Hank Biasatti

Henry Arcado Biasatti (January 14, 1922 – April 20, 1996) was an Italian-Canadian National Basketball Association (NBA) player and a Major League Baseball first baseman.

He then played basketball at Windsor's Assumption College and served in the Canadian Army in World War II.

In 1946, Biasatti began the baseball season as the starting first baseman for the Maple Leafs in the International League.

Former Assumption teammate Gino Sovran would join the Huskies a few weeks into the season, and the two were the only Canadians to ever play for the team.

[1] He was given an outright release by the Huskies in December after telling the team that baseball was his top priority and that he would be attending training camp for the Philadelphia Athletics.

He got some playing time in August, after an injury to starting first baseman Ferris Fain, but over 24 at-bats that season, Biasatti's batting average was a very low .083.

In 1953, Biasatti was player-manager of the Waterloo Tigers of the Intercounty Baseball League, playing first base and pitching.