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	Carl Furillo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carl Anthony Furillo (March 8, 1922 - January 21, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter who played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.
		In his 15-year career, Furillo batted.299, with 192 homer uns, 1058 RBI, 895 runs, 1910 hits, 324 doubles, 56 triples, 48 stolen bases, a.458 slugging percentage and 514 walks for a.355 on base percentage.
		Carl Furillo died in Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania at 66 years of age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Furillo (267 words)

	When It Was A Game: Historical Bats
		CARL FURILLO visited Busch Stadium with "The Boys of Summer" and used this bat in a Dodger-Cardinal series in July of 1955.
		Furillo was one of Roger Kahn's famed "Boys of Summer." Kahn described him as "The Hard Hat Who Sued Baseball." Unfortunately, his career with the Dodgers ended on a sour note when he sued the Dodgers in 1960 for dropping him while he was injured.
		CARL FURILLO was the right fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers during their glory years in the late 1940s and '50s.
	www.whenitwasagame.net /bat_pages/furillo_c.html (911 words)

	Carl Furillo Obituary
		Carl Furillo, the right fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers during their glory years in the late 1940’s and 50’s, died yesterday at his home at Stony Creek Mills, Pa. He was 66 years old.
		Furillo, who was raised in Lower Alsace Township, Pa., near Reading, started playing baseball as an outfielder for the Pocmoke City in the Eastern Shore League at a salary of $80 a month.
		Furillo wanted to finish his 15th season so he would qualify in the players’ pension fund and receive $285 a month compared to $30 a month less if he left when the Dodgers wanted him to leave.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /deaths/carl_furillo_obituary.shtml (621 words)

	Topps Sports and Entertainment - What became of....? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carl Furillo, one of the great Brooklyn Boys of Summer ended his career with the LA Dodgers in 1960.
		Carl Furillo worked for Otis Elevators and installed them in the WTC.
		Furillo won that lawsuit and was awarded 21Gs, an amount equal to loss of wages for being released unfairly.
	forums.etopps.com /toppsforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=69263 (1390 words)

	Carl Furillo \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Furillo was one of Roger Kahn's famed Boys of Summer.
		Furillo has a home run, triple and single in the opener, while Duke Snider hits his first two ML homers—the first, inside-the-park—a triple and a single, good for four RBIs.
		Furillo is hit on the wrist by a Ruben Gomez pitch in the 2nd.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/F/Furillo_Carl.stm (1791 words)

	Carl Furillo Baseball Statistics by Baseball Almanac
		Carl Furillo was born on Wednesday, March 8 1922, in Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania.
		Furillo was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1946, with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Carl Furillo baseball statistics page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=furilca01 (255 words)

	Carl Furillo: The Forgotten Dodger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Furillo's contribution to baseball is a story worth telling in more depth, with greater accuracy and more attention paid to detail.
		Furillo hired a lawyer and tried to get himself reinstated, or at least obtain the remainder of the year's salary his contract called for.
		Furillo's story is a dramatic and interesting one, but it deserves to be told in a more thorough and coherent way than it's told in this book.
	www.baseball-fanatics.com /books/product.php?ASIN=1403360901 (706 words)

	The Dodgers in New Jersey
		Furillo was walked to exposed the pitcher, but Lehman stroked a single for two more runs.
		This was answered by Carl Furillo's homer to left in the fourth.
		Furillo was walked and this brought Jackie Robinson to the plate.
	www.thediamondangle.com /marasco/hist/nj5657.html (3237 words)

	American Heroes
		Carl Furillo led the National League in batting in 1953, hitting.344.
		Defensively, Carl Furillo was one of the all-time best, he led the league in assists in 1950-1951 and there-after base runners stopped testing his rapid throwing arm.
		Carl Furillo career stats:.299 BA, 1806 games, 1910 hits, 324 D's, 56 T's, 192 HR's, 1058 RBI's and fanned only 436 times in 6378 at bats.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=47 (1308 words)

	ERNIE HARWELL: Furillo-Durocher fight one of few to achieve purpose
		Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Carl Furillo proved to me that if a player truly wanted to fight, he could do it without somebody restraining him in one of those "Don't hold me. Let me at him" scenarios.
		Furillo grabbed Durocher around the neck and threw him to the ground.
		A reporter asked Furillo why he was so foolhardy to charge into the enemy dugout to get to Durocher.
	www.freep.com /sports/baseball/ernie15e_20050815.htm (397 words)

	Brooklyn Dodgers: Roger Kahn: 26 years later
		Carl Furillo spent his last years working as a night watchman, despite the ravages of leukemia.
		Carl Erskine spoke the eulogy in Reading, Pa. " I remember how tough he was, how strong he was, how consistant he was.
		Carl rose to the presidency of the First National Bank of Anderson, Ind., before easing back to the role of vice chairman of the board.
	www.bayou.com /~brooklyn/26years.html (1300 words)

	"Willie's Throw" by Paul Metcalf
		But he was a baseball player, and my mother was a wonderful athlete herself -- a star runner who held a couple of women's track records in that part of the country.
		Furillo hit a fly ball into right center field.
		Mays, playing over in left-center for the notorious pull-hitting Furillo, had to come a long distance to make the catch.
	www.thing.net /~grist/l&d/lmetcalf.htm (1129 words)

	Win a Free Suit! - Baseball Fever
		On the other hand, Stark's supply of suits may have been in some jeopardy when the sign was at the mercy of a troglodyte like Babe Herman, famous for his misplays in the early 1930s.
		Furillo once said, "I don't recall a ball ever hitting the sign when I was in right field.
		Furillo said, "Once Elmer Valo misjudged a line drive I hit to right-center, and the ball sailed over his head and off the sign.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=23069 (1253 words)

	Ultimate Games - 1952 World Series Game Seven
		Raschi is in to pitch for the Yankees, and Johnny Mize is removed in a defensive double-switch.
		Furillo at third, Cox at second, Reese at third.
		Carl Erskine enters the game, and retires the side almost without event: Berra pops out, Woodling hits the ball hard but lines out, and then it seems that Bauer strikes out.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /past/ug/521007.htm (5141 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Furillo's defensive heroics were nothing new to Dodger fans.
		From the late '40s through 1957, he expertly patrolled what was acknowledged to be the most difficult outfield position in baseball.
		Furillo and Brooklyn center fielder Duke Snider were experts at protecting Brooklyn clothier Abe Stark, whose sign under the scoreboard promised: "Hit Sign Win Suit."
	www.ktg2.com /arthtml/aec.htm (199 words)

	Amazon.com: Carl Erskins' Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carl Erskine, another member of that legendary team, relates memories about his days with the Dodgers in a book full of true stories and revealing anecdotes.
		The result is Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodger Dugout: Extra Innings, a delightfully interesting trip through the world of baseball in the 1950s that includes several new stories and photos added for this edition.
		Carl was always willing to show friendship with his competitive peers outside the `white lines', and willingly received Jackie Robinson's contributions to the game.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/158261282X?v=glance (2583 words)

	Ruben Gomez \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Late in his rookie 1953 season, Gomez hit Carl Furillo with a pitch, and the Dodger outfielder went at Giant manager Leo Durocher, who the Dodgers accused of ordering beanballs.
		Furillo broke his hand in the ensuing melee, ending his season, while his.344 batting average stood to cop the NL crown.
		September 6, 1953: The feuding continues, as the Dodgers beat the Giants 6-3 but lose Carl Furillo, the NL's leading hitter at.344, for the rest of the regular season.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gomez_Ruben.stm (720 words)

	Carl Furillo Deserves To Be in the Hall of Fame \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Carl Furillo Deserves To Be in the Hall of Fame
		Carl Furillo Deserves To Be in the Hall of Fame
		A retired Air Force Reserve Colonel, Dick considers himself a "Professional Dodger Fan," who cries (all-too-often, lately) at the end of each season when the Dodgers fail to make the post-season.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/submit/Baranzini_Dick1.stm (131 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - Memories and Dreams article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carl Erskine, nicknamed "Oisk" by his legions of Brooklyn Dodgers fans, loved the National Pastime while growing up in Anderson, Indiana.
		After signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946, the right-handed hurler made his big league debut two years later and was soon a star for the famed "Boys of Summer" team that would win six pennants in 10 years.
		Those beloved Dodgers included such hitting stars as Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo, while Erskine, Preacher Roe, Don Newcombe and Ralph Branca would lead the pitching corps at different times during that stretch.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /membership/memories_dreams/2003/fall/in_the_museum.htm (785 words)

	Walter O'Malley : Dodger History : Team History : 1950's : 1953
		Center fielder Duke Snider paced the Dodgers with 42 home runs and was one of six Dodger players to score over 100 runs.
		Carl Furillo had the top N.L. batting average at.344, to complement his 21 home runs and 92 RBI.
		Carl Erskine was 20-6 with 3 saves and a 3.54 ERA, while leading the league in winning percentage at.769.
	www.walteromalley.com /hist_team_1953.php (1064 words)

	Dodgers fete 1955 World Series title - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Dodgers of 50 years ago were led by Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in big league baseball eight years earlier.
		Among the other standouts were catcher Roy Campanella, first baseman Gil Hodges, shortstop Pee Wee Reese and outfielders Duke Snider and Carl Furillo.
		All are in the Hall of Fame except Hodges and Furillo.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/08/28/dodgers_fete_1955_world_series_title (895 words)

	July 1997
		Carl Furillo and Jerome House and Roy Campanella and Gerry Boland mixed together in sunlight, radio waves, green grass and curve balls.
		The children of the war veterans and the war time workers and the merchant marine of Newfoundland were gambolling in the sunny uplands of Berry Head.
		Forty years race on by and the sunny uplands at Port au Port maintain and the children of the war veterans and Carl Furillo and the Brooklyn Dodgers are greying at the temples and some have gone into that good night forever.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/bstagg/spjuly97.htm (669 words)

	Carl Furillo - Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	Holding .300
		Over the next three seasons, he dipped to.299, but was rewarded with a second ring from a World Series triumph.
		One's own personal perspective would determine which of the two is more valuable ---.300 overall or the ring --- but Furillo's story is more important in revealing how difficult it is to hold on to that sacred number when it is close and one is old.
		Toward the end of the 2004 season, there were three veteran players with more than 2,000 hits who were trying to hold on to.300.
	www.thediamondangle.com /archive/jan05/save300.html (622 words)

	Baseball Digest Daily - Carl Erskine: Remembering Brooklyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Carl Erskine (CE): I guess you would say it works both ways.
		I checked with my teammates (since then) because I thought I may have been the only one who noticed, but there was a special feeling in the clubhouse.
		You know what, I thought I was the only one who had that emotion of gratitude and thankfulness for finally being champions.
	www.baseballdigestdaily.com /showArticle.asp?ArticleID=184 (3245 words)

	story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dodger fans had reason to celebrate early, as Jim Gilliam led off the bottom of the first against Philly starter Herm Wehmeier with his 17th HR for a 1-0 lead.
		The Bums weren't through, as Carl Furillo repeated his performance in game one with a crushing 3 run HR, giving the Dodgers a 4-0 lead after one inning.
		In the 2nd, Dodger starting pitcher Carl Erskine surprised everyone with a leadoff triple.
	jongrauer.homestead.com /story.html (791 words)

	Los Angeles Dodgers : History : Dodgers Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		15, 1951: Carl Furillo is the victim of a legendary play by the Giants' Willie Mays, who makes a sensational catch, spins and throws out Billy Cox at home plate.
		June 19, 1952: Carl Erskine tosses his first no-hitter in a 5-0 win over the Chicago Cubs.
		May 12, 1956: Carl Erskine tosses his second no-hitter, a 3-0 win over the Giants at Ebbets Field.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/la/history/timeline07.jsp (2927 words)

	PSA - Topps 045 Carl Furillo Psa
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	www.1boomersplace.com /page/crs94-55917-topps/045/carl/furillo/psa.htm (333 words)

	Ebbets-Field.com - Carl Furillo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		COLOR=Navy]While I generally admired all of the Brooklyn Dodgers, somehow my favorite turns out to be Carl Furillo (note my ID here).
		While it is not likely that the Dodgers will ever retire #6 in his honor (but it would be nice), I would love to see Carl honored by being included in the Dodger Great Series on the LA Dodgers website.
		I heard Johnny Wrostek of Cincinatti hit one time but was Carl in Right Field at the time.
	www.ebbets-field.com /forum/printthread.php?t=22 (290 words)

	For My Dad
		My dad was a Brooklyn Dodger fan, he used to tell me about all the great Brooklyn Dodger players, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Furillo, Duke Snyder, Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson.
		Carl Furillo slammed into the wall goin' after fly balls so much, they padded it for him.
		My dad said his cousin got so mad when the Dodgers lost the series one year, he threw the radio out the window.
	sronzino.freeservers.com /custom3.html (710 words)

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