Born in Chicago, he stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall, weighed 195 pounds (88 kg), and batted and threw right-handed.

This time, he earned a complete game, 7–3 victory at the "Beehive", allowing nine hits and striking out four.

[2] Four days later, he was even more effective, shutting down the last-place Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 on six hits in another complete game for his second big-league triumph.

He then missed three consecutive baseball campaigns during his service in the United States Army during World War II.

The following day at Wrigley Field, he gained a measure of revenge against the Giants, retiring all six men he faced in a relief assignment,[5] but he worked in only three more games through August 13 in what would be his final season in baseball.