Did you know? Hit the last "bounce" home run in major league history on September 26, 1930; after the season, balls hit into fair territory that bounce into the stands are reclassified as ground-rule doubles ... hit the game-winning homer in game six of the 1925 World Series, and collected three hits and scored three runs in game seven to help the Pirates win the title.
Post-game: Served as a minor league manager ... died of a heart attack on February 10, 1976 at age 77.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Biloxi Sun Herald, 9/22/1948; Brooklyn Standard Union, 9/27/1930; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/25/1946, 2/14/1976; Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, 12/14/1947; The Sporting News, 3/6/1976.
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