That wasn't all he did.Indeed, he lost several years of his playing career serving in the U.S. Marines during WW2 and Korea.
He was also was know to despise Clinton, so I have heard.
We worshiped him Down East. A true American hero from another time. He could stroke the ball. And he played a very nice defensive left field, by the way.
I often wonder how many home runs he would have hit if he was a right handed batter in friendly Fenway with it's wall only 315' from home down the line?