Cookie Lavagetto

Lavagetto was born in Oakland, California. Nicknamed "Cookie" after an owner of the Oakland Oaks, his first professional team, he played ten seasons in the National League with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1934–36) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–41; 1946–47), missing four full seasons due to World War II service in the United States Navy. A right-handed batter and thrower, he hit .269 with 945 hits in 1,043 games, including 183 doubles, 37 triples, and 40 home runs. His best season was 1939, when he hit .300 with 87 runs batted in for Brooklyn.\n', '

On October 3, 1947, at Ebbets Field, Bevens was ahead 2–1 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, and got two outs. He had surrendered no hits — an unprecedented World Series achievement at the time — but two runners were on base from Bevens\' ninth and tenth walks of the game. Lavagetto was summoned by Dodger pilot Burt Shotton to hit for Eddie…