If you had done a search previously on The APBA Blog, Carl Furillo’s name wouldn’t have shown up. I aim to rectify that today.
Carl Furillo was a key part of the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers lineup. As a right fielder, his cannon arm gunned down 11 unsuspecting base runners while he contributed greatly with his bat. Among many other superstars in the ‘53 Dodgers lineup (Snider, Robinson, Reese, Campanella, etc), Furillo not only led the team in hitting but the entire league with a .344 batting average.
Furillo had some power too. He hit 38 doubles, 6 triples and 21 homeruns while driving in 92 runs.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 Totals | 132 | 518 | 479 | 82 | 165 | 38 | 6 | 21 | 92 | 1 | 34 | 32 | .344 | .393 | .580 |
The only knock on Furillo’s 1953 card is his slow rating. Other than that it’s a pretty tasty card. His power numbers 1-4-5-6-6 are sure to drive in runs and he has plenty of other hit numbers as well (7-7-7-9-9).
While “Skoonj” only has two 14s on his cards, he also only has two 13s making sure he moves that runner along. If you’re rolling for him, make sure you avoid his two 24s, though.
Fun numbers: 44-6, 15-7, 64-9
The best part about Furillo is that if you’re playing him with the 1953 Dodgers, he actually batted in the 6th, 7th and sometimes 8th spots in the lineup. It’s hard to believe that this kind of card can bat that low but credit goes to the quality of the ‘53 Dodgers’ offense.
Note that Furillo has a 23-17 on this card. This set has the 12 on 53 which prompted the move of the error number to 23.
I believe credit goes to Pastor Rich for suggesting Furillo. Thanks Rich!
i rem. that card from the 53 dodgers in the gtp set. indeed, while campy and co got the ink, this guy was a monster that year for sure.
I have the 1951 Dodgers and when I looked up their batting orders for that year on Baseball Reference, I was surprised to find that Furillo batted in the lead off spot more often than any other Dodger. I was very surprised due to his lack of speed.
“If you’re rolling for him, make sure you avoid his two 24s, though.”
Tell me how to avoid numbers.
heh, I’ll have to go over my methods of telekinesis with dice in a future article. :)