| Carl Furillo | |
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 Furillo, c. 1953 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: March 8, 1922 Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died: January 21, 1989 (aged 66) Stony Creek Mills, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 16, 1946, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 7, 1960, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .299 |
| Home runs | 192 |
| Runs batted in | 1,058 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Carl Anthony Furillo (March 8, 1922 – January 21, 1989), nicknamed "the Reading Rifle" and "Skoonj", was an American baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), spending his entire career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, primarily as a right fielder.
A member of seven National League (NL) champion teams between 1947 and 1959, Furillo batted over .300 five times, winning the 1953 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 ten or more assists in nine consecutive seasons, leading the league twice, and retired with the fifth-most games in right field (1,408) in NL history.