Died in his hotel room of a heart attack hours before he was to work
the television/radio color commentary for the Los Angeles
Dodgers-Montreal Expos game.
Pitched 58 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, a record which
stood until Orel Hershiser topped it 20 years later.
Was an excellent hitting pitcher; hit 29 home runs during his career
and was frequently used as a pinch hitter. Was the only Dodger to hit
.300 in 1965.
When he was a student at Van Nuys High School, one of his classmates was Robert Redford.
"Why use four pitches to put someone on base intentionally when I can
do it with one?" (when asked why he hit a batter with a pitch instead
of walking him intentionally)