Career: Played in the big leagues for 12 seasons with five different teams, including the Dodgers from 1954-to-59 and 1963.
Did you know? Suffered a fractured skull when he was beaned in a minor league game on July 7, 1953.
Post-game: Served as a coach, manager and senior adviser for several big league organizations from 1971 to 2014 ... died after a lengthy illness on June 14, 2014 at age 83 ... the Rays retired his uniform number 66 in 2015.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; SABR Bio; Boston Globe, 6/4/2014; Minneapolis Star, 7/16/1953.
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