Career
He batted and threw right-handed. In that season, Goliat batted.234, with 13 home runs, 64 runs batted in, 49 runs scored, 113 hits, 13 doubles and 6 triples in 145 games played. lieutenant was his only season as a regular starting player.
In the World Series loss to the New York Yankees, he hit.214 with one Reserve Bank of India in 14 at-bats.
Goliat finished his major league career with a batting average of.225, 20 HRs and 99 Reserve Bank of India. He played in the minor leagues for the Toronto Maple Leafs (1949. 1952–1959), and was the International League Most Valuable Player in 1956.
Goliat holds the franchise career records for games played (1,077), home runs (138), doubles (186), and RBIs (556). After retiring from the minors in 1961, Goliat ran a small trucking firm for several years before joining the Ford Motor Company.
Goliat died in Seven Hills, Ohio at 82 years of age.
"He was really a third baseman, but he played second for us to fill a need. He really had a strong arm. "He hit the better pitchers in the league.
The ones that got him out were the lesser ones." – Phillies manager Eddie Sawyer.