Rookie of the Year

The Chicago Cubs needed a miracle... They got Henry Rowengartner.

12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in that arm heals too tightly, allowing Henry to throw pitches that are as fast as 103 mph. Henry is spotted at nearby Wrigley Field by Larry "Fish" Fisher, the general manager of the struggling Chicago Cubs, after Henry throws an opponent's home-run ball all the way from the outfield bleachers back to the catcher, and it seems that Henry may be the pitcher that team owner Bob Carson has been praying for.

• Release date
• July 7, 1993
• Runtime
• 103 min
• Genres
• Family, Comedy
• Director
• Daniel Stern

Cast

Thomas Ian Nicholas Henry Rowengartner Gary Busey Chet Steadman Amy Morton Mary Rowengartner Patrick LaBrecque George Robert Hy Gorman Clark (as Robert Gorman) Bruce Altman Jack Bradfield Dan Hedaya Larry 'Fish' Fisher Albert Hall Sal Martinella