of Baseball's Sal Maglie, author James Szalontai compared Carnegie to Ted Williams. Carnegie never played in Major League Baseball. Carnegie did; however, spark some major league team's interest, but was eventually written off as too old since he did not start playing professional baseball regularly until he was 32 years old. The duo of Carnegie and Bisons teammate Ollie Tucker were known as "The Italian Connection" and "The Home Run Twins". The Pittsburgh Press described Carnegie as "one of Western Pennsylvania's greatest batters". Accomplishments and awards International League and Buffalo Bisons all-time leader in home runs (258) International League and Buffalo Bisons all-time leader in runs batted in (1,044) Buffalo Bisons all-time leader in doubles (249) Buffalo Bisons all-time leader in games played (1,273) Buffalo Bisons all-time leader in hits (1,362) Buffalo Bisons single-season leader in home runs (45) 1931 New York–Penn League leader in slugging percentage (.659) Member of the 1933 Governors' Cup champion Buffalo Bisons Member of the 1936 International League Pennant winning Buffalo Bisons 1938 International League leader in home runs (45) 1939 International League leader in runs batted in (136) 1938 International League Most Valuable Player 1939 International League leader in home runs (29) 1942 International League Hall of Fame inductee 1985 Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame inductee 1992 Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inductee Buffalo Bisons #6 retired Personal Carnegie resided in Hays, a district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Carnegie was from Italian American ancestry. Carnegie married Anna Polasko of Braddock, Pennsylvania and with her, he fathered two children; Ollie Carnegie, Jr. and Elaine Carnegie. During the off-seasons, Carnegie hunted and fished. Also during the off-season, Carnegie worked in a steel mill and received the nickname the "Iron Man". During the 1941 off-season, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interviewed Carnegie about his winter job at Republic Steel patrolling the plant equipped with a Colt Single Action Army. Carnegie told the newspaper, "this is the kind of a job a player should have in the off-season—lots of walking". See also List of International League Hall of Fame inductees References General references Inline citations External links Baseball outfielders Flint Vehicles players Hazleton Mountaineers players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Lockport White Sox players Jamestown Falcons players Minor league baseball managers Baseball players from Pittsburgh Semi-professional baseball players American people in rail transportation Security guards American people of Italian descent 1890s births 1976 deaths International League MVP award winners