Did you know? Hit .362 with 23 homers and 113 RBI for the Cedar Rapids Raiders in 1941 to win the "Three-Eye" League (Illinois, Indiana and Iowa) triple crown ... served in the US Army during WWII, missing the 1944 and 1945 seasons ... led the AL in triples with 16, while batting a career-best .301 for Cleveland in 1946.
Post-game: Worked for Armour Transport for 30 years, retiring in 1984 ... died on June 22, 1988 at age 69 after a lengthy illness ... was inducted into the Cedar Rapids Baseball HOF in 2004.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Cedar Rapids Gazette, 1/27/2004; Mansfield News-Journal, 6/25/1988, 5/14/2004; The Pantagraph, 12/13/1985; The Sporting News, 7/25/1988.
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