.

A two-sport star in high school, Hansen rose quickly through the Giants' minor league baseball/minor league system and made his major league debut at age 19. He played for the Giants until 1946, when he voluntarily retired due to a family illness and then served in the United States Army. He returned to baseball in 1947 and earned a career-best five win (baseball)/wins in 1948. After a contract holdout in 1949, Hansen's bullpen workload increased in 1950, leading to an elbow injury and the Giants sending him to the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft.

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