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Warner spent 60 years in organized baseball. In the major leagues, he was Detroit's third baseman in 1926-27 and a utility infielder thereafter. He coached for the Cubs' Los Angeles farm club for 12 seasons and was a West Coast scout until retiring in 1982. In 1926 he won a $25 bet from Ty Cobb by beating him in a footrace. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 15, 1932: The Phils send Ray Benge and $15,000 to the Dodgers for Cy Moore, Mickey Finn, and Jack Warner. Finn will have a great spring and Brooklyn's Max Carey will admit in April that Burt Shotton outguessed him on the deal.