 The manager didn't want him. Lou Boudreau really did not want him, whether it was racism or fear that he would lose control of the team by having a black guy. Nobody knows exactly what it was, but I think he just didn't like him. He only played him in 19 games. As a pitcher, he played one game, one complete game that first year. He hit 157. Everybody wanted to send him out or cut him. And Bill Veck was smarter.