American baseball player
Outfielder for the Americal Leagues Cleveland Indians (1946-1956) and the National Leagues Brooklyn Dodgers.
Led the American League in fielding percentage for outfielders in 1948 (.991) and 1949 (994).
In 1949, he led the American League in hits (203) and triples (23). There were 6 seasons in which he hit.300 or better. In 3,984 career at-bats, he struck out only 119 times, an average of fewer than 11 strikeouts per season.
In the 9th inning of game 5 of the 1956 World Series, with 2 outs, he was brought off the bench to pinch-hit for Sal Maglie. He checked his swing on a pitch that was high, but the umpire indicated strike 3, giving pitcher Don Larsen the only perfect game in World Series history.
