Career: Played in the big leagues for parts of eight seasons with four teams, including the Dodgers at the start of his career (1950 and 1952-53).
Did you know? Was named the International League MVP in 1949 after leading the loop in batting with a .337 average, while belting 19 homers, driving in 112 runs, and scoring 109 runs for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team.
Post-game: Managed in the Phillies minor league system in the mid-1960s, owned a sporting goods store for 10 years, served as a big league scout with the Kansas City and Oakland A's, Orioles, Twins, and Royals for parts of four decades, and then for more than a quarter of a century worked part-time at a liquor store, finally retiring in 2020 at age 93.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Daily Oklahoman, 12/20/1966, 4/6/2020; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 7/3/1985; Tulsa World, 7/15/1972; 11/10/1991.
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