Andy Pafko

Baseball Player

Birthday February 25, 1921

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Boyceville, WI

DEATH DATE Oct 8, 2013 (92)

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About

5-time MLB All-Star center fielder who played for seventeen seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves.

Before Fame

He spent his childhood days on a farm in Wisconsin and was in charge of milking the cows.

Trivia

He was the only player born in Wisconsin to be on the Braves roster when they started playing in Milwaukee in 1953.

Family Life

He married Ellen Pafko in 1947.

Associated With

He was in left field on Oct. 3, 1951, the day that Bobby Thomson hit the famous, "shot heard round the world," against his teammate and pitcher, Ralph Branca.