11 Facts About Carl Furillo

Carl Furillo's father was from the province of Caserta and his mother was from the province of Benevento.

Carl Furillo left school in the eighth grade, and often felt awkward among his teammates as a result; they would later recall that he rarely socialized with players who were better-educated.

Carl Furillo signed with the Reading, Pennsylvania, team in the Interstate League, earning one of his nicknames with his powerful arm; the Dodgers were sufficiently impressed by his ability that they purchased the entire minor league franchise to acquire him.

Carl Furillo was one of the key members on the Dodgers' 1949 champions, hitting.

Carl Furillo achieved a personal best with 197 hits, finishing third in the NL for the second year in a row, for the 1951 team which lost a legendary pennant playoff to the New York Giants; he batted.

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Carl Furillo became skilled at negotiating balls hit off the high right-field wall at Ebbets Field, and after he led the NL in assists in both 1950 and 1951, opposing runners were increasingly reluctant to challenge his arm.

Carl Furillo got Durocher in a headlock, and in the ensuing brawl, Monte Irvin of the Giants stepped on Carl Furillo's hand, fracturing a knuckle on his little finger.

Carl Furillo later maintained he was blackballed as a result and was unable to find a job within the sport – a charge denied by Commissioner Ford Frick.

Carl Furillo played in seven World Series with the Dodgers, six of them against the New York Yankees, winning in 1955 and in 1959 against the Chicago White Sox.

Carl Furillo later worked as a night watchman; he developed leukemia, and died in Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania at 66 years of age of an apparent heart attack.

Carl Furillo is interred at Forest Hills Memorial Park in Reiffton, Pennsylvania.