1954 Red Heart, Jim Gilliam ⭐ MLB Pioneer
There has been no finer gentleman to step on a MLB field than Jim "Junior" Gilliam.
He was magnificent on the field and even better away from it.
Gilliam played in the Negro Leagues for the Baltimore Elite Giants from 1948 to 1950, before his phenomenal Dodger career.
Gilliam was a clutch performer who either a played or coached, on ten Dodger pennant winners, with four World Series championships.
His uniform #19, is retired by the Dodgers and is the only Dodgers player whose number is retired but has yet to be elected to the MLB Hall of Fame.
Jim Gilliam deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and I believe someday he will be enshrined there.