He's a 1B with 38.6 WAR, I get it. But I just wrote a blurb for his retired number for the San Francisco Seals in this game I'm building...
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Eight-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner, earned a championship as a top contributor to the 1964 PCL Champions.
Elected President of the National-Pacific Association in 1989 to replace Bart Giamatti, who succeeded Peter Ueberroth as ABA Commissioner, the first African-American to hold high office for a sports league. He became a full-time sportscaster after his playing career ended in 1969, and was the play-by-play man and color analyst for the Seals for 18 years.
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Obviously I changed the teams/leagues, but I think this is kind of embarrassing. IRL he also re-integrated the Carolina League 2 years after the first black player took the field there. If this isn't "fame" maybe they should just give the keys to the Negro League Hall of Fame and let them run the whole thing.