1952 Topps Baseball Cards   

Kevin Joseph (Chuck) Connors

Chuck played in the Dodger's organization through 1950. As you can see from his stats below, he had 1 at bat as a Brooklyn Dodger in 1949.
In that 1 at bat, Chuck hit into a double play. In '49, he made the Brooklyn Dodger’s roster out of spring training
as the backup 1B behind Gil Hodges. Chuck finally appeared in the 13th game against Philadelphia.
In the 9th-inning, with one on and one out, manager Burt Shotten, wanting to stay out of the double play,
sent Chuck in to pinch-hit for the slow afoot Carl Furillo. With Russ Meyer pitching, Connors rapped into a double play,
Meyer to Granny Hamner to Eddie Waitkus, to end the game. This was to be his only at-bat for his hometown team.
After another 12 days on the bench, Chuck was sent back to Montreal.

On October 10, 1950, Chuck, along with Dee Fondy, was traded by the Dodgers 
to the Chicago Cubs for catcher Hank Edwards and cash.

1951 Mothers Cookies card of Chuck Connors

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