finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1960 21 january 1989 1946 .299 192 1,058 los angeles dodgers 8 march 1922 stony creek mills , pennsylvania may 7 carl furillo 1953.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in brooklyn dodgers carl furillo right furillo , '' circa '' 1953 . stony creek mills , pennsylvania april 16 right outfielder carl furillo

carl furillo

carl anthony furillo -lrb- march 8 , 1922 -- january 21 , 1989 -rrb- , 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 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 -lrb- 1408 -rrb- in nl history .
