He also umpired in three All-Star Games (1936, 1940, 1948), calling balls and strikes in all three contests; and he was one of the umpires for the 3-game series to determine the NL champion in 1946.
Keely formally became a major-league coach when he joined manager Billy Southworth in moving from the Cardinals to the Braves in 1946.
The Florida International League was a lower- to mid-level circuit in American and Cuban minor league baseball that existed from 1946 through July 27, 1954.
He came to the majors in 1946 without any minor league seasoning, making his debut against the Chicago Cubs.
One reason the stadium is named for Jackie Robinson is the fact that Daytona Beach was the first Florida city to allow Robinson to play during the 1946 season's spring training.
That year, he posted a 17–8 record and made his second All-Star appearance (where he gave up a home run to Ted Williams), but the Dodgers lost the National League pennant to the eventual world champion St. Louis Cardinals.
Only two months into the 1946 season, with the Cardinals in first place, he jumped to the Mexican League, along with teammates Max Lanier and Fred Martin.
The Mexican National League was a professional baseball circuit that operated briefly in 1946.
Paul Eugene Lehner (July 1, 1920 – December 27, 1967) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a center fielder for five American League teams from 1946 through 1952.
Randolph Rutherford Heflin (September 11, 1918 – August 17, 1999) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1945 through 1946 for the Boston Red Sox.
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