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Uniform number 1 retired by the Dodgers.

Befriended Jackie Robinson when he first came up to the Dodgers.

Father of Mark Reese.

Shortstop with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, 1940-1942 & 1946-1958.

Enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

Made major league debut on 23 April 1940.

In 1949 led National League shortstops in fielding percentage (.977).

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 508-510. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.