| Hank Garrity | |
| Position: | Catcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | February 4, 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | July 26 |
| Debutteam: | Chicago White Sox |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | September 26 |
| Finalteam: | Chicago White Sox |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .214 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 0 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 2 |
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Francis Joseph "Hank" Garrity (February 4, 1908 – September 1, 1962) was a professional baseball player. He played eight games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox in 1931, primarily as a catcher. Listed at, 185lb, he batted and threw right-handed.[1]
Garrity was from the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. In 1948, he was voted the best athlete to ever graduate from the Boston public schools. Garrity attended College of the Holy Cross.[1]
Garrity joined the Chicago White Sox during the 1931 season, as part of a catching tandem that included Bennie Tate, Frank Grube and Butch Henline. In an eight-game career, he posted a batting average of .214 (3-for-14), including one double and two runs batted in.[2]
After his baseball career, Garrity served in the armed forces during World War II.[3] He died in his home town of Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 54.[1]