Peanuts Lowrey

Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey (August 27, 1917 – July 2, 1986) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1942–43; 1945–49), Cincinnati Reds (1949–50), St. Louis Cardinals (1950–54) and Philadelphia Phillies.

Lowrey was born in Culver City, California and attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. He was nicknamed as a child by an uncle who, remarking on Lowrey's small size, said, "Why, he's no bigger than a peanut." While Lowrey was growing up in Greater Los Angeles, he worked as a child actor on the Our Gang comedies.

He missed the season while serving in the United States Army with a military police unit. Lowrey was discharged after six months and rejoined the Cubs in 1945.

Lowrey was the starting left fielder for the Cubs in all seven games of the 1945 World Series, batting .310 (9-for-29) with a double, and four runs scored; in Game 7, he was the last Cub to score a run in a World Series until Kris Bryant did so in Game 2 of the 2016 Fall Classic.

After a brief managing career in minor league baseball, Lowrey returned to the Major Leagues as a coach with the Phillies (1960–66), San Francisco Giants (1967–68), Montreal Expos (1969), Cubs (1970–71; 1977–81) and California Angels (1972).

Lowrey died on July 2, 1986 in Inglewood, California, at the age of 68 and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.