Mr. Erskine grew up imbued with his father’s love of baseball and his family’s strict Baptist values. When Carl was about 4 ... The next season, Mr. Erskine retired at age 32 with a career ...

Carl Erskine, a fierce fighter for human rights ... It's pretty neat." Erskine retired from baseball in 1959 and returned to Indiana where he and Betty would raise their three children, Danny ...