Carl Furillo
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1922 – 1989
Who was Carl Furillo?
Carl Anthony Furillo, nicknamed "The Reading Rifle" and "Skoonj," was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. A member of seven National League champions from 1947 to 1959 inclusive, he batted over .300 five times, winning the 1953 batting title with a .344 average – then the highest by a right-handed hitting Dodger since 1900. Noted for his strong and accurate throwing arm, he recorded 10 or more assists in nine consecutive seasons, leading the league twice, and retired with the fifth-most games in right field in NL history.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1922
Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania - Also known as
- Carl Anthony Furillo
- The Reading Rifle
- Skoonj
- Spouses
- Fern Furillo
( - 1989/01/21)
- Fern Furillo
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 21, 1989
Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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