Q: This Hall of Fame outfielder won a World Series as a player and two more as a manager, all with the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a son (Junior) and a cousin with the same name, both of whom played professional baseball. During WWII his son trained pilots to fly the B-29 Superfortress, the bomber that would drop the atomic bombs. During a flight from New York to Florida in 1945, he perished when his plane crashed into Flushing Bay. Who was the HoF father?
A: Billy Southworth

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