Patrick's Plus Three

July 29, 2017 at 9:51PM

PLUS THREE

More notes on Milwaukee's Hurricane Hazle:

• He brought the nickname from the minors — based on Hazel, a deadly hurricane that hit his home state of South Carolina in 1954.

• He batted .179 with Milwaukee in 1958, was sold to Detroit in May and was out of the big leagues after that season.

• Hurricane died on April 25, 1992, at age 61 in Columbia, S.C.

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