Did you know? Celebrated his 24th birthday by hitting a home run in his first big league game, on September 13, 1939.
Post-game: Worked as a minor league manager and a major league scout for the Washington Senators ... died of a heart attack at age 39 on March 18, 1955.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Retrosheet; Chattanooga Daily Tims, 3/21/1955; Salisbury Daily Times, 3/19/1955; Scranton-Times Tribune, 2/24/1953, 3/19/1955; Washington Evening Times, 9/14/1959.
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