Did you know? Signed with Brooklyn for a $25,000 bonus on February 5, 1940 after he and 90 other Detroit Tigers players and farmhands were declared free agents the month prior by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ... set a major league record by drawing a walk in 22 consecutive games, July 2 to July 22, 1947 ... Finished six seasons with an on base percentage above .400, including a season-best .477 in 1946, and ranks 41st all-time with a career mark of .408.
Post-game: Co-owned and operated a potato chip business with former big leaguer Augie Bergamo, and later worked as a manufacturer's representative ... died of heart disease on May 28, 1991 at age 91.
Sources: Baseball-Reference; SABR Bio; Detroit Free Press, 2/6/1940, 9/13/1949, 10/9/1948, 10/7/1949, 7/8/1983, 5/29/1991.
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