Claim: Newt Kimball worked his way up the Cubs chain, eventually being called up late in both the 1937 and 1938 seasons, before Chicago returned him to the minors in 1939, then in 1940, the Cubs dealt Kimball to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who used him mainly in relief through 1943.
Evidence: He worked his way up the Cubs chain, eventually being called up late in both the 1937 and 1938 seasons, before Chicago returned him to the minors in 1939. In 1940, the Cubs dealt Kimball to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who used him mainly in relief through 1943.