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Lewis Robert Wilson was a true rags-to-riches story. He grew up working in a Pennsylvania steel mill during WWI. During his career, Hack Wilson played for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Philadelphia PhilliesThe Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are in the Eastern Division of the National League. Founded 1883 Formerly known as Philadelphia Quakers ( 1883- 1889). Name changed to "Phillies" in 1890.. Wilson eclipsed the 100 RBI mark in 6 seasons. He set the National LeagueThis article refers to the American baseball league. For the English cricket league of the same name, please see National League (cricket). The term National League generally refers to the organization more properly referred to as the National League of P single-season record for home runs with 56 in 1930 that stood until 1998 when Mark McGwireMark McGwire hits a home run during his last Major League season in 2001 Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963 in Pomona, California) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1986 through 2001. In his prime, he was perhaps the Babe Ruth of the and Sammy SosaBusch Stadium. Samuel Peralta Sosa better known as Sammy Sosa (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic), is a professional Major League baseball player for the Chicago Cubs. Sosa ended the 2004 season with 574 career home runs, both surpassed it, with 70 and 66 respectively. During the 1930 season, Wilson also drove in 191 runs, a mark that remains one of the most untouchable MLB records. (For years, record books gave the total as 190, until research in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends showed that an RBI credited by an official scorer to Charlie Grimm actually belonged to Wilson.) Amazingly enough, during the 1930 season, he never recorded a grand slam.

Although his career was brilliant, it was short. He finished his career having played only 1,348 games with a lifetime batting average of .307, 244 home runs, and 1,063 RBI. His excessive alcoholismAlcoholism is an addictive dependency on alcohol characterised by craving (a strong need to drink); loss of control (being unable to stop); physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms; and tolerance (increasing difficulty of becoming drunk). 1820 Alcoholi led him to a premature death.