 Twelve days later he started and lost 2–0 to All-Star Bucky Walters and the Cincinnati Reds.Then, as a 30-year-old in 1947, he went 4–4 with one save as a starter and reliever for the Braves.In one of his best games, he defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 7–1 in the nightcap of a 4th of July double-header at Shibe Park with 28,580 fans in attendance.