Carl Furillo Marquee

b. March 8, 1922 · Brooklyn Dodgers 1946–1957, Los Angeles Dodgers 1958–1960

Carl Furillo played right field for the Brooklyn Dodgers for eleven seasons before the franchise's move to Los Angeles carried him through the final three years of his career, retiring in 1960.

He batted .299 with 1,910 hits over 1,806 games, hitting 192 home runs and driving in 1,058 runs, a productive line sustained across fifteen major-league seasons.

He was a Baseball Magazine All-Star in 1950 and a Sporting News All-Star in 1953, recognition that ran alongside two genuine All-Star selections in 1952 and 1953.

Furillo was born in Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1922, and batted and threw right-handed. He died on January 21, 1989, nearly three decades after his last game.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1952, 1953
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1950
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1953

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1946	BRO	117	335	29	95	18	6	3	35	31	20	6	.284
1947	BRO	124	437	61	129	24	7	8	88	34	24	7	.295
1948	BRO	108	364	55	108	20	4	4	44	43	32	6	.297
1949	BRO	142	549	95	177	27	10	18	106	37	29	4	.322
1950	BRO	153	620	99	189	30	6	18	106	41	40	8	.305
1951	BRO	158	667	93	197	32	4	16	91	43	33	8	.295
1952	BRO	134	425	52	105	18	1	8	59	31	33	1	.247
1953	BRO	132	479	82	165	38	6	21	92	34	32	1	.344
1954	BRO	150	547	56	161	23	1	19	96	49	35	2	.294
1955	BRO	140	523	83	164	24	3	26	95	43	43	4	.314
1956	BRO	149	523	66	151	30	0	21	83	57	41	1	.289
1957	BRO	119	395	61	121	17	4	12	66	29	33	0	.306
1958	LAD	122	411	54	119	19	3	18	83	35	28	0	.290
1959	LAD	50	93	8	27	4	0	0	13	7	11	0	.290
1960	LAD	8	10	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	.200
Career	—	1806	6378	895	1910	324	56	192	1058	514	436	48	.299

On this day & linked events

1922

Born March 8, 1922

Stony Creek Mills, PA, USA

1989

Died January 21, 1989

1946

Major-league debut: Carl Furillo

Carl Furillo made a major-league debut on April 16, 1946.

1960

Final major-league game: Carl Furillo

Carl Furillo played a final major-league game on May 7, 1960.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain