William Alfred Hands Jr. (born May 6, 1940 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1965-1975. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each In Baseball, a pitch is the act of throwing a baseball toward home plate to start a play